Clemente Rodríguez

Clemente Rodríguez
Rodríguez with Spartak Moscow in 2008
Personal information
Full name Clemente Juan Rodríguez[1]
Date of birth (1981-07-31) 31 July 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
0000–2000 Los Andes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Boca Juniors 95 (5)
2004–2009 Spartak Moscow 71 (3)
2007Boca Juniors (loan) 14 (2)
2007–2008Espanyol (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 9 (0)
2020 Ciclon de Tárija
2020 Deportivo Merlo 7 (0)
Total 379 (14)
International career
2004 Argentina Olympic
2003–2013 Argentina 20 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Argentina
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Clemente Juan Rodríguez (born 31 July 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer. He was a right-footed player and could play on either flank, especially as a left back.

Career

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Club

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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.[2]

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.[3]

On 24 June 2013, São Paulo signed Rodríguez to a two-year contract.[4] 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.[5]

Having announced his move to Bolivian club Ciclon de Tárija on 3 September 2020,[6] it was revealed at the end of the same month, that Rodríguez had joined Deportivo Merlo.[7]

International

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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.[8]

Career statistics

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International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2003 4 0
2004 3 0
2005 1 0
2006 1 0
2007 0 0
2008 0 0
2009 0 0
2010 8 0
2011 2 0
2012 3 0
2013 2 0
Total 20 0

Honours

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Club

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Boca Juniors

International

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Argentina Olympic team

Argentina

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 9 December 2009. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2012.
  2. ^ "El Espanyol ficha a Clemente Rodríguez por dos millones" (in Spanish). Marca. 22 June 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
  3. ^ "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 anuncia contratação do lateral-esquerdo Clemente Rodríguez, ex-Boca Juniors".
  5. ^ São Paulo descarta Roger e 'rebaixa' Clemente e Fabrício
  6. ^ Néstor Ortigoza y Clemente Rodríguez fueron anunciados como refuerzos de un club de Bolivia, infobae.com, 3 September 2020
  7. ^ Clemente Rodríguez, nuevo jugador de Deportivo Merlo, tycsports.com, 29 September 2020
  8. ^ "¡Acá están, estos son!" (in Spanish). Olé. 19 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  9. ^ Clemente Rodríguez at National-Football-Teams.com
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