Lima (footballer)
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Lima playing for Benfica in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Rodrigo José Lima dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 11 May 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Monte Alegre, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Mixto | ||
| 2004 | Vizela | 7 | (0) |
| 2005 | Paysandu-PA | ||
| 2006 | Iraty | ||
| 2006 | J. Malucelli | ||
| 2006–2009 | Astral-PR | ||
| 2007 | → Paraná (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Juventus-SP (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Santos (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Avaí (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Belenenses | 27 | (7) |
| 2010–2012 | Braga | 60 | (26) |
| 2012–2015 | Benfica | 89 | (53) |
| 2015–2017 | Al Ahli | 19 | (17) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2016. |
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Rodrigo José Lima dos Santos (born 11 May 1983), known as Lima, is a Brazilian professional footballer who last played for Emirati club Al-Ahli Dubai F.C. as a striker.
He spent the better part of his professional career in Portugal, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 175 games and 85 goals over the course of six seasons, representing mainly Braga and Benfica and winning six major titles with the latter club, notably the treble in 2014.
Born in Monte Alegre, Pará, Lima played for nine different clubs in his country, without settling at any. In the 2008 edition of the Série A he did not manage to score for Santos FC, who ranked in 15th position.
In the 2009 summer, after failing to sign with Ukrainian side FC Metalist Kharkiv, Lima moved to Portugal with C.F. Os Belenenses, scoring regularly for the Lisbon team but also suffering relegation from the Primeira Liga.
Afterwards, Lima joined another club in the country, S.C. Braga – which was filled with several of his compatriots – signing a three-year contract. On 24 August 2010, after coming on as a substitute, he netted a hat-trick against Sevilla FC in the second leg of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, in a 4–3 away win (5–3 on aggregate).
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