Diego Matías Rodríguez

Diego Matías Rodríguez Marrón (American Spanish: [ˈdjeɣo maˈti.az roˈðɾiɣes];[lower-alpha 1] born 25 June 1989) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Defensa y Justicia.

This article is about the Argentine goalkeeper. For the Uruguayan midfielder, see Diego Martín Rodríguez. For other people named Diego Rodríguez, see Diego Rodríguez.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Marrón.
Diego Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Diego Matías Rodríguez Marrón
Date of birth (1989-06-25) 25 June 1989
Place of birth Mar del Plata, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Defensa y Justicia
Youth career
Independiente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2017 Independiente 111 (9)
2016–2017 → Rosario Central (loan) 19 (0)
2017–2019 Rosario Central 6 (0)
2018 → JEF United Chiba (loan) 20 (0)
2019– Defensa y Justicia 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Central Córdoba (loan) 22 (0)
2020–2021 → Elche (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2009 Argentina U20 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 August 2020

Career

Club

Born in Mar del Plata, Rodríguez made his debut in Independiente on 16 June 2011 against Huracán when coach Antonio Mohamed had to put him in the first team since Hilario Navarro, Fabián Assman and Adrián Gabbarini were all injured. [1]

Rodríguez subsequently represented Rosario Central, JEF United Chiba, Defensa y Justicia and Central Córdoba before joining La Liga side Elche CF on 5 October 2020.[2] He terminated his contract with the latter club on 1 February 2021, after just three cup matches.[3]

International

Rodríguez was called up by coach Sergio Batista as part of the Argentina U-20 team for the 2009 South American U-20 Championship [4] He was a key player in the match against Ecuador that let the team advance to the second round where they were eventually eliminated. [5]

Notes
  1. In isolation, Matías is pronounced [maˈti.as].

References
  1. "Debutará el arquero Damián Rodríguez" at ESPN. 16 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  2. "Diego Rodríguez: decimotercer fichaje del Elche CF" [Diego Rodríguez: thirteenth signing of Elche CF] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. "OFICIAL | Acuerdo para las salidas de Jeison Lucumí, Diego Rodríguez, Sánchez Miño y Youssouf Koné" [OFFICIAL | Agreement for the departures of Jeison Lucumí, Diego Rodríguez, Sánchez Miño and Youssouf Koné] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  4. "Argentina define nómina para Sudamericano Sub20" at El Universo newspaper. 11 January 2009 (in Spanish)
  5. "Paraguay, primer rival de Argentina en el hexagonal final" at AFA's official website. 29 January 2009 (in Spanish)
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