For the French footballer, see Clément Rodrigues.
Clemente Rodríguez
Full nameClemente Juan Rodríguez[1]
Birth date31 July 1981 (age 45)
Birth placeBuenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.67 m
PositionFull-back
Youthyears 1–2000
Youthclubs 1Los Andes
Years 12000–2004
Years 22004–2009
Years 32007
Years 42007–2008
Years 52009–2010
Years 62010–2013
Years 72013–2015
Years 82015–2019
Years 92019–2020
Years 102020
Years 112020
Clubs 1Boca Juniors
Clubs 2Spartak Moscow
Clubs 3→ Boca Juniors (loan)
Clubs 4→ Espanyol (loan)
Clubs 5Estudiantes
Clubs 6Boca Juniors
Clubs 7São Paulo
Clubs 8Colón
Clubs 9Barracas Central
Clubs 10Ciclon de Tárija
Clubs 11Deportivo Merlo
Caps 195
Caps 271
Caps 314
Caps 417
Caps 527
Caps 673
Caps 73
Caps 863
Caps 99
Caps 117
Goals 15
Goals 23
Goals 32
Goals 40
Goals 51
Goals 62
Goals 70
Goals 81
Goals 90
Goals 110
Totalcaps379
Totalgoals14
Nationalyears 12004
Nationalyears 22003–2013
Nationalteam 1Argentina Olympic
Nationalteam 2Argentina
Nationalcaps 220
Nationalgoals 20

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.

Club career

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 career

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

Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina200340
200430
200510
200610
200700
200800
200900
201080
201120
201230
201320
Total200

Honours

Boca Juniors

Argentina Olympic team

Argentina

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota: List of Players". FIFA. 9 December 2009. p. 4. Archived from the original 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" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 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. ^ 300