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Rodrigo Muniz (Brazilian footballer)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Muniz and the second or paternal family name is Carvalho.

Rodrigo Muniz Carvalho (born 4 May 2001) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Fulham.

Rodrigo Muniz
Muniz in 2023
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Muniz Carvalho[1]
Date of birth (2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth São Domingos do Prata, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Fulham
Number 19
Youth career
2016–2018 Desportivo Brasil
2018–2020 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Flamengo 13 (3)
2020 → Coritiba (loan) 6 (1)
2021– Fulham 46 (13)
2022–2023 → Middlesbrough (loan) 17 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:18, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Career edit

Early life edit

Born in São Domingos do Prata, Muniz started his career with Desportivo Brasil, who he played for between 2016 and 2018.[3][4] By doing so, Muniz moved out of his parents’s house when he was fourteen years old.[3] Initially, Muniz had difficulty settling in but he was able to overcome the obstacles, thanks to his mother.[3]

Muniz progressed throughout his time at Desportivo Brasil, where at one point, he helped the club finish as runners-up at the end of the 2016 season and was the top scorer with 34 goals in all competitions.[5] The 2017 season saw Muniz was a top scorer for Desportivo Brasil once again with 25 goals.[4] Years after leaving Desportivo Brasil, Muniz was inducted to the club's Hall of Fame.[4]

Flamengo edit

On 20 January 2018, Muniz joined Flamengo from Deportivo Brasil as a youth player, along with teammate Bruninho.[6] In his first season at Flamengo as a youth player, he helped the club’s youth team win the Copa do Brasil Sub-17 by beating Fluminense’s youth team 1–0 on 21 December 2018.[7] In his second season at Flamengo as a youth player, Muniz helped the club’s youth team win four trophies.[8] During the 2019 season, he scored two hat–tricks, coming against Real Ariquemes and Boavista’s youth teams.[9] Muniz also signed his first professional contract with Flamengo, keeping him until 2024.[10]

Ahead of the 2020 season, Muniz was called up to the Flamengo’s first team for the pre–season.[11] He scored his first goal for the club on 25 January 2020, in a 3–2 win against Volta Redonda in the Campeonato Carioca.[12] After his loan spell at Coritiba ended, Muniz made his debut for the club, coming on as a 82nd minute substitute, in a 1–0 win against Botafogo on 5 December 2020.[13] His involvement in the first team at Flamengo saw the club win the league.[14] At the end of the 2020 season, he went on to make four appearances for Flamengo, all coming on as a substitute.

Ahead of the 2021 season, Muniz was given more first team chance under the management of Rogério Ceni.[15] He then scored a brace for Flamengo, in a 2–0 win against Macaé on 6 March 2021.[16] Muniz then scored three more goals in the Campeonato Carioca, including another brace against Resende FC on 19 March 2021.[17] Despite sitting out for the remaining matches of the Campeonato Carioca, his contributions saw the club win the tournament.[18] His performance was noticed by the Spanish media.[19] As a result, he was linked a move away from the club, with clubs from Brazil, Europe and Middle East were interested in signing him.[20] Amid to the transfer speculation, Muniz scored four more goals for Flamengo, including a further brace against Red Bull Bragantino on 19 June 2021.[21] For his performance against Red Bull Bragantino, he was awarded by ESPN’s "Prêmio Bola de Prata".[22] By the time Muniz left the club, he made twenty–five appearances and scored nine times in all competitions.

Coritiba (loan) edit

On 13 October 2020, Muniz moved to Coritiba on loan until the end of the 2020 season.[23]

He made his debut for Coritiba, starting a match and played 64 minutes before being substituted, in a 3–1 win against Palmieras on 14 October 2020.[24] A week later on 25 October 2020, Muniz scored his first goal for Coritiba, in a 3–1 lost against Ceará.[25] But after only six appearances and one goal for Coritiba, he was asked to return to Flamengo.[26]

Fulham edit

On 13 August 2021, Muniz traveled to Spain for a fourteen day quarantine before going to England to sign with Fulham. On the same day Flamengo and Fulham reached an agreement for a €8m transfer fee with the Brazilian club keeping 20% of a future transfer.[27] Both clubs officially announced the transfer on 20 August.[28]

He scored his first goal for Fulham in a 2–1 loss to Reading on 18 September.[29] Since joining the club, Muniz has spoken about settling in England and learning from manager Marco Silva, who convinced him to join Fulham.[30] He’s also became a second fiddle striker, due to Aleksandar Mitrović being preferred.[31] Muniz later scored two more braces for the club, coming against Blackburn Rovers and Stoke City.[32] Despite suffering a calf injury later in the 2021–22 season, he recovered and was part of the Fulham’s squad that contributed to the club’s promotion to the Premier League.[33] At the end of the 2021–22 season, Muniz went on to make twenty–five appearances and scoring five times in all competitions.

