Matías Rodríguez (footballer, born 1993)

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 (age 31)
Place of birth	Pablo Podestá, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Alvarado
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	13	(2)
2021–	Alvarado	23	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:10, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

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

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 and final Chacarita appearance in May 2018, featuring in 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] His first appearance came in a win away to Técnico Universitario on 11 February, while his last would arrive on 2 November against América de Quito.[1] January 2020 saw Rodríguez switch Ecuador for Colombia by joining Cúcuta Deportivo.[1]

Rodríguez scored goals versus Deportivo Cali and Independiente Medellín across fifteen appearances for Cúcuta Deportivo in 2020, a campaign that ended prematurely for the club after they were liquidated.[1] Earlier in the season, in February, the midfielder was fined $52,668,180 and suspended for two matches after being charged of deceiving the match officials to win a penalty against Alianza Petrolera on 8 February; the country's player union called the fine "disproportionate".[8] He was the first player to be punished for that offence under new legislation.[9] Cúcuta had previously been unable to pay wages to their squad.[8]

In February 2021, Rodríguez returned to Argentina and joined Alvarado.[10]

Career statistics

As of 25 December 2020.[1][6]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chacarita Juniors	2012–13	Primera B Metropolitana	4	0	1	0	—		0	0	5	0
	2013–14		23	2	1	0	—		0	0	24	2
	2014		16	0	0	0	—		0	0	16	0
	2015	Primera B Nacional	6	2	0	0	—		0	0	6	2
	2016		4	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
	2016–17		20	4	0	0	—		0	0	20	4
	2017–18	Primera División	24	1	1	0	—		0	0	25	1
	Total		97	9	3	0	—		0	0	100	9
Ferencváros	2018–19	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Universidad Católica	2019	Serie A	21	0	—		5[a]	0	0	0	26	0
Cúcuta Deportivo	2020	Categoría Primera A	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	2
Career total			135	11	7	0	5	0	0	0	147	11

1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

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.
8. "Jugador de Cúcuta sancionado y multado por la Dimayor por simular un penal". El Tiempo. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
9. "Sanción de Dimayor a Matías Rodríguez, de Cúcuta por simular en Liga BetPlay". Futbolred. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
10. Matías Rodríguez llega desde Cúcuta para reforzar a Alvarado, quedigital.com.ar, 21 February 2021

External links

• Matías Rodríguez at Soccerway