| Intro | Brazilian association football player |
| Was |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | Brazil |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 8 November 1977, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Death |
29 October 2013, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (aged 35 years) |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
João Rodrigo Silva Santos (8 November 1977 – c. 29 October 2013) was a Brazilian footballer.
Career
Commonly known as João Rodrigo, he played for Brazilian clubs Bangu, Madureira, Duque de Caxias, Remo, Volta Redonda, Tigres, Duque de Caxias, Olaria, Botafogo (DF) and Bonsucesso. He also spent a short time in Honduras with Olimpia. In 2003, he played briefly for Swedish club Öster, where he played six matches and scored one goal in Allsvenskan.
Death
João Rodrigo Silva Santos was murdered by suspected drug traffickers on 29 October 2013, aged 35, in Rio de Janeiro.
João Rodrigo Silva Santos didn’t come home that night. When his wife opened the door on her way to work the next morning, she found his severed head on their front step. The head was inside a backpack, police said. Santos’ eyes and tongue had been gouged out, according to Brazilian media reports.