In the 2023–24 season, Muniz, Raúl Jiménez and Carlos Vinícius were Fulham’s main strikers following the sale of Mitrović and they, however, suffered a goal drought in the first half of the season, which came under criticism by the London Evening Standard.[34] Despite this, he scored his first goal of the season on 1 November 2023, in a 3–1 win against Ipswich Town in the fourth round of the League Cup.[35] In his Premier League start against Manchester United on 4 November 2023, Muniz suffered a knee injury and substituted in the 76th minute, as Fulham lost 1–0.[36][37] After being sidelined for “three to four weeks” with a knee injury, he returned to the first team, coming on as a 61st minute substitute, in a 3–0 lost against Newcastle United on 16 December 2023.[37][38] Due to little playing time, Muniz was linked a move away from the club, as English and Brazilian clubs were interested in signing but was stay put.[39] Muniz scored his first Premier League goal, in a 2–2 draw against Burnley on 3 February 2024, followed up by scoring a brace, in a 3–1 win against AFC Bournemouth.[40] After the match, Muniz’s performance was praised by Match of the Day’s pundit, Alan Shearer, who said that he "really upset the Bournemouth defenders in every way".[41]

Middlesbrough (loan) edit

On 21 August 2022, Muniz signed for Championship club Middlesbrough on a season-long loan.[42] Upon joining the club, he took the number nine shirt.[43]

Muniz made his debut for Middlesbrough, coming on as a 57th minute substitute, in a 2–1 loss against Swansea City on 27 August 2022.[44] In a follow–up match, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 loss against Watford on 30 August.[45] Two weeks later on 13 September 2022, he scored again, in a 3–2 loss against Cardiff City.[46] However, his first team opportunities at Middlesbrough soon became limited under newly manager Michael Carrick and found his playing time from the substitute bench.[47] This led to reports that Fulham was planning on recalling Muniz and send him to a different club to get more first team football.[48] But manager Carrick explained that his knee injury was the factor of getting less playing time and insisted that he’s got a part to play.[49] Having not played since December, Muniz played one more match for the club, in a 2–1 loss against Luton Town on 24 April 2023.[50] At the end of the 2022–23 season, which saw Middlesbrough eliminated in the play–offs, he made seventeen appearances and scoring twice in all competitions; and returned to his parent club.[51]

Personal life edit

Muniz is the son of an axé singer and inherited his passion of football from his father.[3][4] He said he grew up idolising Zlatan Ibrahimović.[3][4] Muniz speaks English, having taken lessons to learn the language since joining Fulham.[30] He is married.[30][31]

Career statistics edit

As of match played 14 April 2024[52]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league[a] National cup[b] League cup[c] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Flamengo 2020 Série A 4 0 3 1 — — 0 0 — 7 1
2021 Série A 9 3 13 5 2 1 — 1[d] 0 — 25 9
Total 13 3 16 6 2 1 — 1 0 — 32 10
Coritiba (loan) 2020 Série A 6 1 — — — — — 6 1
Fulham 2021–22 Championship 25 5 — 2 0 1 0 — — 28 5
2023–24 Premier League 21 8 — 2 0 5 1 — — 28 9
Total 46 13 — 4 0 6 1 — — 56 14
Middlesbrough (loan) 2022–23 Championship 17 2 — 1 0 0 0 — — 18 2
Career total 81 17 16 6 7 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 111 25
  1. ^ Includes Campeonato Carioca
  2. ^ Includes Copa do Brasil and FA Cup
  3. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  4. ^ Appearance in Copa Libertadores

Honours edit

Flamengo

Fulham

Individual

References edit

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