Mario Rodríguez (footballer, born 1981)

Mario Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez (born September 14, 1981 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) is a Guatemalan football midfielder. He currently plays for the local club CSD Municipal.

For other people named Mario Rodríguez, see Mario Rodríguez (disambiguation).
Mario Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Mario Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez
Date of birth (1981-09-14) September 14, 1981
Place of birth Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) striker/right winger
Club information
Current team
 CSD Municipal
Number 25
Youth career
USAC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Comunicaciones
2004 Alajuelense
2004–2005 CSD Municipal 17 (0)
2005 Columbus Crew 19 (1)
2006 Miami FC 18 (7)
2006–present CSD Municipal (82)
National team‡
2003–present Guatemala 78 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 March 2010
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2013

Rodríguez has played locally for CSD Comunicaciones and in Major League Soccer for Columbus Crew. He is also a member of the Guatemala national team.

Club career

Rodríguez, nicknamed El Loco (Spanish for The Crazy Man), started his career in Guatemala in 2002 with Comunicaciones, where he would remain until 2004. In February 2004 during the 211th clasico between longtime arch-rivals Municipal and Comunicaciones, he collided with goalkeeper Danny Ortiz causing Ortiz to suffer a torn pericardium. Ortiz was taken to the Hospital Centro Médico where he died two hours later.

In 2005, he joined Columbus Crew from Costa Rican side Alajuelense,[1] and in 2006, he played for Miami FC, and with 7 goals and 4 assists he was second in scoring for the club behind Brazilian forward Romário. He returned to Guatemala to play for Municipal for the 2007 Clausura.

He has been productive for Municipal. But despite being the top scorer on the team since joining, he hasn't always had the best relationship with Municipal fans because of his past with rivals Comunicaciones.[2]

In March 2009, Rodríguez almost signed with Chunnam Dragons from the Korean League,[3] only for the deal to fail through at the second attempt.[4]

International career

Rodríguez made his international debut in a January 2003 friendly match against El Salvador and has since been capped over 70 times for his country.[5] He represented his country in 19 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[6] as well as at the 2003[7] and 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[8]

In 2006, Rodríguez was recalled by Guatemala national coach Hernán Darío Gómez to play against Haiti. He scored a goal and then was recalled for a friendly in Guatemala City against Panama. He made his return to the national squad for the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign, scoring three goals in the first two matches, against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

International goals
Scores and results list. Guatemala's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 June 2005Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José, Costa Rica Costa Rica2-22-32006 FIFA World Cup qualification
216 August 2006Tropical Park Stadium, Miami, United States Haiti1-01-1Friendly match
323 April 2008Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala Haiti1-01-0Friendly match
414 June 2008Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala Saint Lucia1-06-02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
56 August 2008RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States Bolivia3-03-0Friendly match
610 September 2008Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala Cuba3-14-12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
77 September 2010Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan Japan1-21-2Friendly match
82 September 2011Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3-04-02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
97 October 2011Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1-03-02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
107 October 2011Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2-03-02014 FIFA World Cup qualification

References
  1. Revolution face familiar Crew - Boston.com
  2. Mario Rodríguez desea salir de Municipal Archived 2010-04-18 at the Wayback Machine - La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
  3. Mario Rodríguez jugará en Corea Archived 2010-03-28 at the Wayback Machine - La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
  4. Mario Rodríguez se unió al rojo Archived 2009-09-25 at the Wayback Machine - La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
  5. Appearances for Guatemala National Team - RSSSF
  6. Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
  7. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  8. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
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