Ivo Rodrigues

Antwerp Rodrigues moved abroad for the same time on 29 June 2017 to Royal Antwerp F.C. of the Belgian Pro League, as the first player to transfer in a partnership between the two clubs. He scored three times in his loan season, including two on 27 August in his second match for a 4–3 win at K.V. Oostende, and in May 2018 he ended his 13-year association with Porto by signing a three-year deal with Belgium's oldest club.

On 8 August 2019, on his debut in UEFA competitions, Rodrigues scored the only goal as his team beat FC Viktoria Plzeň at home in the first leg of the Europa League's third qualifying round. Nearly a year later, he won the national cup, coming on in the last moments of a 1–0 final victory over Club Brugge KV.

Famalicão Rodrigues returned to Portugal on 15 January 2021, joining F.C. Famalicão on a three-and-a-half-year contract. He opened his account on 21 March with two goals in a 4–0 win at C.S. Marítimo.

On 1 October 2021, after a 2–1 home loss to neighbours Vitória de Guimarães, Rodrigues pushed the fourth official and swore in English at the French referee. He was sent off, suspended for two games and fined €1,122.

Later career On 14 June 2023, Rodrigues signed a two-year deal with Al-Khaleej FC in the Saudi Professional League, sharing teams with his compatriots Pedro Amaral, Pedro Emanuel (manager) and Fábio Martins. In August 2024, he returned to Arouca on a two-year contract; however, he finished the campaign with fellow top-tier Moreirense, having agreed to a one-year deal as a free agent.

Rodrigues went abroad again in summer 2025, on a one-year contract with the possibility of a one-year extension at Polish club Motor Lublin. He made his debut in the Ekstraklasa ten days later, featuring 15 minutes in the 1–0 win over Arka Gdynia.

International career Rodrigues represented Portugal at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, playing all five games – only one complete – in an eventual quarter-final exit in New Zealand and scoring in a 4–0 group stage win over Qatar.

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Honours Royal Antwerp Belgian Cup: 2019–20