Clemente Rodríguez

Clemente Juan Rodríguez (born 31 July 1981) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Deportivo Merlo. He is a right-footed player and can play on either flank, especially as a left back.

Clemente Rodríguez
Rodríguez in 2008
Personal information
Full name Clemente Juan Rodríguez
Date of birth (1981-07-31) 31 July 1981
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Full back
Club information
Current team
 Deportivo Merlo
Youth career
0000–2000 Los Andes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Boca Juniors 95 (5)
2004–2009 Spartak Moscow 71 (3)
2007 → Boca Juniors (loan) 14 (2)
2007–2008 → Espanyol (loan) 17 (0)
2009–2010 Estudiantes 27 (1)
2010–2013 Boca Juniors 73 (2)
2013–2015 São Paulo 3 (0)
2015–2019 Colón 63 (1)
2019–2020 Barracas Central 7 (0)
2020 Ciclon de Tárija 0 (0)
2020– Deportivo Merlo 0 (0)
National team
2004 Argentina Olympic
2003–2013 Argentina 20 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:27, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Career

Club

Born in Buenos Aires, Rodríguez made his league debut for Boca Juniors in a 2–1 away defeat to Chacarita Juniors on 10 December 2000. He went on to establish himself as an important player in the Boca Juniors team that won a host of national and international tournament in the early 2000s. In 2003, he was part of the Boca team that won the Intercontinental Cup.

In 2004, he signed for Spartak Moscow, but returned to Boca on loan for the 2007 Clausura (spring championship). For the 2007–08 season he joined Spanish side Espanyol on loan.[1]

In August 2009 he returned to Argentina to play for Estudiantes de La Plata. Subsequently, in August 2010, he returned for a third period with Boca Juniors.[2]

On 24 June 2013, São Paulo signed Rodríguez to a two-year contract.[3] On 7 April 2014, after almost one year playing for São Paulo, Rodríguez, along with Fabrício, was removed from the main staff of the club, and sent on loan to Boca Juniors. Rodríguez, who had a contract with the club until June 2015, will therefore no longer play for São Paulo.[4]

Having announced his move to Bolivian club Ciclon de Tárija on 3 September 2020,[5] it was revealed at the end of the same month, that Rodríguez had joined Deportivo Merlo.[6]

International

Rodríguez was part of the gold medal winning Argentine Olympic football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and has played for the full Argentina national team on an infrequent basis since 2003. He was called by coach Diego Maradona to play in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[7]

Career statistics

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[8]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina 200340
200430
200510
200610
200700
200800
200900
201080
201120
201230
201320
Total200

Honours

Club

Boca Juniors

International

Argentina Olympic team

References
  1. "El Espanyol ficha a Clemente Rodríguez por dos millones" (in Spanish). Marca. 22 June 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
  2. "Otra caricia para Borghi: firmó Clemente Rodríguez". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 2 August 2010. Archived from the original on 5 August 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  4. São Paulo descarta Roger e 'rebaixa' Clemente e Fabrício
  5. Néstor Ortigoza y Clemente Rodríguez fueron anunciados como refuerzos de un club de Bolivia, infobae.com, 3 September 2020
  6. Clemente Rodríguez, nuevo jugador de Deportivo Merlo, tycsports.com, 29 September 2020
  7. "¡Acá están, estos son!" (in Spanish). Olé. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  8. "Clemente Rodríguez". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
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