| Rodolfo Rodríguez | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodolfo Sergio Rodríguez Rodríguez | |
| Date of birth | January 20, 1956 | |
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | |
| Height | 1. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Montevideo (monteβi'ðeo is the largest city the capital and chief port of Uruguay. Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America 87 m (6 ft 11⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1971-1976 | Cerro | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1976 1976-1984 1984-1988 1988-1990 1991-1992 1992-1994 | Cerro Nacional Santos Sporting Lisbon Portuguesa Bahia | |
| National team | ||
| 1976-1986 | Uruguay | 79 (0) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals | ||
Rodolfo Sergio Rodríguez Rodríguez (born January 20, 1956 in Montevideo) is a retired Uruguayan football goalkeeper. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Montevideo (monteβi'ðeo is the largest city the capital and chief port of Uruguay. Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered He is the most capped player in the history of the Uruguayan national team with 79 appearances between 1976 and 1986[1]
His youth player career began at Cerro in 1971 but he moved to Nacional in 1976. The Uruguay national football team is controlled by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol. Club Atlético Cerro Club Atlético Cerro, usually known simply as Cerro is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. Club Nacional de Football is a traditional Uruguayan Sports club, full of history based in Montevideo and founded in May 14, 1899 Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
At Nacional, he started his professional career in 1976 with which he played until 1984, having won the Uruguayan Championship in 1977, 1980 and 1983, the Copa Libertadores in 1980 and the Copa Intercontinental also in 1980. The Primera División Uruguaya ( Uruguayan First Division) is the top category of Uruguayan Football (soccer, and it is organized by the Uruguayan The Copa Santander Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América, ( Taça Libertadores da América) is a football cup competition played The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by
In 1984 he joined Santos in Brazil. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld At Santos he won the São Paulo State Championship in 1984. The Campeonato Paulista is the most prestigious football tournament within the state of São Paulo. He stayed with the club until 1987.
Rodríguez then moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal but only stayed there for one season (1988-1989). Sporting Clube de Portugal ( pron 'spɔɾtĩg 'klub(ɨ dɨ puɾtu'gaɫ referred to coloquially as Sporting, Sporting CP or erroneously Sporting He returned to Brazil in 1990 to play at Portuguesa. Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, usually called Portuguesa or Lusa, is a Sports club, and a traditional Brazilian football team from Two years later he left Portuguesa to join Bahia with which he won two Bahia State Championships in 1993 and 1994. Esporte Clube Bahia is a Brazilian football team from Salvador in Bahia ( Brazil) founded on January 1, 1931. The Campeonato Baiano is the football league of the state of Bahia, Brazil.
As goalkeeper for the Uruguay national team, Rodolfo Rodríguez won the 50th anniversary tournament of the first World Cup, the 1980 "Gold Cup". The 1980 Mundialito ( Spanish for "little World Cup " or Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales ("World Champions' Gold and the Copa América in 1983,[2]. The Copa América ( Spanish and Portuguese for "America Cup" is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by The 1983 Copa América Football (soccer tournament was played between August 10 and November 4, with all ten CONMEBOL members participating He also took part with the national squads that played the 1979,[3] and the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The 1979 edition of the Copa América Soccer tournament was played between July 10 and December 12. The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29.
He retired in 1994 as the most capped Uruguayan player ever, having played 79 officially recognised games for his national side.