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Rodrigo Ferrante Taddei (born 6 March 1980 in São Paulo) is a Italo-Brazilian footballer who currently plays for A.S. Roma of Italian Serie A.

He started his career in Brazil with Palmeiras, then moving to Italy in September 2002 and signing for A.C. Siena, a Serie B team at the time. He was one of their stars and helped the Tuscan team earn promotion to Serie A.

However, in late 2003, Taddei was fighting for his life, after he was hurt in a serious car accident. His younger brother, Leonardo, died in the accident and his team mate Pinga was also hurt. After recovering from the accident, Taddei went back to play for Siena, helping his team to avoid relegation.

After another season with Siena, characterized by several quarrels with the presidency because of his refusal to a contract extension, Taddei left the team in a free transfer and joined AS Roma in 2005, despite being followed by several clubs, including Juventus, Lazio and Inter plus a number of English Premier League. Joining Roma has now offered him the chance to perform on the European stage, he has contributed vastly to their good performances, supplying Roma with skill, pace, and technique on the flanks.

Taddei, who also owns Italian citizenship, has never been capped by the Brazil national football team. This could allow him to play for Italy, following the steps of Mauro Camoranesi.

On 18 October 2006 Rodrigo created a new trick called "The Aurelio", named after AS Roma Assistant Manager, Aurelio Andreazzoli. [1] The move envolves putting your weight on your left foot, while guiding the fooball with your right leg around the back of your left leg and forward again. It is only the second ever football trick to be named after a footballer^{[citation needed]} following the Cruyff Turn.

• YouTube video of "The Aurelio"