James Rodríguez

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James
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Recording from 2018
Personnel
Surname James David Rodríguez Rubio
birthday July 12, 1991
place of birth Cúcuta ,  Colombia
size 180 cm
position Attacking midfield
Juniors
Years station
2001-2005 Academia Tolimense de Fútbol
2005-2006 Envigado FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2006-2008 Envigado FC 55 (20)
2008-2010 CA Banfield 42 0(5)
2010-2013 FC Porto 65 (25)
2013-2014 AS Monaco 34 0(9)
2014-2017 real Madrid 77 (28)
2017-2019 →  FC Bayern Munich  (loan) 43 (14)
2019– real Madrid 8 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2007 Colombia U17 11 0(3)
2008 Colombia U20 8 0(4)
2011– Colombia 76 (22)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2019/20

2 As of June 29, 2019

James David Rodríguez Rubio (born July 12, 1991 in Cúcuta ), short James Rodríguez [ ˈxames roˈðɾiɣes ], often just James [ ˈxames ], is a Colombian football player who has had Spanish citizenship since 2019 .

Career

Childhood, youth and goals

James was born in 1991 near the Venezuelan border in Cúcuta in the Colombian department of Norte de Santander . When he was a baby, his parents moved to Ibagué , in the central Colombian department of Tolima , where he grew up and attended school. When he was five years old, his father Wilson Rodríguez left the family.

James began playing football on the school team of the Colegio Tolimense , directed by the Archdiocese of Ibagué , encouraged by his mother and stepfather, Juan Carlos Restrepo. Later, in the youth of Academia Tolimense de Fútbol , from the age of ten he went through all the youth teams of the club in his home country, always with the shirt number 10.

In addition to his football involvement, James studied computer technology by distance learning at the UNAD ( Universidad Nacional Abierta ya Distancia ) in Colombia.

James repeatedly emphasizes in conversations that Tolima is his home, where he has his roots and that when he visits Ibagué , where his mother and grandparents live, as well as his friends from the Deportes Tolima football club . Out of ties to his home country, James and his family founded the Colombia Somos Todos Foundation (“We all are Colombia”) in December 2011 , a sporting and social project that goes beyond football and aims to help children and young people at risk of frustration Make better use of talents.

societies

Beginnings in South America

Those in charge of the Colombian second division side Envigado FC recognized James' talent on the occasion of a youth football tournament in Tolima, called Ponyfútbol . In 2006, at the age of 15, he moved to Medellín , 350 kilometers away , to prepare for a professional career there. With his new team, he was relegated to the second division in the first year , and again to the Categoría Primera A the following year .

In 2008 he moved to CA Banfield in Argentina . The club was twelfth in Apertura and Clausura . In the 2009/10 season, the Bonaeren suburb club was champion of the Apertura and fifth of the Clausura. Banfield was thus qualified for the Copa Libertadores , in which James scored five goals in eight games. Banfield was eliminated in the round of 16 against the eventual winner SC Internacional from Brazil .

First stations in Europe

In the summer of 2010, the Colombian joined the Portuguese cup winners FC Porto . With this he won the championship three times between 2010 and 2013 , in 2011 the Portuguese Cup and the Europa League . In 65 league games, James scored 25 goals and prepared another 27.

For the 2013/14 season , James moved with João Moutinho to the French first division club AS Monaco . He signed a contract until June 30, 2018. On November 30, 2013, he scored his first goal for the Monegasque . During his season at AS Monaco, he played 34 league games and scored nine goals.

Transfer to Real Madrid

After becoming the top scorer at the World Cup in Brazil in the summer of 2014 with six goals, James switched to the Champions League winner Real Madrid and signed a contract until 2020. With a transfer fee of around 80 million euros, he became one of the most expensive players worldwide . He got the shirt number 10, which Mesut Özil had last worn. After 29 appearances in his first season with the Madrilenians and 26 in the 2015/16 season , he was a substitute player in his third season. In the 2016/17 season he made 22 league appearances, only five of them over the full playing time and mostly against teams from the lower parts of the table. In the Champions League he was usually only used in the preliminary round, in the final against Juventus Turin he was not in the squad.

