Lenny Rodrigues

Lenny Rodrigues
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-05-10) 10 May 1987
Place of birth Verna, Goa, India
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
Pune City
Number 24
Youth career
2004–2006 Fransa-Pax
2006–2008 Salgaocar
2008–2009 Churchill Brothers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Churchill Brothers 71 (5)
2014– Pune City 19 (0)
2014–2015Dempo (loan) 18 (1)
2015-Mohun Bagan (loan) 8 (1)
National team
2012– India 22 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:48, 23 April 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:43, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Lenny Rodrigues (born 10 May 1987 in Verna, Goa) is an Indian footballer who plays for Indian Super League club Pune City as a central midfielder.

Career

Lenny was born in Verna, Goa in Cortalim and turned professional at the age of 17 when he played for Fransa-Pax, a club who’s dissolving led Rodrigues to train with Salgaocar for a year and a half. Though he was offered a contract to play in the senior team for his new club, Rodrigues turned it down to wait for a move to Churchill Brothers, a club he supported as a boy, as an under-20 player. Passing through Churchill Brothers’ youth system, the midfielder won the I-League the year he joined the club, in the 2008–09 season. Rodrigues also played a role in his teams wins at the Durand Cup and 2009 IFA Shield and 2011 IFA Shield.[1]

On 20 March 2015, he signed a contract extension with Pune City.[2]

On 17 June 2015 Mohun Bagan confirmed the signing of Lennny Rodrigues on loan from Pune City for the 2015–16 I-League season [3]

International

Lenny made his senior international debut against Oman for India on the 23 February 2012.[4]

References

  1. "Rodrigues makes presence felt". Indian Express.
  2. "Transfer News". FC Pune City. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  3. Noronha, Anselm (17 June 2015). "Lenny Rodrigues agrees to join Mohun Bagan". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. "International Friendly: Oman 5-1 India". Goal.com.

External links

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