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Rodrigo

Whilst wandering the BBC website, I found this information that might interest anyone wondering whatever happened to our ill-fated Brazilian. The reply is from Tim Vickery:

Being an Everton fan, I remember a Brazilian midfielder we had on loan from Botafogo several years back by the name of Rodrigo. Unfortunately his time with us was plagued by injury and I believe he only played a handful of games. I was wondering what ever became of him. Did he move elsewhere in Europe, what is he up to now and was he ever any good? Any information you may have would be great ? my searches have not yielded much. ? John Horne.

It's a real shame he suffered that injury. He was a good player and a bright bloke who was loving his time at Everton and with more luck might have made an impression playing as a kind of left-footed version of David Beckham. The injury effectively ended his top class career ? he went back to Brazilian football and bounced around from club to club, attracting comparisons with Beckham more for his looks than his football.

He never really regained fitness, looked well overweight and was unable to reach anything like the standard he set at Botafogo. I think he lost motivation ? he's from a wealthy background, and didn't need to make money from the game, and there was also a problem with his wife's health. I last remember him a year ago playing for a minor Rio team called Boavista.
John Holmes, York Posted 09/03/2009 at 11:49:45

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Steve Flaherty
1 Posted 09/03/2009 at 21:20:18

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Tim Vickery is an excellent football correspondent on South American Football. I was listening to him on the radio recently and he recalled Rodrigo saying that before he joined Everton he never even heard of us before but when he arrived he was blown away by the size of the club and its fantastic supporters.

Gavin James
2 Posted 10/03/2009 at 00:23:37

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I agree Tim Vickery is class. A world away from fellow BBC employee Alan Green.

Cheers for the info though John. Any news on Eddie Bosnar?

Kristian Boyce
3 Posted 10/03/2009 at 00:42:47

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I saw an interview a few months back with the former R’s Alex Miller. He’s the manager of JEF United in Japan, and his center back there is none other than Eddie Bosnar. I was kind of in shock when I heard his name, and that he actually played a game somewhere.

Nick Entwistle
4 Posted 10/03/2009 at 09:45:35

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Cheers Big Johnny Holmes...

It did mention his looks, which is interesting, as under the Walter years we had a pig ugly team, other than the token purchase of Ginola. Under Moyes the team certainly are more easy on the eye.

Not that I?m of that persuasion, but it's better when your heroes look like Arteta than let's say Pembridge or Spencer... oh jeez, forgot Spencer ever played for us!

Sean Patton
5 Posted 10/03/2009 at 20:05:56

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Another big up for Tim Vickery here he is an excellent journalist who knows South American football like no other.

The world football phone-in on Radio 5Live every Saturday morning which he appears on each week is superb.