Ivo Tiago dos Santos Rodrigues (born 30 March 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Saudi Professional League club Al-Khaleej FC mainly as a left winger.
Formed at Porto where he made a single Taça da Liga appearance, he played in the Primeira Liga for Vitória de Guimarães, Arouca, Paços de Ferreira and Famalicão. He also represented Antwerp, winning the Belgian Cup in 2020.
Club career
Porto
Born in the village of Baguim do Monte in Gondomar, Rodrigues joined FC Porto in 2005 at the age of 10. He played the remainder of his formative years with the club, also being loaned to Padroense F.C. who acted as the under-16 squad.
Rodrigues made his professional debut with the reserves on 12 August 2013, coming on as a 60th-minute substitute for Mauro Caballero in a 3–2 away win against S.C. Beira-Mar in the Segunda Liga. At the beginning of the 2014–15 season, he won the confidence of coach Luís Castro and became a starter, scoring a hat-trick in a 7–0 home rout of S.C. Olhanense.
In January 2015, after netting 11 times for the B side, Rodrigues was called up by first-team manager Julen Lopetegui for a Taça da Liga match against C.F. União to be held on the 14th. He played the first half of an eventual 3–1 home victory, before leaving the pitch with an injury.
On 2 February 2015, Rodrigues was loaned to Vitória de Guimarães, playing his first competitive game against C.F. Belenenses in the League Cup and making his first appearance in the Primeira Liga against the same opponent, in two matches separated by four days. For the 2015–16 campaign he went on loan at another top-flight side, F.C. Arouca, making his debut on 16 August 2015 by featuring the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 defeat of Moreirense FC.
Rodrigues spent the next year at F.C. Paços de Ferreira of the same league, and on the same basis.