Maxi Rodríguez
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| Maxi Rodríguez | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Maximiliano Rubén Rodríguez | |
| Date of birth | January 2, 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
| Playing position | Winger, forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Atlético Madrid | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1999–2000 2001 2001–2002 2002–2005 2005– |
Newell's Old Boys Real Oviedo Newell's Old Boys Espanyol Atlético Madrid |
23 (5) 1 (0) 33 (15) 111 (26) 74 (23) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2003- | Argentina | 24 (7) |
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Maximiliano Rubén Rodríguez , known as Maxi Rodriguez (born January 2, 1981 in Rosario, Santa Fe) is an Argentine footballer. He is commonly used as a winger or midfielder, and he currently captains Atletico Madrid. He holds dual citizenship: Argentinian and Italian.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Club career
He came through the youth set-up at Newell's Old Boys in the Argentine Football League, and played for the club for three seasons before moving to Spain.
In 2002 he moved to La Liga with RCD Espanyol. His league debut came on September 2, 2002 in an 0-2 loss against Real Madrid. During his last season with Espanyol he played 37 league games and scored 15 goals, including Espanyol's 2000th Spanish league goal. At the start of the 2005-06 season he moved to Atlético Madrid for €7 million, where he is currently team captain.
[edit] National Team
He won the 2001 World Youth Championship with the Argentina Under-20 team, and has played with the national team since the friendly match against Japan of 2003, including the Confederations Cup 2005 and 2006 World Cup qualifications. On May 6, 2006 he was named as a squad member for the 2006 FIFA World Cup by coach José Pekerman. On June 16, he scored twice in Argentina's 6-0 thrashing of Serbia and Montenegro, spearheading their efforts into the knockout stages.
In the second round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup on June 24, 2006, he scored the winning goal against Mexico in extra time, controlling a cross-field pass from Sorín with his chest before volleying into the top corner from outside the penalty area with his left foot in the 98th minute.[1] In an official online poll by FIFA, this was voted the best goal of the 2006 World Cup.[2]
After Argentina lost the quarter-final game against Germany on June 30, 2006, Rodríguez punched German player Bastian Schweinsteiger in the back. FIFA fined Rodriguez CHF 5,000 and suspended him from two matches in Copa América 2007 for violent conduct.[3] On October 11, 2006 he tore his anterior cruciate ligament while playing for Argentina in an international match against Spain and was ruled out for six months following surgery.[4]
[edit] Club stats
| Club | Season | Domestic League | Domestic Cup | International Club Competition |
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| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | |||
| Atlético Madrid | 07-08 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| 06-07 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||
| 05-06 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 69 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 62 | 24 | ||
| RCD Espanyol | 04-05 | 37 | 15 | |||||||
| 03-04 | 36 | 4 | ||||||||
| 02-03 | 37 | 7 | ||||||||
| Total | 110 | 26 | ||||||||
| Newell's Old Boys | 2002 | |||||||||
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Argentina 2-1 Mexico (aet)", BBC, 2006-06-24. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
- ^ Goal of the Tournament. fifaworldcup.yahoo.com.
- ^ "Rooney, Cufre and Rodriguez handed bans by FIFA", Deutsche Presse-Agentur, 2006-07-08. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
- ^ "Atletico's Maxi, Petrov out for six months", Reuters, 2006-10-16. Retrieved on 2006-10-20.
[edit] External links
- Guardian statistics
- Career details at National Football Teams
- Maxi Rodríguez pen pic
- (Spanish) Maxi Rodríguez's transfer to Atlético
- Maxi Rodríguez wonder goal against Mexico
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