Adi Rocha

Not to be confused with Adi Roche.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rocha and the second or paternal family name is Sobrinho. "Filho" is a generational suffix meaning "son", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.

Adi Rocha Sobrinho Filho (born 15 December 1985), commonly known as Adi Rocha or simply Adi, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Adi Rocha

Adi Rocha in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Adi Rocha Sobrinho Filho
Date of birth	(1985-12-15) 15 December 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Riachão, Maranhão, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1995–2006	Inter de Limeira
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2007	Nacional Atlético Clube	19	(2)
2007–2008	LASK Linz	19	(2)
2008–2009	Austria Kärnten	16	(10)
2009–2011	Energie Cottbus	1	(0)
2012	Concordia Chiajna	15	(8)
2012–2013	FCSB	16	(9)
2013	Gamba Osaka	13	(9)
2014–2015	Žalgiris Vilnius	3	(3)
2015–2016	Jiangxi Liansheng	29	(11)
Total		131	(54)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Adi was born in Riachão, Maranhão.

Energie Cottbus

Adi transferred to Energie Cottbus from Austria Kärnten in the 2009 winter transfer window after scoring 10 goals in 17 games.^[1] After he was injured in his first match in the Bundesliga Adi was not able to play anymore due to a severe injury (persistent cartilage damage). After being sidelined for two years, his contract was terminated at the end of the 2010–11 season.^[2]

Concordia Chiajna

Adi went to Liga I side Concordia Chiajna to restart his career.^[3] Not being held back by knee problems, he had a great spell at Chiajna, scoring eight goals from 15 games,^[4] to help his team avoid relegation to Liga II.

FCSB

In May 2012, Adi was brought to FCSB by his former Concordia Chiajna manager Laurențiu Reghecampf.^[5] On 23 July, he made his first appearance for FCSB in a game against his former team Concordia Chiajna which ended in a 1–0 victory for the Bucharest team.^[6] He scored his first goal a week later against Astra Ploiești in a dramatic game that ended with the 4–3 victory of his team.^[7] On 30 August, he scored two goals against Ekranas in the Europa League play-off, to secure FCSB their presence in the group stages.^[8]

Žalgiris Vilnius

In July 2014, he signed with Žalgiris Vilnius.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nacional Atlético Clube	2007	Série B	19	2	0	0	0	0	19	2
LASK Linz	2007–08[9]	Austrian Bundesliga	19	2	0	0	0	0	19	2
Austria Kärnten	2008–09[9]	Austrian Bundesliga	16	10	1	0	0	0	17	10
Energie Cottbus	2008–09[9]	Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2009–10[9]	2. Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2010–11[9]	2. Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Concordia Chiajna	2011–12[10]	Liga I	15	8	0	0	0	0	15	8
FCSB	2012–13[10]	Liga I	16	9	1	0	10	3	27	12
Gamba Osaka	2013[10]	J.League Division 2	13	9			0	0	13	9
Žalgiris Vilnius	2014[10]	A Lyga	3	3			0	0	3	3
Jiangxi Liansheng	2015[9]	China League One	29	11	2	5	0	0	31	16
Career total			131	54	4	5	10	3	145	62

Honours

FCSB

• Romanian Championship League: 2012–13

Gamba Osaka

• J2 League: 2013

Žalgiris Vilnius

• Lithuanian Championship: 2014

References

1. "Adi verstärkt Energie-Offensive" (in German). Energie Cottbus. 22 December 2008. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
2. "Energie Cottbus trennt sich von zwei Stürmern" (in German). Financial Times Deutschland. 20 December 2011. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
3. "Adi Rocha, primul interviu la FCSB: "Este cea mai bună echipă din România şi sunt foarte fericit să mă aflu aici"" (in Romanian). ProSport. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
4. "Primul transfer al FCSB: atacantul Adi Rocha, de la Concordia Chiajna" (in Romanian). stiri.tvr.ro. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
5. "Reghe bifează primul transfer al verii – Rocha e al FCSB!" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
6. "FOTO&VIDEO Salvat de Rusescu – Reghecampf a debutat cu victorie în Ghencea, FCSB – Chiajna 1-0" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
7. "Astra Giurgiu vs. FCSB București 3–4". Soccerway. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
8. "FOTO FCSB – Ekranas 3-0 – Roş-albaştrii s-au calificat în grupele EL!" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
9. "Adi » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
10. Adi Rocha at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

External links

• Liga 1 profile
• Adi Rocha at Soccerway
• Adi Rocha at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)