Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay Playing position Name Maxi Rodriguez | Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 ⁄2 in) Current team Gremio | |
Full name Maximiliano Rodriguez Maeso Date of birth (1990-10-02) 2 October 1990 (age 25) | ||
Maximiliano Rodriguez Maeso (born 2 October 1990), or simply Maxi Rodriguez, is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Gremio.
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Career
Born in Montevideo, Rodriguez finished his formation with local Montevideo Wanderers. He made his professional debut on 23 August 2009, against Penarol, and scored his first professional goal on 24 January 2010 against the same team.
In 2012–13 season, Rodriguez scored 15 goals in only 22 appearances (9 in Apertura and 6 in Clausura). On 10 May 2013, he was signed a four-year deal with Gremio.
On 6 July Rodriguez made his Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A debut, in a 1–1 away draw against Atletico-PR. He appeared regularly during the campaign, scoring four goals in 18 matches; highlights in a match against Nautico on 11 September, where he applied three subsequent nutmegs in Jean Rolt, and also assisted Paulinho in the last of the 2–0 away success.
In August 2014, after only appearing sparingly during the year, Rodriguez was loaned to Vasco da Gama until December. He returned to Tricolor after appearing regularly for the former, which won promotion back to the top division at first attempt.
On 5 January 2015 Rodriguez joined Universidad de Chile, also in a temporary deal.