Sebastián Rodríguez (footballer)

Sebastián Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name	Sebastián Javier Rodríguez Iriarte
Date of birth	16 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Canelones, Uruguay
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Peñarol
Number	8
Youth career
	Danubio
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2011	Danubio
2011–2014	Almería B
2014	KF Vllaznia
2014–2015	Locarno
2015–2016	Liverpool
2016–2018	Nacional
2018–2020	Veracruz
2020–2022	Emelec
2023	Peñarol
2024–	Alianza Lima
International career
2009	Uruguay U-17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:43, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Sebastián Javier Rodríguez Iriarte (born 16 August 1992) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Alianza Lima.^[1]

Club career

Born in Canelones, Rodríguez began playing youth football with Danubio, and made his professional debut with the first team on 4 December 2010, starting in a 4–2 home win over Central Español.^[2] He finished the season with nine appearances (six starts, 551 minutes of action).

On 27 July 2011 Rodríguez was transferred to Spanish club UD Almería, being initially assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.^[3] Five days later, he was called up for pre-season with the first team squad.^[4] He still continued to appear regularly for the B's, however.

On 9 August 2012 Rodríguez reverted to his old name (in his first season abroad he was called Iriarte).^[5] He appeared in 12 matches in 2013–14.

On 23 August 2014 Rodríguez joined KF Vllaznia Shkodër, along with compatriot Sebastián Sosa.^[6] On 25 September he switched teams and countries again, joining FC Locarno in Switzerland.^[7]