Rodrigo da Conceição Santos (born 17 July 1993), known as Rodrigo Lobão or simply Lobão, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Linense.

Club career Born in Salvador, Bahia, Lobão was a Mogi Mirim youth graduate. In February 2014 he was presented at Rio Branco-AC, and made his senior debut on 19 February by starting in a 1–1 away draw against Real Noroeste, for the year's Copa do Brasil.

Lobão scored his first senior goal on 13 April 2014, netting the opener in a 3–0 away win against Vasco da Gama-AC for the Campeonato Acreano championship. He featured regularly for the club during the season, also helping his side win the state league.

In 2015, Lobão joined Ponte Preta and was immediately loaned to Salgueiro for the Campeonato Pernambucano. After his loan expired, he returned to his parent club and made his debut on 7 May, starting in a 2–1 away win against Moto Club for the national cup.

On 30 July 2015, Lobão terminated his contract with Ponte, and joined Linense in October. The following 29 August, after winning the Copa Paulista, he was loaned to Série B side Tupi until the end of the year.

After being a regular starter during the 2017 Campeonato Paulista, Lobão signed a permanent contract with Santos and was loaned to CSA in the Série C, until December. After achieving promotion to the second division as champions, his loan was extended for a further season, but was cut short on 9 May 2018 after he was rarely used.

On 17 November 2018, Lobão joined Bangu also in a temporary deal, for the 2019 Campeonato Carioca. On 3 January 2020, he signed a permanent one-year deal with Bangu after his contract with Santos expired.

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsRio Branco2014Série D3111130——172Ponte Preta2015Série A00—20——20Salgueiro (loan)2015Série C0000——1Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste010Linense2015Paulista————3Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista0302016Série D704010——1202017Paulista—141———141Total7018110—30291Tupi (loan)2016Série B21————21Santos2017Série A00————00CSA (loan)2017Série C50———1Appearance(s) in 2018 Pré-Copa do Nordeste1612018Série B005100—4091Total505100—51152Bangu2019Carioca—70———702020Série D10011011——221Total10018011——291Linense2021Paulista A3—31———31Career total272554710091988

Honours Rio Branco-AC Campeonato Acreano: 2014

Linense Copa Paulista: 2015

CSA Campeonato Brasileiro Série C: 2017 Campeonato Alagoano: 2018

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