Darío Rodríguez

Darío Rodríguez
Personnel
Surname	Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña
birthday	17th September 1974
place of birth	Montevideo ,  Uruguay
size	186 cm
position	Left defender central defender
Juniors
Years	station
1979-1984	Huracan Villegas
1984-1989	Higos del Mar
1990-1992	South America
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1992-1995	South America	? (?)
1995-1996	Deportivo Toluca	? (?)
1997-1998	Bella Vista	? (?)
1998-2002	Club Atlético Peñarol	102 (19)
2002-2008	FC Schalke 04	102 0(6)
2008-2014	Club Atlético Peñarol	147 (10)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2002-2007	Uruguay	51 0(4)
1 Only league games are given. Status: January 3, 2015 (end of career) 2 Status: end of career

Darío Rodríguez , full name Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña , (born September 17, 1974 in Montevideo ) is a former Uruguayan football player .

Career

society

Dario Rodriguez played in youth for the Uruguayan clubs Huracan Villegas and Higos del Mar . In 1990 he moved to the youth department of Sud América . From 1992 he played in the professional team of Sud América. In 1995 he moved to Deportivo Toluca in Mexico . In 1996 he returned to Uruguay and played for Club Atlético Bella Vista until 1998 . Then he played for the multiple national champion Peñarol Montevideo . Following the 2002 World Cup , Rodríguez moved to FC Schalke 04 , where he had a contract until 2008. His contract was terminated on January 4, 2008 due to a bereavement in the family at the player's request. On January 26th, 2008, the crowd's darling was adopted in a test match against FC Basel . He went back to Uruguay and joined his old club Peñarol.

At FC Schalke 04, the player with a strong header was first used as a left defender and left midfield, then mainly in central defense. He scored six goals in 102 Bundesliga games. He also scored a goal in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup game for Belarusian club FK Homel .

Since the Clausura 2008 he has been under contract with Peñarol again. There he won the Uruguayan national championship in the 2009/10 and 2012/13 seasons. By the end of the 2012/13 season, he had since played a total of 126 games in the Primera División , scoring eight goals. In addition, the statistics for this career segment show 25 matches (one goal) in the Copa Libertadores , four Copa Sudamericana games and two appearances in the Liguilla. In the 2013/14 season he only made twelve league appearances (two goals) and played four games of the Copa Libertadores 2014 (no goal) - also due to a two-month doping ban that lasted until September 5, 2013 due to the use of corticoids . In the current 2014/15 season, he was used in nine first division games (no goal) and three games (no goal) of the Copa Sudamericana 2014 until the end of the Apertura 2014 . After 22 years as a professional, Rodríguez ended his career in January 2015. Just a few days after this decision, a possible comeback in the ranks of the Montevideo Wanderers for the upcoming games of the Copa Libertadores 2015 was reported. At that time, his brother Samanta Rodríguez took on the role of assistant coach for the Montevideans, who is said to have been the initiator of this possible commitment. Jorge Nin, a member of the club's management, ruled out such an obligation, as it does not correspond to the traditional philosophy of the club to bet on young players.

National team

From his debut on February 17, 2000 to his last appearance on July 10, 2007, he made 51 appearances for Uruguay (four goals). With the Celeste he finished third at the 2004 Copa America . In qualifying for the 2006 World Cup in Germany , the national team from Rodríguez failed to Australia . In the first leg in Montevideo, he scored the 1-0 winning goal for his colors. In the second leg it was 1-0 for Australia after 120 minutes, so a penalty shoot-out had to bring the decision. Rodríguez missed his penalty and was one of the unlucky Uruguayans. Rodríguez was also a member of Uruguay's squad at the 2007 Copa America .

successes

• Uruguayan champions: 1999 , 2009/10 , 2012/13
• World Cup participant: 2002
• German DFL League Cup winner: 2005

Private

Darío Rodríguez is married and has a son and a daughter.

Others

In his honor, Schalke's fans dedicated a song with the following text: Come on, Mr. Uruguay, Dario Rodriguez, grapple the opponents from behind! First one, then two, then three, then four, broken tibia, thank you.

Web links

• Darío Rodríguez in the database of weltfussball.de
• Darío Rodríguez in the database of fussballdaten.de
• Dario Rodriguez in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Darío Rodríguez in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zé Roberto da - Rodriguez gone on kicker.de
2. ↑ Dos meses de sanción a Darío Rodríguez por doping ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) in El Observador, July 23, 2013, accessed August 24, 2014 
3. ^ ESPN profile , accessed June 5, 2013
4. ↑ profile on www.fichajes.com , accessed on January 3, 2015
5. ↑ Ex-Schalke Rodríguez ends his career on transfermarkt.de on January 3, 2015, accessed on January 3, 2015
6. ↑ Principios son principios (Spanish) on futbol.com.uy of January 6, 2015, accessed on January 7, 2015
7. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team at www.rsssf.com , accessed on December 16, 2012
8. ↑ FRANCIA 0 - 0 URUGUAY ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 11, 2012 
9. ↑ Uruguay - International Matches 2011-2015 (as of October 16, 2012), accessed on December 16, 2012
10. ↑ Exclusivo: Darío Rodríguez en días de retiro, su nueva vida y Peñarol (Spanish) on pasionfutbol.com from February 21, 2015, accessed on October 26, 2016
11. ↑ At the age of 40 it ends on reviersport.de on January 3, 2015, accessed on November 1, 2016