Loan to FC Bayern Munich

For the 2017/18 season , James moved to the Bundesliga for FC Bayern Munich on loan for 2 years . There was then a purchase option for 42 million euros. In his first season James came under the head coach Carlo Ancelotti , under whom he had already played successfully at Real Madrid, and Jupp Heynckes on 23 league appearances (19 in the starting line-up), in which he scored 7 goals. He was also used 12 times in the Champions League (one goal), in which FC Bayern failed in the semi-finals to Real Madrid. At the end of the season, James became German champions with FC Bayern . In the 2018/19 season he was used less often under the new head coach Niko Kovač . James played 20 Bundesliga games (13 in the starting XI) and scored 7 goals. In the Champions League, in which FC Bayern was eliminated in the round of 16 against eventual winners Liverpool FC , James made 5 appearances (one goal). At the end of the season, James won his second German championship and was a cup winner . In the final win against RB Leipzig , he was not in the squad. After the end of the season, James asked the club not to withdraw the purchase option. FC Bayern complied with this request and James left the club when his contract ended.

Return to Real Madrid

During James' participation in the Copa América 2019 and his subsequent vacation, a move to SSC Napoli, coached by Carlo Ancelotti , or Atlético Madrid was under discussion, but this did not materialize. At the end of July, James joined Real Madrid's pre-season team. After Marco Asensio's cruciate ligament rupture a few days earlier, he was informed that he was not allowed to leave the club. Due to a ligament injury, the Colombian missed several games from October 2019 and was only able to play for Real in the Copa del Rey again in January 2020 .

National team

James at the 2014 World Cup

James played for both the U17 and U20 of the Colombian Football Association . At the U17 World Cup in South Korea on August 20, 2007, he met his future team-mate from Real Madrid , Toni Kroos , for the first time in the game against the U17 national team of the DFB, which ended 3: 3.

In the summer of 2011 he took part in the U20 World Cup in his home country. There he was eliminated with the team in the quarterfinals and scored three goals in five games.

On October 11, 2011 he made his debut in the Colombian national team when he was in the starting eleven in the away game against Bolivia (2-1) for the 2014 World Cup qualification and played through.

In Colombia's preliminary round matches at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil against Greece (3: 0), Ivory Coast (2: 1) and Japan (4: 1), he scored one goal each and was twice named Man of the Match . In the round of 16 against Uruguay (2-0), James scored both goals and helped his team advance to the quarter-finals. As a result of this success, he was elected Man of the Match three times. In the quarter-finals against Brazil , he scored the next goal with a penalty to make it 1: 2. James was the top scorer of the 2014 World Cup with six goals . His chest volley after being accepted to make it 1-0 against Uruguay was voted the best goal of the World Cup in a poll on the FIFA website.

At the 2018 World Cup in Russia, he was part of the Colombian squad . Because of a hematoma in his left calf, he only played through in the second group game against Poland, making two assists. In the lost round of 16 against England he was not used because of the injury.

Personal

James was married to professional volleyball player Daniela Ospina, sister of his national team colleague David Ospina , from December 2010 . In July 2017 they separated. You have a daughter.

In October 2018, it was revealed that he was dating the Venezuelan model Shannon De Lima. In October 2019 he became a father for the second time and had a son.

As of April 2019, James has had both Colombian and Spanish citizenship.

