Rodolfo Cota

Rodolfo Cota Robles (born 3 July 1987) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club León on loan from Pachuca.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cota and the second or maternal family name is Robles.

Rodolfo Cota
Cota playing for Mexico in 2018.
Personal information
Full name Rodolfo Cota Robles
Date of birth (1987-07-03) 3 July 1987
Place of birth Mazatlán, Mexico
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 León
(on loan from Pachuca)
Number 30
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007– Pachuca 76 (0)
2014–2015 → Puebla (loan) 31 (0)
2015–2018 → Guadalajara (loan) 88 (0)
2018– → León (loan) 65 (0)
National team‡
2007 Mexico U20 1 (0)
2017– Mexico[2] 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:59, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:17, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Pachuca

Cota made his professional debut for Pachuca on 21 September 2007 against Veracruz.[1]

Puebla

In 2014 it was announced Cota was sent out on loan to Puebla.[3]

Guadalajara

On 11 June 2015 Guadalajara announced they had signed Cota on loan in order to create competition with youngster José Antonio Rodríguez, after club veteran Luis Ernesto Michel was sold to Sinaloa. Cota then quickly rose to be the first-choice goalkeeper after his performances in the Copa MX. In the 2017 season Cota became champion in the Copa MX, and became a key figure in the club's twelfth Liga MX title win.[4]

León

On 16 May 2018, Cota was a confirmed player for Club León.[5]

Cota controversially wore a jersey to protest against femicide in Mexico during a match against Club Necaxa on February 22, 2020. The shirt had the figure of a woman lying in a pool of blood in the shape of a map of Mexico. Cota may be suspended for three matches and fined MXN $300,000 (US $15,000).[6]

International career

Mexico U-20

Cota represented Mexico in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7]

Mexico

Cota made his senior national team debut on 1 June 2017 in a friendly match against Ireland at Metlife Stadium in New Jersey. Which ended on a 3-1 favoring Mexico.[8]

Honours

Club
Puebla
Guadalajara

Individual

References
  1. Rodolfo Cota at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  2. "Rodolfo Cota". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. Rodolfo Cota – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
  4. "Comunicado de Prensa (Rodolfo Cota)". www.chivasdecorazon.com.mx.
  5. "Chivas transfer news: Goalkeeper Rodolfo Cota signs with Club Leon - Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  6. Goalkeeper of León manifests against femicides; could be sanctioned (in Spanish) La Jornada Maya, 24 Feb 2020
  7. Rodolfo Cota – FIFA competition record
  8. "Gio y Jona dos Santos en la Convocatoria del tri para Nueva Zelanda y Panama". mediotiempo.com. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  9. Univision. "Puebla 4-2 Chivas: Cuauhtémoc se retira como campeón de Copa MX". Univision.
  10. "Regresó el Gigante". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  11. "¡CHIVAS CAMPEÓN DE LA COPA MX APERTURA 2015!". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  12. "Hace historia en la Copa". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  13. "¡Chivas Campeón de la SuperCopa MX!". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  14. "¡CAMPEONES DE CONCACAF!". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  15. "Chivas y Almeyda acapararon el Balón de Oro". MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish). 16 July 2017.
  16. "Golden Glove". CONCACAF.com. 25 April 2018.
  17. "2018 SCCL - Best XI". CONCACAF. Retrieved 26 April 2017.


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