{{short description|Brazilian footballer}} {{Portuguese name|Dini|Gaioto}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Rhodolfo | image = Lokobjk 22.jpg | caption = Rhodolfo playing for Beşiktaş in 2015 | full_name = Luiz Rhodolfo Dini Gaioto<ref name="FCWC 2019">{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2019/pdf/FCWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: CR Flamengo |publisher=FIFA |page=4 |date=5 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205105526/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2019/pdf/FCWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=5 December 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|8|11|df=y}}<ref name="FCWC 2019"/> | birth_place = Bandeirantes, Brazil | height = 1.94 m<ref name="FCWC 2019"/> | position = Centre-back | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2000–2002 | youthclubs1 = União Bandeirante | youthyears2 = 2002–2006 | youthclubs2 = Atlético Paranaense | years1 = 2006–2010 | clubs1 = Atlético Paranaense | caps1 = 97 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 2011–2014 | clubs2 = São Paulo | caps2 = 64 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2013–2014 | clubs3 = → Grêmio (loan) | caps3 = 36 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2014–2015 | clubs4 = Grêmio | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2015–2017 | clubs5 = Beşiktaş | caps5 = 23 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2017–2019 | clubs6 = Flamengo | caps6 = 39 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2020–2021 | clubs7 = Coritiba | caps7 = 17 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2021 | clubs8 = Cruzeiro | caps8 = 8 | goals8 = 0 | club-update= 13 December 2021 }}

'''Luiz Rhodolfo Dini Gaioto''' (born 11 August 1986), or simply '''Rhodolfo''', is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back..

==Career== Rhodolfo made his professional debut away to Internacional in 0–2 defeat on 10 September 2006 in the Campeonato Brasileiro.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083628/http://www.rubronegro.net/base3.php?path=campeonatos&link=ficha_jogo.php&jogo=1552 Rubro-Negro.net]}}</ref>

In 2014, Rhodolfo became the vice-captain of Grêmio, taking the position previously occupied by Zé Roberto.<ref>{{cite web|title=Novo capitão do Grêmio reconhece responsabilidade e pede atenção a Robinho|url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/copa-do-brasil/ultimas-noticias/2014/08/28/novo-capitao-do-gremio-reconhece-responsabilidade-e-pede-atencao-a-robinho.htm|publisher=UOL Esporte}}</ref> In August 2014, Rhodolfo moved definitively to Grêmio, who paid €4,000,000 to São Paulo. His contract with the Gaucho team ran through December 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rhodolfo por Souza: Grêmio e São Paulo encaminham troca em definitivo|date=12 September 2014 |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/noticia/2014/09/rhodolfo-por-souza-gremio-e-sao-paulo-encaminham-troca-em-definitivo.html|publisher=Globo Esporte}}</ref>

===Beşiktaş=== On 24 July 2015, Rhodolfo signed with Turkish club Beşiktaş J.K. for three years with a conditional fourth year.

===Flamengo=== On 11 June 2017, Rhodolfo was announced as new player by Flamengo, with a contract lasting until December 2019. Flamengo paid €1.1 million to Beşiktaş to sign the player.<ref>{{cite web |title= Flamengo confirma contratação de zagueiro Rhodolfo até fim de 2019|url=https://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2017/06/11/flamengo-confirma-contratacao-de-zagueiro-rhodolfo-ate-fim-de-2019.htm |publisher=UOL |date=11 June 2017 |accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref>

==Career statistics== {{updated|19 July 2021}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Rhodolfo statistics|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/luiz-rhodolfo-dini-gaioto/8996/|website=Soccerway}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="6"|Atlético Paranaense |2006 |rowspan="5"|Série A |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |2007 |21||2||0||0||2{{efn|name=SUD|Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana}}||0||0||0||23||2 |- |2008 |19||0||0||0||1{{efn|name=SUD}}||0||0||0||20||0 |- |2009 |23||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||25||0 |- |2010 |33||1||6||1||0||0||0||0||39||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !97!!3!!8!!1!!3!!0!!0!!0!!108!!4 |- |rowspan="4"|São Paulo |2011 |rowspan="3"|Série A |31||1||6||1||4{{efn|name=SUD}}||0||11{{efn|name=Paulista|Appearance(s) in Campeonato Paulista}}||2||52||4 |- |2012 |30||0||9||1||10{{efn|name=SUD}}||0||20{{efn|name=Paulista}}||5||69||6 |- |2013 |3||0||0||0||4{{efn|name=LIB|Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores}}||0||9{{efn|name=Paulista}}||1||16||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !64!!1!!15!!2!!18!!0!!40!!8!!137!!11 |- |rowspan="3"|Grêmio (loan) |2013 |rowspan="2"|Série A |24||1||6||0||0||0||0||0||30||1 |- |2014 |12||0||1||0||6{{efn|name=LIB}}||1||12{{efn|name=Gaúcho|Appearance(s) in Campeonato Gaúcho}}||0||31||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !36!!0!!7!!0!!6!!1!!12!!0!!61!!2 |- |rowspan="3"|Grêmio |2014 |rowspan="2"|Série A |12||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||12||0 |- |2015 |0||0||0||0||0||0||9{{efn|name=Gaúcho}}||0||9||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !12!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!9!!0!!21!!0 |- |rowspan="3"|Beşiktaş |2015–16 |rowspan="2"|Süper Lig |18||1||3||0||6{{efn|name=UEL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League}}||0||0||0||27||1 |- |2016–17 |5||1||4||0||1{{efn|name=UCL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League}}||0||0||0||10||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !23!!2!!7!!0!!7!!0!!0!!0!!37!!2 |- |rowspan="4"|Flamengo |2017 |rowspan="3"|Série A |19||0||colspan="2"|–||4{{efn|name=SUD}}||0||colspan="2"|–||23||0 |- |2018 |12||1||0||0||2{{efn|name=LIB}}||0||9{{efn|name=Carioca|Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca}}||2||23||3 |- |2019 |8||0||0||0||0||0||5{{efn|name=Carioca}}||0||13||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !39!!1!!0!!0!!6!!0!!15!!2!!60!!3 |- |Coritiba |2020 |Série A |17||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||12{{efn|name=Paranaense|Appearance(s) in Campeonato Paranaense}}||3||30||3 |- |Cruzeiro |2021 |Série B |2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !290!!7!!38!!3!!40!!1!!88!!13!!456!!25 |}

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==Honours== '''Atlético Paranaense''' *Campeonato Paranaense: 2009

'''São Paulo''' *Copa Sudamericana: 2012

'''Beşiktaş''' *Süper Lig: 2015–16, 2016–17

'''Flamengo''' *Copa Libertadores: 2019<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2019/nov/23/flamengo-v-river-plate-copa-libertadores-final-live|title=Flamengo 2–1 River Plate: Copa Libertadores final – as it happened|work=The Guardian|first=Will|last=Unwin|date=23 November 2019|accessdate=15 December 2019}}</ref> *Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2019 *Campeonato Carioca: 2019

'''Brazil''' *Superclásico de las Américas: 2011

'''Individual''' *Campeonato Paulista Team of the year: 2011

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{in lang|en}} [http://www.sambafoot.com/en/players/1781_Rodolpho.html Rhodolfo profile]. Sambafoot. * {{in lang|pt}} [http://www.furacao.com/futebol/elenco/ficha.php?cod=183 Rhodolfo profile]. Furacão.com.

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