David Rodrigo

David Rodrigo

Personal information
Full name	David Rodrigo Lo
Date of birth	May 8, 1968
Place of birth	Spain
Club information
Current team	Andorra (manager)
Teams managed
	UE Lleida
	CD Binéfar
1999–2010	Andorra
2006–	Andorra U-21

David Rodrigo Lo (born 8 May 1968) is a Spanish football manager. He was previously in charge of the Andorran national team.

Coaching biography

Sports teacher by education Rodrigo started his coaching career as a youth coach for UE Lleida. Then he moved to CD Binéfar in the third Spanish league. With Rodrigo as coach the team earned promotion to the second league and won a regional cup, he was offered to become the head coach of the Andorra national team.

Rodrigo brought a new organisations structure to the team and organised a youth team. Still the team had to wait for several years for the first win in a competitive game. Only in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Macedonia the single goal by Marc Bernaus gave Andorra its first and historic win.^[1] It was followed by another success for the Andorra team - a draw in Macedonia. Andorra also earned one draw against Finland.

In September 2006 Rodrigo drew the ire of many when he reportedly told Israel captain Yossi Benayoun that Israel was a "nation of killers" and threatened to have Benayoun's legs broken.^[2] Andorra midfielder Juli Fernandez offered his apologies to Benayoun on behalf of his team. Rodrigo has denied making these comments. The Andorran government could take action against Rodrigo if he is found guilty.^[3]

In order to combat Andorra's inevitably poor results, he developed highly defensive tactics for the team. As commentator David Pleat described: "They will literally park the bus (in front of goal)".^[4]

References

1. Andorra Beats Macedonia in World Cup Qualifier
2. Ynetnews (English)
3. All Headline News (English)
4. Charles, Chris (17 June 2009). "Sport quotes of the week". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-06-20.

External links

• UEFA.com short bios.