Rodrigo Ely
 Ely playing for Milan in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodrigo Ely | ||
| Date of birth | 3 November 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Lajeado, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Grêmio | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Grêmio | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Reggina (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | → Varese (loan) | 37 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Avellino | 30 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Milan | 3 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Alavés (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2017–2021 | Alavés | 69 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Almería | 48 | (3) |
| 2023– | Grêmio | 45 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Italy U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2012 | Italy U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Brazil U23 | 3[citation needed] | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 June 2017 | |||
Rodrigo Ely (born 3 November 1993) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Grêmio.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Milan
[edit | edit source]Rodrigo Ely is a youth product of Brazilian club, Grêmio, and joined Milan in 2012. He spent two years with the youth side before subsequent loan spells with several low tier Italian clubs.
Reggina / Varese (loan)
[edit | edit source]On 24 July 2012, Ely joined Reggina on a season-long loan. On 16 July 2013, AC Milan confirmed that they had reached an agreement for the season-long loan of Ely to Varese.
Avellino
[edit | edit source]On 21 July 2014, Ely joined Avellino on a free transfer.[2][3]
Return to Milan
[edit | edit source]After impressive performances with Avellino in the 2014–15 season, Milan decided to bring him back to San Siro on 10 June 2015, where he signed new contract which will keep him at the club until 30 June 2019.[4] Despite Ely being a free agent, Milan also paid an unknown party a €8 million fee.[5][6]
He made his first Serie A game of the 2015–16 season with Milan, in a 2–0 defeat against Fiorentina, where he received two yellow cards, thus getting sent off.[7]
Alavés
[edit | edit source]On 30 January 2017, Ely joined La Liga club Deportivo Alavés on loan for the remainder of the season.[8] He made his debut for the club on 11 March, replacing Ibai Gómez in a 2–1 away win against Málaga CF.
On 17 April 2017, Ely scored his first goal in the main category, netting his team's second in a 2–1 home win against Villarreal CF. On 21 July, he signed a permanent four-year deal with the Basque side.[9]
Nottingham Forest
[edit | edit source]On 2 September 2021, Ely signed a one-year deal with EFL Championship side Nottingham Forest as a free transfer.[10] On 31 January 2022, it was announced that Forest and Ely had mutually agreed to terminate his contract at the club, without him having made an appearance.[11]
Almería
[edit | edit source]On 7 March 2022, free agent Ely signed a three-month contract with UD Almería back in Spain, with an option for a further two years.[12]
Grêmio
[edit | edit source]On 1 August 2023, Ely agreed to a two-and-a-half-year contract with his first club Grêmio, pending on medical examinations.[13]
International career
[edit | edit source]Ely played for Italy at Under-19 and Under-20,[14] but was called up by Alexandre Gallo to be a part of his Brazil Under-23 squad, which was preparing to compete at Rio 2016.[15]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 5 August 2024[16]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reggina (loan) | 2012–13 | Serie B | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | ||
| Varese (loan) | 2013–14 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Avellino | 2014–15 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Milan | 2015–16 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Alavés (loan) | 2016–17 | La Liga | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| Alavés | 2017–18 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 79 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 85 | 5 | ||||
| Almería | 2021–22 | Segunda División | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 3 | ||
| 2022–23 | La Liga | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | |||
| Total | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 48 | 3 | ||||
| Grêmio | 2023 | Série A | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Total | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| Career Total | 246 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 281 | 10 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Relegation Playoffs
- ^ Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs
- ^ Appearances in Campeonato Gaúcho
Honours
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- Milan
- Alavés
- Copa del Rey: 2016-17 Runner-up
Grêmio
References
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- ^ A.C. Milan S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2014 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
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- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). accessed 19 September 2015
- ^ Rodrigo Ely at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 September 2015.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Rodrigo Ely at BDFutbolLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul
- Brazilian people of Italian descent
- Italian people of Brazilian descent
- Italian men's footballers
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- AC Milan players
- US Avellino 1912 players
- SSD Varese Calcio players
- AS Reggina 1914 players
- La Liga players
- Deportivo Alavés players
- UD Almería players
- Grêmio FBPA players
- Italy men's youth international footballers
- Brazil men's youth international footballers
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England
- People from Lajeado
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Expatriate men's footballers in England