Rony Lopes
Lopes in training with Lille in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Marcos Paulo Mesquita Lopes | ||
| Date of birth | 28 December 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Belém, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Lille (on loan from Monaco) | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2006 | AD Poiares | ||
| 2006–2011 | Benfica | ||
| 2011–2013 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Lille (loan) | 23 | (3) |
| 2015– | Monaco | 2 | (0) |
| 2015 | Monaco B | 1 | (0) |
| 2016– | → Lille (loan) | 24 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Portugal U16 | 8 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Portugal U17 | 11 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Portugal U18 | 3 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Portugal U19 | 24 | (14) |
| 2015– | Portugal U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2014– | Portugal U21 | 10 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2016 |
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Marcos Paulo Mesquita "Rony" Lopes (born 28 December 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for French club Lille OSC on loan from AS Monaco FC as an attacking midfielder.
Born in Belém, Pará, Brazil, Lopes moved to Portugal at the age of four.
Lopes played youth football for S.L. Benfica from ages 10–15, signing for Manchester City in 2011. He was a surprise addition to the first team's pre-season the following year, but had to wait until 7 January 2013 to make his competitive debut, when he came as an 88th-minute substitute for David Silva in a FA Cup third-round tie against Watford and scored the final goal in the 3–0 win, which made him the youngest ever goalscorer for the club at the age of 17 years and 9 days.
Lopes was a regular for City's Elite Development Squad in the 2012–13 season, and went on to claim the inaugural Academy Player of the Year award after winning a public vote. He was included in the team that featured in the first match of the UEFA Youth League, netting twice in a 4–1 success at FC Viktoria Plzeň and adding a hat-trick in the 6–0 home victory over FC Bayern Munich.
On 21 January 2014, Lopes started against West Ham United in the second leg of the semi-finals of the Football League Cup. In the game, he assisted Sergio Agüero and Álvaro Negredo to a goal each, in a 3–0 away win (9–0 on aggregate).
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