Place of birth Tenerife, Spain Playing position Name Alex Rodriguez | Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Current team Wellington Phoenix | |
Full name Alejandro Rodriguez Gorrin Date of birth (1993-08-01) 1 August 1993 (age 22) | ||
Alejandro Rodriguez Gorrin (born 1 August 1993), commonly known as Alex Rodriguez, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Wellington Phoenix in the Australian A-League.
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Rodriguez was born in Tenerife and played youth football with Sunderland before starting his professional career with Wellington Phoenix.
Early life
Rodriguez was born in Tenerife.
Sunderland
Rodriguez was a member of Premier League club Sunderland's youth system for several years, including as captain of the youth team.
Wellington
After being released by Sunderland in 2014, Rodriguez signed with New Zealand-based A-League club Wellington Phoenix. In July 2014, Rodriguez scored his first Phoenix goal in a pre-season friendly win over Premier League side West Ham after earlier setting up the opening goal. Alex made his competitive debut for Wellington in the side's loss to Perth Glory in the opening round of the 2014–15 A-League.