Clemente Rodríguez facts for kids
Rodríguez with Spartak Moscow in 2008
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| Full name | Clemente Juan Rodríguez | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1981 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Full back | |||||||||||||||
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| –2000 | Los Andes | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Boca Juniors | 95 | (5) | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2009 | Spartak Moscow | 71 | (3) | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | → Boca Juniors (loan) | 14 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | → Espanyol (loan) | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Estudiantes | 27 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Boca Juniors | 73 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | São Paulo | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Colón | 63 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Barracas Central | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Ciclon de Tárija | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Deportivo Merlo | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| Total | 379 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
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| 2004 | Argentina Olympic | |||||||||||||||
| 2003–2013 | Argentina | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||
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Clemente Juan Rodríguez (born July 31, 1981) is a former professional football player from Argentina. He was a right-footed player. This means he preferred to kick with his right foot. He was a very flexible defender. He could play on either side of the field, but he was especially good as a left-back.
Career
Club Career
Clemente Rodríguez was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He started his professional football journey with Boca Juniors. His first league game for Boca Juniors was on December 10, 2000. It was an away game against Chacarita Juniors, which Boca Juniors lost 2–1.
He quickly became a very important player for Boca Juniors. He helped the team win many national and international titles in the early 2000s. In 2003, he was part of the Boca team that won the Intercontinental Cup. This was a big trophy played between the best club teams from Europe and South America.
In 2004, Rodríguez moved to Europe. He signed with Spartak Moscow in Russia. After some time, he returned to Boca Juniors on loan in 2007. This was for the Clausura, which is the spring championship in Argentina. For the 2007–08 season, he played for the Spanish team Espanyol. He joined them on a loan deal.
In August 2009, he came back to Argentina. He joined Estudiantes de La Plata. Then, in August 2010, he returned to Boca Juniors for his third time playing for the club.
On June 24, 2013, Rodríguez signed a two-year contract with São Paulo in Brazil. However, he did not play for São Paulo for very long. On April 7, 2014, he was sent back to Boca Juniors on loan. He had a contract with São Paulo until June 2015, but he stopped playing for them.
Later in his career, he continued to play for different clubs. On September 3, 2020, he announced he was moving to a Bolivian club called Ciclon de Tárija. But by the end of that same month, it was announced that Rodríguez had joined Deportivo Merlo in Argentina.
International Career
Clemente Rodríguez also played for his country, Argentina. He was part of the Argentine Olympic football team that won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. This was a huge achievement for him and his team.
He also played for the main Argentina national team. He played for them from 2003 onwards, though not always regularly. He was even chosen by the famous coach Diego Maradona to play in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This is one of the biggest football tournaments in the world.
Honours
Club
Boca Juniors
- Primera División: 2000 Apertura, 2003 Apertura, 2011 Apertura
- Copa Libertadores: 2001, 2003, 2007
- Intercontinental Cup: 2003
- Copa Argentina: 2011–12
International
Argentina Olympic team
- Summer Olympics Gold Medal: 2004
Argentina
- Copa América runner-up: 2004
See also
In Spanish: Clemente Rodríguez para niños
