Luis Rodas

Luis Rodas
Personal information
Full name Luis René Rodas Medina
Date of birth (1985-01-03) 3 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Mictlán
Youth career
1995– Motagua B
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2006 Valencia
2006–2007 Hispano
2007–2008 Motagua (13)
2009–2010 Suchitepéquez 25 (6)
2010–2011 Necaxa 0 (0)
2011– Mictlán
International career
2007–2008 Honduras U-23 4 (0)
2007 Honduras 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2008-09-11
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2008-08-13

Luis René Rodas Medina (born 3 January 1985) is a Honduran football striker who plays for Mictlán.[1]

Club career

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Nicknamed el Castor (the Beaver), he previously played for F.C. Motagua since he was 10 years old.

After Rodas and teammate Roy Posas were released by Motagua after a drink-driving incident which led to their arrest,[2] Rodas moved abroad to play for Guatemalan side Suchitepéquez where he was joined by compatriot José Güity in 2009.[3] He joined Necaxa for the 2010 Apertura championship[4] and returned to Guatemala to play the 2012 Clausura for Mictlán.[5]

International career

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Rodas has played in every category of the Honduras national football team, making his debut for the senior side versus El Salvador. He also played at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[6][7]

Honours and awards

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Club

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F.C. Motagua

References

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  1. ^ NOTICIAS DE MICTLAN
  2. ^ Rodas y Posas separados del Motagua por escándalo Archived 2 July 2013 at archive.today – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El “Baba” al Suchi… – El Heraldo (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Leonardo Isaula y dos colombianos a Necaxa – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Mictlán se queda sin el portero Paulo Motta Archived 26 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine – Prensa Libre (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "Luis Rodas Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  7. ^ Luis RodasFIFA competition record (archived)
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