Kirian Rodríguez

Kirian Rodríguez Concepción (born 5 March 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays for UD Las Palmas as a midfielder.

Kirian Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Kirian Rodríguez Concepción
Date of birth (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996
Place of birth Candelaria, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Las Palmas
Number 20
Youth career
Tenerife
Ofra
2014–2015 Las Palmas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Las Palmas C
2017–2019 Las Palmas B 51 (5)
2019– Las Palmas 47 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 January 2021
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Concepción.

Club career

Rodríguez was born in Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands,[1] and joined UD Las Palmas' youth setup in 2014, from CD Ofra.[2] He spent his first senior years playing with the C-team in the regional leagues, before being promoted to the reserves in January 2018, after scoring 13 goals with the C's.

On 14 September 2018, Rodríguez renewed his contract with the club until 2020.[3] He made his first team debut the following 2 June, coming on as a second-half substitute for fellow youth graduate Fabio González in a 0–0 home draw against UD Almería for the Segunda División championship.[4]

On 17 June 2019, Rodríguez was one of the five players from the B-side who were definitely promoted to the main squad.[5] He scored his first professional goal on 20 July of the following year, netting the opener in a 5–1 home routing of Extremadura UD.[6]

References
  1. "Kirian Rodríguez, un tinerfeño que 'lidera' al filial de la UD Las Palmas" [Kirian Rodríguez, a tinerfeño who leads the reserve team of UD Las Palmas] (in Spanish). El Dorsal. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  2. ""El Kirian del taconazo evolucionó"" ["The Kirian of the backheel pass evolved"] (in Spanish). Tinta Amarilla. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  3. "Kirian Rodríguez renueva su contrato con Las Palmas Atlético hasta 2020" [Kirian Rodríguez renews his contract with Las Palmas Atlético until 2020] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. "A Las Palmas y Almería sólo les faltó el gol" [To Las Palmas and Almería only the goal is missing] (in Spanish). Marca. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  5. "Miguel Ángel Ramírez: "Josep, Fabio, Kirian, Edu Espiau and Cristian Cedrés will sign professional terms with the first team squad"". UD Las Palmas. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  6. "Las Palmas cierra la temporada con una 'manita' al Extremadura" [Las Palmas end the season with a 'fiver' over Extremadura] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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