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Fernando Rodríguez (Spanish footballer)

Fernando Rodríguez (Spanish footballer)

Spanish footballer

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

Fernando Rodríguez Ortega (born 11 May 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Tercera Federación club Real Jaén.

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Club career

Born in Pilas, Province of Seville, Rodríguez spent the vast majority of his career in the Spanish lower leagues. His professional input in his country consisted of two La Liga matches with Sevilla, as well as 16 in the Segunda División with their reserves. He made his debut in the former competition on 19 October 2008, coming on as a late substitute for Lautaro Acosta in a 1–0 away win against Almería where he was also booked.[1]

Rodríguez scored a career-best 18 goals in the 2013–14 season (adding two in the Copa del Rey) to help Cartagena to qualify for the promotion play-offs of Segunda División B, where they eventually fell short. In 2016, with the team still in that league, he returned for a second spell.[2]

In January 2017, the 29-year-old Rodríguez moved abroad for the first time, signing with Ceres–Negros of the Philippines Football League[3] and being officially announced on the 17th.[4] One year later, he switched to the Liga 1 with Mitra Kukar.[5]

On 28 November 2018, Rodríguez joined Malaysia Super League club Kedah Darul Aman.[6] On 8 January 2020 he joined Johor Darul Ta'zim II, a reserve team who competed in the country's second tier.[7]

In November 2023, Rodríguez returned to Real Jaén (now in the Tercera Federación) from Indonesian top-flight Persis Solo, with the deal being effective when the winter transfer window opened.[8]

Career statistics

As of 11 February 2024[9]
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  1. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. Appearance in Segunda División B play-offs
  3. Appearances in Asian Cup
  4. Appearance in Piala Presiden

Honours

Kedah

Johor Darul Ta'zim

References

  1. [1]
    "El Sevilla tira de efectividad" [Sevilla resort to effectiveness]. El País (in Spanish). 19 October 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  2. [2]
    Moya, Francisco J. (19 June 2016). "Fernando, la historia continúa" [Fernando, the story continues]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Fernando: "Tenía que aprovechar la oportunidad que me ha salido..."" [Fernando: "I had to seize this opportunity in front of me..."] (in Spanish). Sport Cartagena. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Ceres-Negros FC unveils new signings for AFC Cup campaign". Ceres FC. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Former Sevilla striker officially plays for Mitra Kukar". Netral News. 8 January 2018. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. [6]
    Leong, Kelvin (28 November 2018). "Ex-Sevilla striker Fernando Rodriguez set for Kedah move from Indonesia". Fox Sports Asia. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Rodrigues and Hirose join JDT II". The Star. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  8. [8]
    Moreno, Gilberto (28 November 2023). "De Asia directo al Real Jaén: El delantero Fernando Rodríguez regresa 11 años después" [From Asia straight to Real Jaén: Forward Fernando Rodríguez returns 11 years later]. Diario Jaén (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  9. [9]
    Fernando Rodríguez at Soccerway
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