Career
He is currently under contract for Italian Serie A side Chievo. Born in Brazil, Rodrigo Thiago started his professional career at Italy after scouted by Chievo. He made his first team debut for Chievo on 8 November 2006, a Coppa Italia Round of 16 first leg against Reggina, a 2–2 draw.
He substituted Salvatore Bruno after Paolo Sammarco scored the equalizing goal.
He played the next 2 games on 10 January and 17 January 2007, the quarter-final matches of the cup against Sampdoria. In 2008-2009 season he was loaned to Mezzocorona and in January 2009 to Itala San Marco.
In 2009-2010 season, along with Stefano Olivieri they failed to loan out and were not assigned a shirt number.