Matías Rodríguez (footballer, born 1993)

Matías Ezequiel Rodríguez (born 29 March 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cúcuta Deportivo.[1]

Not to be confused with Matías Rodríguez (footballer, born 1986) or Matías Rodríguez (footballer, born 1987).

Matías Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Matías Ezequiel Rodríguez
Date of birth (1993-03-29) 29 March 1993
Place of birth Pablo Podestá, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Cúcuta Deportivo
Number 7
Youth career
Chacarita Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Chacarita Juniors 97 (9)
2018–2019 Ferencváros 4 (0)
2019 Universidad Católica 21 (0)
2020– Cúcuta Deportivo 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:37, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Career

Rodríguez began with Chacarita Juniors, with whom he made his debut with in February 2013 against Godoy Cruz in the Copa Argentina.[1] He also made four league appearances in 2012–13, prior to twenty-three in 2013–14 as well as scoring his first two career goals versus Flandria and Nueva Chicago respectively.[1] Sixteen appearances came in Chacarita's promotion-winning season of 2014 to Primera B Nacional, while twenty arrived three years later in 2016–17 as the club were promoted to the Argentine Primera División.[1] His top-flight debut came against Tigre on 10 September 2017.[1][2][3] He signed a new contract with them days later.[4]

He made his 100th career appearance in May 2018, featuring for forty-five minutes of a Copa Argentina match with Deportivo Maipú.[1] On 15 June, Rodríguez completed a transfer to Nemzeti Bajnokság I side Ferencváros of Hungary.[5] Six appearances followed in all competitions in five months, with the midfielder leaving in January 2019 to join Universidad Católica of the Ecuadorian Serie A.[6][7]

Career statistics
As of 29 January 2019.[1][6]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chacarita Juniors 2012–13 Primera B Metropolitana 4010—0050
2013–14 23210—00242
2014 16000—00160
2015 Primera B Nacional 6200—0062
2016 4000—0040
2016–17 20400—00204
2017–18 Primera División 24110—00251
Total 97930—001009
Ferencváros 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 4020000060
Universidad Católica 2019 Serie A 00—000000
Career total 10195000001069
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    References
    1. "Matías Rodríguez profile". Soccerway. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
    2. "Matías Rodríguez profile". BDFA. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
    3. "Sorpresa: Chacarita goleó a Lanús en el último partido de la Superliga en 2017". La Nación. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
    4. "Matías Rodríguez y Joaquín Ibañez renovaron sus contratos con Chacarita". Chacarita Juniors. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
    5. "Argentinian signing". Ferencvárosi TC. 15 June 2018. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
    6. "FTC: megvan a fél év után távozó légiós új klubja – hivatalos". Nemzeti Sport. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
    7. "Universidad Católica oficializa a Matías Rodríguez". Ecuavisa. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
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