His name is spelled like the English first name James , but pronounced in Spanish as [ ˈxames ]. He introduces himself to the other person explicitly as Já-Mes , not Yeims .

successes

International

National

Awards

Web links

Commons : James  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Official website
  • James in the database of weltfussball.de
  • James in the database of bdfa.com (Spanish)
  • James in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
  • James in the database of transfermarkt.de

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of Players Colombia tournament.fifadata.com, accessed on April 23, 2019 (English)
  2. ↑ James Rodríguez nació para cumplir el sueño de ser el '10' durante toda su vida. In: elconfidencial.com , accessed July 11, 2017 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ James Rodríguez, el niño de Ibagué obsesionado por los videojuegos In: elcomercio.com , accessed on July 12, 2017 (Spanish)
  4. ^ Pilar Rubio, madre de James Rodríguez. In: mamabeaute.com , accessed July 11, 2017 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Biografía de James Rodríguez. In: buscabiografias.com , accessed July 11, 2017 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Tolima es mi tierra, allá crecí ??: James Rodríguez. In: elpais.com , accessed on July 11, 2017 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Official website 'Colombia Somos Todos' colombiasomostodos.net, accessed on April 23, 2019 (Spanish)
  8. ↑ James Rodríguez inaugura fundación en Ibagué. In: elpais.com , December 21, 2011 (Spanish)
  9. ↑ James, el sueño de todo un país elmundo.es, accessed April 23, 2019 (Spanish)
  10. ↑ Official announcement: James Rodríguez (English) Retrieved July 22, 2014
  11. ↑ Oliver Fritsch: James Rodríguez: He wasn't even a substitute. zeit.de, July 11, 2017, accessed on July 26, 2017 .
  12. ↑ FC Bayern sign James Rodríguez from Real Madrid. In: fcbayern.de , accessed on July 11, 2017
  13. ↑ Rummenigge announces: James Rodriguez is leaving FC Bayern at his own request , focus.de, June 4, 2019, accessed on June 5, 2019.
  14. ↑ Lewandowski twice, Coman once: Bayern get the double , kicker.de, May 25, 2019, accessed on June 5, 2019.
  15. ↑ James Rodríguez is leaving FC Bayern , fcbayern.com, June 5, 2019, accessed on June 5, 2019.
  16. ↑ domino effect? Which transfers Europe is waiting for , kicker.de, July 10, 2019, accessed on July 29, 2019.
  17. ↑ James: Atletico after all? , kicker.de, July 14, 2019, accessed on July 29, 2019.
  18. ↑ First training before the Audi Cup: Bale struck , James back , realtotal.de, July 29, 2019, accessed on July 29, 2019.
  19. ↑ James will probably stay with Real - No return to Munich , kicker.de, July 30, 2019, accessed on July 30, 2019.
  20. ↑ Spectacular draw between Germany and Colombia. In: de.fifa.com , accessed on July 13, 2017
  21. ↑ Convocatoria Selección Colombia para juegos ante Bolivia y Ecuador fcf.com.co, accessed on April 17, 2018 (Spanish)
  22. ↑ World Cup star James Rodriguez conjures up Colombia in the quarter-finals
  23. ↑ FIFA World Cup 2014 profile. FIFA.com . Retrieved July 7, 2014
  24. ↑ Rodríguez scores best World Cup goal. sid / dpa message on the Sportschau website , July 21, 2014.
  25. ↑ James Rodríguez suffers with Colombia: anxious moments, redeeming cheers, bitter tears . In: Eurosport Germany . July 3, 2018 ( eurosport.de [accessed July 5, 2018]).
  26. ↑ Bayern newcomer James Rodriguez and wife Daniela Ospina divorced. In: goal.com , July 28, 2017
  27. ↑ James y la familia Ospina agrandan de la Selección Colombia
  28. ↑ Abendzeitung Germany: FC Bayern: Shannon De Lima is James Rodriguez's new love. Retrieved June 3, 2020 .
  29. ↑ Surprise: James became a father for the second time - REAL TOTAL. Retrieved June 3, 2020 .
  30. ↑ New pass for James - and new options in Swap Poker , eurosport.de, April 9, 2019, accessed on April 10, 2019.
  31. ↑ José Vicente Hernáez: Florentino: mi nombre es Jámes, Já-Mes. In: teinteresa.es , June 30, 2014
  32. ↑ Copa América 2019 Team of the Tournament, report on copaamerica.com, page in Spanish, accessed on July 18, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Rodríguez, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rodríguez Rubio, James David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Cúcuta , Norte de Santander , Colombia