Rodolfo RodrÃguez
Rodolfo Sergio Rodríguez (born 20 January 1956 in Montevideo ) is a retired Uruguayan football goalkeeper. With 78 official missions in the national team, he was from 1985 to 2011 record - selection player of his country. He was replaced by Diego Forlán.
At club level, Rodriguez played in his home country as well as in Brazil and Portugal Premiership football.
Club career
Rodolfo Rodríguez began his career at CA Cerro. In 1976 he moved to the top of Nacional Montevideo, where he remained under contract until 1983. With Nacional he won three Uruguayan league titles and the 1980 Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup. It was followed by four years at Brazilian club Santos. In 1988, Rodríguez to Europe for Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon, in which he played two seasons long. 1991/92 he made his career with the EC Bahia finish.
National
Rodríguez participated with the Juniorennationalelf at the Junior Americas Cup in 1975 and took the title with this team. 1976 Rodríguez was also used in the context of the discharged in Recife qualifiers for the Olympic Summer Games 1976 in his time, trained by Walter Brienza selection of Uruguay. Uruguay finished with this qualification behind Brazil ranks second. However, contrary to the regulations of the IOC, refusing the participation of professional players, premiership football players were set up, decided the National Olympic Committee ( COU) and the Uruguayan Football Association Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (AUF ) to avoid a penalty for the Olympic Games to dispense. As early as 1976 as a 20 -year-old debuted Rodríguez in the Uruguayan national team, which he led as captain from 1981 to 1983. He participated in the 1986 World Cup, when he was only behind substitute goalkeeper Fernando Álvez and was not used. In addition, he stood at the Copa América in 1979 and Uruguay in the Copa 1983 each in the squad. He, too, belonged in 1980 to the victorious squad of Uruguay to the Mundialito. Officially denied Rodolfo Rodríguez from his debut on October 6, 1976 to his last mission on April 21, 1986 78 international matches (69 goals ) for Uruguay. Since his 70th international match on 24 February 1985, he was capped player, he solved Ángel Romano from, who had since 1922 most-capped player. Rodriguez remained for 26 years of his country 's most capped player. 9 July 2011 Diego Forlan hired his record and surpassed him on July 13.
Title
Association
- World Cup with Nacional Montevideo: 1980
- Copa Libertadores with Nacional Montevideo: 1980
- Uruguayan champion with Nacional Montevideo: 1977, 1980, 1983
- Campeonato Paulista with Santos: 1984
National
- Mundialito: 1980
- Copa América: 1983
- Junior South American champions in 1975