Víctor Rodríguez (Spanish footballer)

Víctor Rodríguez Romero (born 23 July 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Indian Super League club Goa.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Romero.

Víctor Rodríguez
Rodríguez with Zaragoza in 2012
Personal information
Full name Víctor Rodríguez Romero[1]
Date of birth (1989-07-23) 23 July 1989[1]
Place of birth Barberà del Vallès, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Goa
Number 32
Youth career
1998–2002 Barcelona
2002–2005 Mercantil
2005–2008 Badalona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Badalona 85 (8)
2008–2009 → Vilajuïga (loan) 36 (11)
2012 Zaragoza B 1 (0)
2012–2014 Zaragoza 72 (6)
2014–2016 Elche 36 (4)
2015–2016 → Getafe (loan) 33 (2)
2016–2017 Sporting Gijón 25 (2)
2017–2019 Seattle Sounders 52 (11)
2020–2021 Elche 22 (0)
2022–2023 Odisha 14 (1)
2023– Goa 4 (1)
International career
2015–2016 Catalonia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:19, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Barberà del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Rodríguez played four years with FC Barcelona as a youth, sharing teams with future Valencia CF, Barcelona and Spain star Jordi Alba. Both were released for being deemed too small.[2]

Rodríguez then signed for neighbours CF Badalona in the Segunda División B, going on to spend three full seasons at that level with the club. In 2012 he joined Real Zaragoza of La Liga, but initially as a member of the reserve team also in the third tier.[3][4] He was introduced in the main squad setup by manager Manolo Jiménez shortly after, however,[5] making his league debut on 25 August in a 2–1 away win against RCD Espanyol.[6]

On 21 October 2012, in another 2–1 away victory, now over Granada CF, Rodríguez scored once and also provided the assist in Hélder Postiga's opener.[7] As he had played in the number of first-team games required, he was immediately handed a professional contract, running until June 2015.[8]

Rodríguez returned to the top flight on 7 August 2014, after agreeing to a three-year deal at Elche CF.[9] On 2 August of the following year, he was loaned to Getafe CF of the same league for one year.[10]

On 10 June 2016, after Getafe's relegation, Rodríguez signed a four-year contract with Sporting de Gijón also in the top tier.[11] He met the same fate at the end of the season, then agreed to terminate his contract in order to join a Major League Soccer team,[12] which turned out to be Seattle Sounders FC.[13]

On 10 November 2019, Rodríguez was named the MVP of the 2019 MLS Cup Final, scoring the Sounders' second goal in a 3–1 home win over Toronto FC.[14] The following 30 January, he returned to his former club Elche.[15]

Rodríguez signed with Odisha FC in the Indian Super League in July 2022.[16] He scored his first league goal on 17 February 2023, in the 3–1 away defeat of NorthEast United FC.[17] He also won that year's Super Cup with the side.[18]

On 20 July 2023, FC Goa announced the signing of Rodríguez on a one-year deal.[19]

International career

Rodríguez featured for the Catalonia unofficial team.[20]

Career statistics
As of 29 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Badalona 2009–10[21] Segunda División B 25100——251
2010–11[21] 34300—3[lower-alpha 1]0373
2011–12[21] 26400—2[lower-alpha 1]0284
Total 858000050908
Vilajuïga (loan) 2008–09 Tercera División ??00——00
Zaragoza B 2012–13[21] Segunda División B 1000——10
Zaragoza 2012–13[21] La Liga 3315[lower-alpha 2]0——381
2013–14[21] Segunda División 39500——395
Total 726500000776
Elche 2014–15[21] La Liga 3642[lower-alpha 2]0——384
Getafe (loan) 2015–16[21] La Liga 3321[lower-alpha 2]0——342
Sporting Gijón 2016–17[21] La Liga 2522[lower-alpha 2]0——272
Seattle Sounders 2017[22] Major League Soccer 7200—4[lower-alpha 3]1111
2018[22] 19500002[lower-alpha 3]0215
2019[22] 1721[lower-alpha 4]1—3[lower-alpha 3]1214
Total 4391100925312
Elche 2019–20[21] Segunda División 6000——60
2020–21[21] La Liga 1603[lower-alpha 2]0——190
Total 220300000250
Odisha 2022–23[22] Indian Super League 1415[lower-alpha 5]2—1[lower-alpha 6]0203
Goa 2023–24[22] 0000——00
Career total 331321930015236537
  1. Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs
  2. Appearance(s) in Copa del Rey
  3. Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
  4. Appearance(s) in US Open Cup
  5. Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  6. Appearance(s) in play–offs for AFC Cup

Honours

Seattle Sounders

Odisha

Individual

References
  1. "Victor Rodriguez". Diario AS. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  2. Artús, José Luis (22 October 2012). "Víctor Rodríguez, otro embrión de La Masia que triunfa en Zaragoza" [Víctor Rodríguez, another La Masia offspring making it big in Zaragoza]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  3. "Víctor Rodríguez: Desparpajo y velocidad para la banda derecha del Zaragoza" [Víctor Rodríguez: Pizzazz and speed for Zaragoza's right wing] (in Spanish). Goal. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  4. Castarlenas Vaquero, Francisco Javier (22 October 2012). "El día de Víctor Rodríguez" [The day of Víctor Rodríguez] (in Spanish). Aragón Digital. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  5. Valero, Santiago (5 March 2018). "Víctor Rodríguez: «Soy el jugador que soy gracias sobre todo al Real Zaragoza»" [Víctor Rodríguez: "I am the player I am thanks mainly to Real Zaragoza"]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  6. "Postiga pounces to net Zaragoza win". ESPN FC. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  7. "Zaragoza survive 10-man Granada fightback". ESPN FC. 21 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  8. "Víctor Rodríguez renueva hasta el 2015" [Víctor Rodríguez renews until 2015] (in Spanish). Vavel. 21 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  9. "El Elche incorpora a Víctor Rodríguez" [Elche add Víctor Rodríguez] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 7 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  10. "Víctor Rodríguez jugador del Getafe" [Víctor Rodríguez player of Getafe] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  11. "Víctor Rodríguez, primer fichaje rojiblanco para la temporada 2016/2017" [Víctor Rodríguez, first red-and-white signing for the 2016/2017 season] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 10 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  12. "Nota informativa sobre Víctor Rodríguez" [Informative note on Víctor Rodríguez] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  13. "Seattle Sounders sign winger Victor Rodriguez from Sporting Gijon". ESPN FC. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  14. Le Miere, Jason (10 November 2019). "Victor Rodriguez wins MLS Cup 2019 MVP Award after Seattle Sounders beat Toronto FC". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  15. "OFICIAL | Víctor Rodríguez regresa al Elche C.F." [OFFICIAL | Víctor Rodríguez returns to Elche C.F.] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  16. "Víctor Rodríguez Romero is ready to set the Kalinga Stadium alight". Odisha FC. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  17. "ISL 2022–23: Odisha FC edges closer to playoffs spot after 3–1 win against NorthEast". The Hindu. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  18. Rawat, Akhil (25 April 2023). "Odisha FC bask in Kozhikode rain; beat Bengaluru FC to claim Hero Super Cup crown". All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  19. "Spanish midfielder and Super Cup winner Victor Rodriguez joins FC Goa". FC Goa. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  20. Irigoyen, Juan I. (26 December 2015). "Fiesta en Catalunya; copa para Euskadi" [Party in Catalonia; cup to Euskadi]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  21. Víctor Rodríguez at BDFutbol
  22. Víctor Rodríguez at Soccerway
  23. "Seattle Sounders are 2019 MLS Cup champions: Rave Green win second MLS title". Major League Soccer. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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