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Rodolfo Rodríguez (Costa Rican footballer)

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Rodolfo Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Rodolfo Rodríguez Mojica
Date of birth (1980-02-27) February 27, 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Saprissa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2004 Saprissa
2000–2002Municipal de Osa (loan) 17 (0)
2003–2004Guanacasteca (loan) 0 (0)
2004–2005 Liberia Mía 28 (3)
2005–2007 Brujas 56 (3)
2007–2008 Haugesund 24 (3)
2008–2009Brujas FC (loan) 35 (1)
2010 Tianjin Teda 19 (0)
2011 Orión 2 (1)
2012 FAS 15 (0)
2012 Santos de Guápiles 15 (0)
2013 Pérez Zeledón 21 (0)
2014–2015 Puma Generaleña 28 (0)
International career
1997 Costa Rica U-17
2007 Costa Rica 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 22, 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 22, 2014

Rodolfo Rodríguez Mojica (born 27 February 1980) is a retired Costa Rican professional football defensive midfielder.

Club career

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He began his professional career with Deportivo Saprissa and played for other national clubs, Norwegian First Division side FK Haugesund[1] and Chinese club Tianjin Teda.[2]

In August 2011, he left second division side Orión for reasons unknown,[3] later joining Salvadoran giants FAS.[4] He returned to Costa Rica in summer 2012 to play for Santos de Guápiles.[5] In November 2013 he was dismissed by Pérez Zeledón.[6]

In January 2014 he joined second division AS Puma Generaleña,[7] with whom he won promotion to the top tier.

International career

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Rodríguez has made nine appearances for the senior Costa Rica national football team, his debut coming in a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago on February 4, 2007.[8] He appeared in three matches as Costa Rica won the UNCAF Nations Cup 2007 tournament[9] and one match at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[10]

Rodríguez played for Costa Rica at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Egypt.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Ya son cinco los ticos contratados en aquel país ¿Qué le ven a Noruega? - Al Día (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Tianjin Teda oficializa contratación de Rodolfo Rodríguez - Al Día (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Rodolfo Rodríguez fuera de Orión Desamparados - Nación (in Spanish)
  4. ^ El FAS negocia con el tico Rodolfo Rodríguez - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Santos apunta a lo más alto - Nación (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Pérez Zeledón purgó a siete jugadores - Nación (in Spanish)
  7. ^ AS Puma va por el ascenso directo - Nación (in Spanish)
  8. ^ "International Friendly Matches 2007". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  9. ^ "Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2007 - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  10. ^ "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  11. ^ Rodolfo RodríguezFIFA competition record (archived)
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