Sebastián Rodríguez (footballer)

Sebastián Javier Rodríguez Iriarte (born 16 August 1992) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Peñarol.[1]

Sebastián Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Sebastián Javier Rodríguez Iriarte
Date of birth (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992
Place of birth Canelones, Uruguay
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Peñarol
Number 8
Youth career
Danubio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Danubio 9 (0)
2011–2014 Almería B 72 (4)
2014 KF Vllaznia 0 (0)
2014–2015 Locarno 11 (1)
2015–2016 Liverpool 26 (2)
2016–2018 Nacional 64 (5)
2019 Veracruz 28 (0)
2020– Emelec 77 (25)
International career
2009 Uruguay U-17 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:43, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Canelones, Rodríguez began playing youth football with Danubio, and made his professional debut with the first team on 4 December 2010, starting in a 4–2 home win over Central Español.[2] He finished the season with nine appearances (six starts, 551 minutes of action).

On 27 July 2011 Rodríguez was transferred to Spanish club UD Almería, being initially assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[3] Five days later, he was called up for pre-season with the first team squad.[4] He still continued to appear regularly for the B's, however.

On 9 August 2012 Rodríguez reverted to his old name (in his first season abroad he was called Iriarte).[5] He appeared in 12 matches in 2013–14.

On 23 August 2014 Rodríguez joined KF Vllaznia Shkodër, along with compatriot Sebastián Sosa.[6] On 25 September he switched teams and countries again, joining FC Locarno in Switzerland.[7]

International career

Rodríguez played for national team in 2009 U-17 World Cup, with the 8 jersey.

References
  1. "Nacional: Sebastián Rodríguez es el primero en llegar". eldiario.com.uy. 18 June 2016.
  2. Séptima victoria franjeada (Seventh fringed victory); Espectador, 4 December 2010 (in Spanish)
  3. UD Almería"B": se suma Sebastián Rodríguez. (Almería B: Sebastián Rodríguez added); Esfutbol.net, 27 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. Alcalá e Iriarte, dos jugadores más del filial que se incorporan a la primera plantilla del Almería (Alcalá and Iriarte, two more players from the reserves who join Almería's first team)); Teleprensa, 1 August 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. Iriarte decide cambiarse el nombre deportivo por Sebastián Rodríguez (Iriarte decides to change his sports name to Sebastián Rodríguez); El Almería, 9 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  6. Vllaznia merr Sozën, huazohet nga Palermo. Isufi: Gjithçka gati për një start të mbarë (Vllaznia signs Soza, loaned from Palermo. Isufi: Everything ready for a good start) Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine; Panorama Sport, 23 August 2014 (in Albanian)
  7. Sebastian Rodriguez, un centrocampista in più per il Locarno (Sebastian Rodriguez, one more central midfielder for Locarno); Il Giornale del Ticino, 25 September 2014 (in Italian)
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