Playing position 0000–2000 Los Andes Role Footballer Weight 65 kg | Number 19 Name Clemente Rodriguez Height 1.67 m Career start 2000 | |
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Full name Clemente Juan Rodriguez Date of birth (1981-07-31) July 31, 1981 (age 34) Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina Current team Club Atletico Colon (#19 / Defender) Similar People Leandro Somoza, Pablo Ledesma, Alejandro Sabella, Diego Maradona, Gerardo Martino | ||
Clemente Juan Rodriguez (born 31 July 1981) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Club Atletico Colon. He is a right-footed player and can play on either flank, especially as a left back.
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Club career
Born in Buenos Aires, Rodriguez made his league debut for Boca Juniors in a 2–1 away defeat to Chacarita Juniors on December 10, 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.
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.
On June 24, 2013, Sao Paulo signed Rodriguez to a two-year contract.
On April 7, 2014, after almost one year playing for Sao Paulo, Rodriguez, along with Fabricio, was removed from the main staff of the club, and sent on loan to Boca Juniors. Rodriguez, who had a contract with the club until June 2015, will therefore no longer play for Sao Paulo.
National team
Rodriguez 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.