Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup
I Thailand, kei te Rōpū C a Japan me Brazil, Portugal me Libya i te wāhanga rōpū. I arahi a Rodrigo i a Japan ki te rauna e whai ake nei ma te whakaoti i te tuatoru o nga roopu me nga tohu e 4. I muri mai ka ngaro a Japan ki a Ukraine 3-6 i te Rauna o te 16. Ko tana wa tino rongonui i te whakataetae i te waahanga roopu i te wa i arahina ai e Rodrigo a Japan ki te tohatoha 5 <unk> 5 ki a Portugal i muri i te hinganga 2 <unk> 5 i te haurua tuatahi. I te Hui-tanguru 2013, i whakahoutia tana kirimana ki te 2016.