Full name Ángel Luis Rodríguez Years Team Apps (Gls) | Place of birth Panama Team Apps Height 1.75 m | |
Date of birth (1976-02-15) February 15, 1976 (age 41) | ||
Ángel Luis Rodríguez (born 15 February 1976) is a retired Panamanian football midfielder.
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Club career
Pito Rodríguez played in the youth teams of Uruguyan giants Nacional and Colombian outfit Independiente Santa Fe and started his senior career at Ejecutivo Jrs., played for San Francisco and Tauro and returned to San Francisco in December 2002. While at Tauro, he went to Italy for a trial with Empoli in 1998.
He had a spell abroad on loan at Salvadoran side FAS in 1999, but left the club citing urgent family matters while denying any involvement in a Salvadoran road accident in which a person died and subsequently fleeing Salvadoran law. In summer 2005, he went to play alongside compatriot Juan Carlos Cubillas for Ecuadoran second division team Santa Rita.
He also played for Sporting San Miguelito and Árabe Unido, whom he joined a second time in summer 2009 from Sporting.
He retired in July 2011.
International career
He played for the Panama U23 team in the 1997 Central American Games.
Rodríguez made his debut for Panama in a January 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Nicaragua and has earned a total of 57 caps, scoring 3 goals. He represented his country in 18 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and was a member of the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup team, who finished second in the tournament.
His final international was a January 2010 friendly match against Chile.
International goals
Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.Managerial career
After retiring as a player in July 2011, Rodríguez was named assistant to manager Jair Palacios at Árabe Unido. He was appointed coach of Árabe Unido Reserves in summer 2014.