Rodrigo Dourado

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Dourado and the second or paternal family name is Cunha.

Rodrigo Dourado

Dourado celebrating the gold medal with Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Rodrigo Dourado Cunha
Date of birth	(1994-06-17) 17 June 1994
Place of birth	Pelotas, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	América
Youth career
	Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2022	Internacional	233	(15)
2022–2025	Atlético San Luis	120	(5)
2026–	América	13	(0)
International career‡
2011	Brazil U17	4	(0)
2016	Brazil U23	1	(0)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:52, 4 July 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Rodrigo Dourado Cunha (born 17 June 1994) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club América.

Club career

Internacional

Dourado came through the youth system of Internacional. He made his professional debut on January 26, 2012, in a Campeonato Gaúcho match against Cerâmica, and later featured in the Brasileirão on September 16 of the same year in a match against Recife.

Atlético San Luis

His move to Mexican football occurred ahead of the Apertura 2022, when he joined Atlético de San Luis.

América

On January 4, 2026, América officially announced the signing of Dourado as a reinforcement for the Clausura 2026 tournament.

International career

Dourado was a member of Brazil’s U-17 national team that competed in the 2011 South American Championship, where he contributed to the squad’s title-winning campaign.

On March 4, 2016, he received his first call-up to the U-23 Olympic Team for a series of friendly matches. Later that year, Dourado was selected to represent Brazil at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he played a role in securing the nation’s historic first Olympic gold medal in football, achieved in the final against Germany.

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 November 2021

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Internacional	2012	Série A	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2013		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2014		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2015		30	1	12	0	4	0	8	0	—		54	1
	2016		23	0	9	1	4	0	0	0	3	1	39	2
	2017	Série B	31	0	15	3	7	1	—		2	0	55	4
	2018	Série A	33	1	8	1	6	0	—		—		47	2
	2019		1	0	9	0	1	0	6	0	—		17	0
	2020		19	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	—		21	3
	2021		27	2	9	3	1	0	8	0	—		45	5
Career total			165	7	68	8	23	1	24	0	5	1	285	17

Honours

Internacional

Brazil

• Olympic Gold Medal: 2016

Individual

• Bola de Prata: 2018
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2018
• Liga MX All-Star: 2024, 2025

External links

• Internacional Profile
• Rodrigo Dourado at Olympedia
• Rodrigo Dourado at Olympics.com
• Rodrigo Dourado at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)