Maxi Rodríguez
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| Maxi Rodríguez | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Maximiliano Rubén Rodríguez | |
| Date of birth | January 2, 1981 (age 26) | |
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | |
| Height | 178 cm (5'10") | |
| Nickname | La Fiera (The Fierce One) | |
| Playing position | Wing Foward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Atlético Madrid | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1999–00 2001 2001–02 2002–05 2005– |
Newell's Old Boys Real Oviedo Newell's Old Boys RCD Espanyol Atlético Madrid |
23 (5) 1 (0) 33 (15) 110 (26) 33 (13) |
| National team | ||
| 2003- | Argentina | 18 (6) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Maximiliano Rubén Rodríguez (Born 2 January 1981 in Rosario, Santa Fe) is an Argentine footballer. He plays as a midfielder, and sometimes as a striker. He has dual citizenship: Argentinian and Italian.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Club career
He came through the youth set-up of Newell's Old Boys in Argentinean Football League, and played for the club for three seasons before moving to Spain.
In 2002 he moved to La Liga with RCD Espanyol. His league debut came on September 2, 2002 in the 0-2 loss against Real Madrid. During his last season with Espanyol he played 37 league games and scored 15 goals. Maxi scored Espanyol's 2000th Spanish league goal. He moved for the start of the 05-06 season to Atlético Madrid for €12 million.
[edit] National Team
He won the 2001 World Youth Championship with the Argentine national U-20 team, and has played with the national team since the friendly match against Japan of 2003, including the Confederations Cup 2005 and 2006 World Cup qualifications. On May 6, 2006 he was named as a definite squad member for the 2006 FIFA World Cup by coach José Pekerman. On June 16, he scored twice in Argentina's 6-0 thrashing of Serbia and Montenegro, spearheading their efforts into the knockout stages.
In the second round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup on June 24, 2006, he scored the winning goal against Mexico in extra time, controlling a pass from Sorín off his chest before scoring a spectacular volley from the edge of the penalty area in the 98th minute.[1] In an official online poll by FIFA, this was voted the best goal of the World Cup.[2]
After Argentina lost the quarter-finals game against Germany on June 30, 2006, Rodríguez punched German player Bastian Schweinsteiger in the back. FIFA fined Rodriguez CHF 5,000 and suspended him from two matches in the 2007 Copa América for violent conduct.[3] On October the 11th, 2006, Maxi tore his anterior cruciate ligament while playing for Argentina in an international match against Spain and was ruled out for 6 months following surgery.[4]
[edit] Club stats
| Club | Season | Domestic League | Domestic Cup | International Club Competition |
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| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Atlético Madrid | 06-07 | ||||||||
| 05-06 | 29 | 10 | |||||||
| Total | 29 | 10 | |||||||
| RCD Espanyol | 04-05 | 37 | 15 | ||||||
| 03-04 | 36 | 4 | |||||||
| 02-03 | 37 | 7 | |||||||
| Total | 110 | 26 | |||||||
| Newell's Old Boys | 2002 | ||||||||
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| Real Oviedo | 2001-02 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Newell's Old Boys | 2000 | ||||||||
| 1999 | |||||||||
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Argentina 2-1 Mexico (aet)", BBC, 2006-06-24. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
- ^ Goal of the Tournament. fifaworldcup.yahoo.com.
- ^ "Rooney, Cufre and Rodriguez handed bans by FIFA", Deutsche Presse-Agentur, 2006-07-08. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
- ^ "Atletico's Maxi, Petrov out for six months", Reuters, 2006-10-16. Retrieved on 2006-10-20.
[edit] External links
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Argentina squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists | |
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1 Abbondanzieri | 2 Ayala | 3 Sorín | 4 Coloccini | 5 Cambiasso | 6 Heinze | 7 Saviola | 8 Mascherano | 9 Crespo | 10 Riquelme | 11 Tévez | 12 Franco | 13 Scaloni | 14 Palacio | 15 Milito | 16 Aimar | 17 Cufré | 18 Rodríguez | 19 Messi | 20 Cruz | 21 Burdisso | 22 González | 23 Ustari | Coach: Pekerman |
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| Atlético Madrid - Current Squad |
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1 Cuéllar | 2 Seitaridis | 3 Antonio López | 4 Pernía | 5 Luccin | 6 Costinha | 7 Galletti | 8 Gabi | 9 Torres | 10 Agüero | 11 Maxi | 12 Fabiano Eller | 13 Falcón | 14 Zé Castro | 15 Jurado | 17 Petrov | 18 Valera | 19 Miguel | 20 Maniche | 21 Perea | 22 Pablo | 23 Mista | 25 Franco | 28 Marqués | 29 Azcárate | 45 Víctor Bravo | 46 Pollo | Coach Aguirre |
Categories: 1981 births | Argentine footballers | Italian-Argentines | Newell's Old Boys footballers | La Liga footballers | RCD Espanyol footballers | Atlético de Madrid footballers | Real Oviedo players | People from Rosario | Living people | FIFA World Cup 2006 players | Argentina international footballers
