Rodirlei "Rodi" José Ascensão Duarte, sometime known as "Rody" (born 18 August 1991) is a Cape Verdean footballer who currently plays for Sporting Clube da Praia, his second club based in his home country, he was previously playing for Poli Timişoara in Romania in the previous season. Biography Rodi spend his youth career in Portugal where he played for F.C. Porto. He returned to Cape Verde and his senior career began with SC Santa Maria based in his hometown. He would play for several Portuguese football clubs starting with FC Porto for one season in 2009, two seasons with Gil Vicente and was on loan with Pinhalnovense in the 2011-12 season and recently with Famalicão. He spent one season in Romania with ACS Poli Timişoara where he appeared for nine matches and scored a goal. Rodi moved to play with Sporting Praia, his second Cape Verdean club in six years where he currently appears. Rodi was capped for Cape Verde under-21 team. He was call-up to the senior team in September 2009 along with 3 other U21 internationals and played in the match against Malta. References External links 1988 births Living people Cape Verdean footballers Cape Verde international footballers Cape Verdean expatriate footballers SC Santa Maria players FC Porto players Gil Vicente F.C. players F.C. Famalicão players ACS Poli Timișoara players Sporting Clube da Praia players Santiago South Premier Division players Association football forwards Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Romania People from Sal, Cape Verde Cape Verde under-21 international footballers C.D. Pinhalnovense players