Leandro Rodríguez

Not to be confused with Leandro Rodrigues.
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Telechea.
Leandro Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Leandro Joaquín Rodríguez Telechea[1]
Date of birth (1992-11-19) 19 November 1992
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Everton
Number 28
Youth career
0000–2012 River Plate Montevideo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2012–2015 River Plate Montevideo 71 (19)
2015– Everton 0 (0)
2016 → Brentford (loan) 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:18, 14 April 2016 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Leandro Joaquín Rodríguez Telechea (born 19 November 1992) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Everton.

Career

River Plate

Born in Montevideo, Rodríguez began his career with River Plate Montevideo. He made his debut on 25 August 2012 in the first game of the season, a 1–0 win over Juventud de Las Piedras at the Estadio Saroldi.[2] On 30 September he scored his first goal, opening a 2–0 home victory over Liverpool.[3] He ended his first season with three goals in 24 appearances.

On 17 August 2013, he scored as River began the new season with a 4–2 win against reigning champions CA Peñarol at the Estadio Centenario.[4] He scored again on 2 March 2014 in a 3–0 home win over Uruguay's other leading club, Nacional.[5] Three weeks later, as a 43rd-minute substitute for Jonathan Ramírez, Rodríguez scored the only goal of a victory against neighbourhood rivals Wanderers.[6]

On 11 May, he was sent off in a 0–2 home defeat to Racing, along with teammate Sebastián Taborda.[7] His seven goals in 23 games in this second season qualified the club for the 2014 Copa Sudamericana, where they were drawn against Ecuador's Club Sport Emelec in the first stage. In the second leg on 25 September, he equalised for a 1–1 draw, but his team were eliminated 3–2 on aggregate.[8]

The 2014–15 season was Rodríguez's most successful for River Plate, yielding nine goals in 23 games, including his first two-goal haul, in a 4–0 home victory over Rampla Juniors on 8 March 2015.[9] Six days later, he hit the winner in a 2–1 victory over Nacional at Estadio Gran Parque Central.[10]

Everton

On 28 August 2015, Rodríguez signed a four-year contract with Everton of the Premier League, for a reported fee of £500,000.[11][12] Manager Roberto Martínez said that he would likely be put into the first team, due to his experience of top-flight football in his homeland.[12]

However, Rodríguez made his debut for the under-21 team on 7 September, heading in Ryan Ledson's cross to open a 3–0 home win over Preston North End in the Lancashire Senior Cup.[13] Fifteen days later, he was included in their senior squad for the first time, remaining an unused substitute in a 2–1 win away to Reading in the second round of the League Cup.[14] Rodríguez made his Everton debut on 9 January 2016 in the third round of the FA Cup, replacing Aaron Lennon for the final minute of a 2–0 win over Dagenham & Redbridge at Goodison Park.[15]

On 17 March 2016, Rodríguez joined Championship club Brentford on a one-month loan.[16] He made his debut three days later in a 0–1 home loss to Blackburn Rovers, playing 76 minutes before being replaced by Scott Hogan.[17] He suffered a pulled hamstring on his second appearance and returned to Goodison Park when his loan expired.[18]

Personal life

Rodríguez also holds an Italian passport.[12] His older brother Diego is a defender who played for Wanderers and Juventud, also having spells abroad at Málaga and Vancouver Whitecaps.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 April 2016.
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
River Plate Montevideo 2012–13[1] Uruguayan Primera División 243———243
2013–14[1] Uruguayan Primera División 237——3[lower-alpha 1]0267
2014–15[1] Uruguayan Primera División 239——4[lower-alpha 1]12710
2015–16[1] Uruguayan Primera División 10———10
Total 7119——717820
Everton 2015–16[20] Premier League 001000—10
Brentford (loan) 2015–16[20] Championship 2 0 — — — 2 0
Career total 73191000718120
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Copa Sudamericana.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "L. RODRÍGUEZ". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "River Plate venció 1-0 a Juventud" [River Plate defeat Juventud 1-0]. República (in Spanish). 26 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Lo bajó a tierra (Nota: Gol de Leandro)" [He took them down to the ground] (in Spanish). El Gran DT. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "¡Qué bomba, señores!" [What a performance, sirs!] (in Spanish). Fútbol.uy. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "River le ganó 3-0 a Nacional que sufre otra dura goleada" [River win 3–0 against Nacional who suffer another rough thrashing] (in Spanish). La Red 21. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Carlos, Montaño (23 March 2014). "Gol y punta" [Goal and point] (in Spanish). Ovación. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Racing le ganó 2 a 0 a River Plate" [Racing win 2–0 at River Plate] (in Spanish). Taringa!. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Atletico Nacional advances in Copa Sudamericana". SBS. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Todos los goles de la tercera fecha del Torneo Clausura" [All the goals of the third round of the Torneo Clausura] (in Spanish). TeleDoce. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Volvió a caer. Nacional perdió con River y no levanta" [They're back in free-fall. Nacional lose to River and don't get up] (in Spanish). La Posta. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Blues Complete Rodriguez Deal". Everton F.C. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  12. 1 2 3 "Everton sign Uruguayan striker Leandro Rodriguez". BBC Sport. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Everton U21 3-0 Preston North End U21". Everton F.C. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  14. ↑ Williams, Adam (21 September 2015). "Reading 1-2 Everton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  15. ↑ Chapman, Caroline (9 January 2016). "Everton 2-0 Dag & Red". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  16. ↑ Wickham, Chris. "Brentford sign Uruguayan striker Leandro Rodriguez on loan from Everton". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  17. ↑ "Brentford 0-1 Blackburn Rovers". BBC Sport. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  18. ↑ FC, Brentford. "Striker Leandro Rodríguez has returned to Everton from Brentford at the end of the his loan spell". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  19. ↑ "Weber: Diego Rodriguez sees brother sign with Everton". TheProvince.com. 29 August 2015.
  20. 1 2 "Leandro Rodriguez | Football Stats | Everton | Season 2015/2016 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2016-03-17.

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