Clemente Rodríguez

Clemente Rodríguez

Personal information
Full name	Clemente Juan Rodríguez
Date of birth	July 31, 1981 (1981-07-31) (age 30)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Full back
Club information
Current club	Boca Juniors
Number	3
Youth career
0000–2000	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–	Boca Juniors	36	(2)
National team‡
2003–2004	Argentina U23	?	(?)
2003–	Argentina	13	(1)
Honours Competitor for  Argentina Men's Football Gold 2004 Athens Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:23, June 25, 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3:54, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

Clemente Juan Rodríguez (born July 31, 1981 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football who plays for Boca Juniors in the Argentine Primera División. He is right footed, and can play in both sides as full back.

Characteristics

He is a left-back who can also operate down the right.

Career

Club career

Rodríguez made his league debut for Boca Juniors in a 2–1 away defeat to Chacarita Juniors on 10 December 2000. He went on to establish himself as an important player in the Boca Juniors team that won a host of national and international tournament in the early 2000s. In 2003 he was part of the Boca team that won the Intercontinental Cup.

In 2004 he signed for Spartak Moscow, but returned to Boca on loan for the 2007 Clausura (spring championship). For the 2007-08 season he joined Spanish side Espanyol on loan.^[1]

In August 2009 he returned to Argentina to play for Estudiantes de La Plata. Subsequently, in August 2010, he returned for a third period with Boca Juniors.^[2]

National team

Rodríguez was part of the gold medal winning Argentine Olympic football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and has played for the full Argentina national team on an infrequent basis since 2003. He was called by coach Diego Maradona to play in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[3]

National team statistics

^[4]

Argentina national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2003	4	0
2004	3	1
2005	1	0
2006	1	0
2007	0	0
2008	0	0
2009	0	0
2010	4	0
Total	13	1

Achievements

Club

Boca Juniors

• Primera División: 2

2000 Apertura, 2003 Apertura

• Copa Libertadores: 3

2001, 2003, 2007

• Intercontinental Cup: 1

2003

National team

Argentina U-23

• Summer Olympics Gold Medal: 1

2004

References

1. ^ "El Espanyol ficha a Clemente Rodríguez por dos millones" (in Spanish). Marca. 2007-06-22. http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/espanyol/es/desarrollo/1008330.html. Retrieved 2007-06-22. 
2. ^ "Otra caricia para Borghi: firmó Clemente Rodríguez" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 2010-08-02. http://www.tycsports.com/notas/57421-otra-caricia-borghi-firmo-clemente-rodriguez. Retrieved 2010-08-05. 
3. ^ "¡Acá están, estos son!" (in Spanish). Olé. 2010-05-19. http://www.ole.com.ar/mundial/argentina/Maradona_0_264573643.html. Retrieved 2010-05-19. 
4. ^ National Football Teams

External links

• Guardian statistics
• Profile at UEFA.com
• Argentine primera statistics at Futbol XXI (Spanish)
• Rodriguez, Clemente Juan Historia de Boca.com (Spanish)
• Clemente Rodríguez at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Rodriguez, Clemente
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1981-07-31
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death
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