Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay Years Team Name Federico Rodriguez Height 1.85 m Salary 280,000 EUR (2012) | Playing position 2010 Bella Vista Role Footballer Weight 74 kg Current team FC Lugano (Forward) | |
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Full name Federico Martin Rodriguez Rodriguez Date of birth (1991-04-03) 3 April 1991 (age 24) Similar People Luis Diego Lopez, Delio Rossi, Giuseppe Papadopulo, Alberto Zaccheroni, Stefano Pioli | ||
Federico Martin Rodriguez Rodriguez (born 3 April 1991) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Lugano. He represented Uruguay U20 national team.
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Rodriguez also holds Spanish nationality, it made him unrestricted to be register as a player of Serie A club despite born outside the European Union.
Career
On 30 January 2011 Rodriguez was signed by Italian Serie A club Genoa C.F.C. for €4.12 million from Penarol. In June 2011 he was swapped directly with Riccardo Meggiorini, both 50% registration rights were "valued" €3 million. He signed a 4-year contract. On 25 January 2012 he was signed by Piacenza. In January 2013 he was signed by Montevideo Wanderers. On 21 June Bologna acquired Rodriguez for free and Robert Acquafresca outright from Genoa for €1.267 million.
Rodriguez was released on 21 January 2015, 6 months early from his contract. He joined FC Lugano immediately.
International career
He has been capped by the Uruguay national under-20 football team for the 2011 South American Youth Championship and for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.