Alex Rodríguez (Spanish footballer)

Alejandro Rodríguez Gorrín (born 1 August 1993), known as Alex Rodríguez, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Oxford United.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodriguez and the second or maternal family name is Gorrín.

Alex Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Rodríguez Gorrín[1]
Date of birth (1993-08-01) 1 August 1993
Place of birth Tenerife, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Oxford United
Number 6
Youth career
–2009 Tenerife
2009–2014 Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Wellington Phoenix 72 (1)
2014 Wellington Phoenix Reserves 1 (0)
2017 Boavista 0 (0)
2018 Sepsi OSK 12 (0)
2018–2019 Motherwell 20 (0)
2019– Oxford United 48 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:49, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Rodríguez was born in Tenerife and played youth football with Sunderland before starting his professional career with Wellington Phoenix.

Early life

Rodríguez was born in Tenerife.[2]

Playing career

Rodríguez was a member of Premier League club Sunderland's youth system for several years, including as captain of the youth team.[2] After being released by Sunderland in 2014, Rodríguez signed with New Zealand-based A-League club Wellington Phoenix.[2] In July 2014, Rodríguez scored his first Phoenix goal in a pre-season friendly win over Premier League side West Ham United after earlier setting up the opening goal.[3] Alex made his competitive debut for Wellington in the side's loss to Perth Glory in the opening round of the 2014–15 A-League.[4]

On 6 June 2017, Rodríguez signed with Portuguese club Boavista.[5]

After a spell with Romanian club Sepsi OSK, Rodríguez signed for Scottish Premiership club Motherwell in June 2018.[6]

On 20 June 2019, Rodríguez signed a two-year contract with Oxford United, with the option of a third, on a free transfer after his Motherwell deal had expired.[7] He made his Oxford debut in a 1–1 draw at Sunderland on the opening day of the 2019–20 season.[8]

Career statistics
As of match played 7 March 2020[9]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wellington Phoenix 2014–15 A-League 250000000250
2015–16 A-League 240000000240
2016–17 A-League 231000000231
Total 721000000721
Boavista 2017–18 Primeira Liga 0000000000
Sepsi OSK 2017–18 Liga I 120000000120
Motherwell 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 20010301[lower-alpha 1]0250
Oxford United 2019–20[10] EFL League One 31050203[lower-alpha 2]0410
Career total 13516050401501
  1. Matches in the Scottish Challenge Cup, in which age-restricted teams from the Scottish Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs.
  2. Appearances in the EFL Trophy.

See also

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Oxford United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 52. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. "Phoenix Signs Spanish Midfielder Alex". The World Game. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  3. Plumb, Simon (23 July 2014). "Wellington Phoenix stun EPL side West Ham". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  4. Richardson, Daniel (12 October 2014). "Football: Merrick sums up loss succinctly". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  5. "Alex Rodriguez Confirmado No Boavista" [Alex Rodriguez confirmed on Boavista]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 June 2017. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. "Motherwell: Spanish midfielder Gorrín arrives on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  7. "Alex Rodriguez Gorrin Joins Oxford United". oufc.co.uk/. Oxford United F.C. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  8. Williams, Chris (3 August 2019). "REPORT Sunderland 1 Oxford United 1". Oxford United F.C. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  9. "Alex Gorrin". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  10. "Games played by Alex Rodríguez in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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