Clemente RodrÃguez
Clemente Juan Rodriguez ( born July 31, 1981 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine footballer who currently works at FC São Paulo.
Club career
Rodríguez came in 2000 from CA Los Andes to the CA Boca Juniors and won numerous titles with the club. 2000 and 2003 he won the Apertura, 2001 and 2003 Copa Libertadores. 2001 and 2003 he was with the Boca Juniors in the final of the World Cup. While the game of 2001 against FC Bayern Munich lost 0-1 after extra time, they won in 2003 against AC Milan on penalties.
In January 2005, the defender moved for 7.5 million U.S. dollars in the Russian league to Spartak Moscow. After two years in which he completed including three games in the UEFA Champions League, he was awarded in early 2007 for half a year at the Boca Juniors. There, he managed to win with the club for a third time the Copa Libertadores. For the season 2007/ 08 he was awarded for two million euros to Espanyol. In August 2009, the defender signed for Estudiantes de La Plata and thus returned back to his homeland. In August 2010, Rodríguez signed a contract again at CA Boca Juniors.
National
Rodríguez made his debut in the Argentine national team in January 2003 in a friendly match against Honduras. In the Copa América 2004, he was in the squad of his country and came to two partial operations in the course of the tournament. To date, he completed nine games in the jersey of the Albiceleste.
With the Argentine Olympic team, he was in 2004 as a reserve player Olympic champion. During the tournament, Rodríguez was replaced four times.