Fernando Rodríguez (Spanish footballer)

Fernando Rodríguez Ortega (born 11 May 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Indonesian club Persis Solo.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Ortega.
Fernando Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Fernando Rodríguez Ortega
Date of birth (1987-05-11) 11 May 1987
Place of birth Pilas, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Persis Solo
Number 19
Youth career
Sevilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Sevilla C
2007–2009 Sevilla B 16 (2)
2008–2009 Sevilla 2 (0)
2009 → Ontinyent (loan) 8 (0)
2009–2011 Jaén 52 (10)
2011 San Roque 19 (8)
2011–2012 Ceuta 34 (3)
2012–2013 Lucena 39 (12)
2013–2014 Cartagena 38 (18)
2014–2015 Hércules 40 (5)
2015–2016 Reus 28 (3)
2016 Cartagena 11 (2)
2017 Ceres–Negros 32 (26)
2018 Mitra Kukar 30 (15)
2019 Kedah 22 (9)
2020–2022 Johor Darul Ta'zim 7 (3)
2020–2022 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 26 (24)
2022– Persis Solo 25 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:28, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Pilas, Province of Seville, Rodríguez spent the vast majority of his career in the Spanish lower leagues. His professional input in his country consisted of two La Liga matches with Sevilla FC, as well as 16 in Segunda División with their reserves. He made his debut in the former competition on 19 October 2008, coming on as a late substitute for Lautaro Acosta in a 1–0 away win against UD Almería where he was also booked.[1]

Rodríguez scored a career-best 18 goals in the 2013–14 season (adding two in the Copa del Rey) to help FC Cartagena qualify for the promotion play-offs in Segunda División B, where they eventually fell short. In 2016, with the club still in that league, he returned for a second spell.[2]

In January 2017, the 29-year-old Rodríguez moved abroad for the first time, signing with Ceres–Negros F.C. of the Philippines Football League[3] and being officially announced on the 17th.[4] One year later, he switched to the Liga 1 (Indonesia) with Mitra Kukar FC.[5]

On 28 November 2018, Rodríguez joined Malaysia Super League club Kedah FA.[6] On 8 January 2020 he joined Johor Darul Ta'zim II FC, a reserve team who competed in the country's second tier.[7]

Honours

Kedah

Johor Darul Ta'zim

References
  1. "El Sevilla tira de efectividad" [Sevilla resort to effectiveness]. El País (in Spanish). 19 October 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  2. Moya, Francisco J. (19 June 2016). "Fernando, la historia continúa" [Fernando, the story continues]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  3. "Fernando: "Tenía que aprovechar la oportunidad que me ha salido..."" [Fernando: "I had to seize this opportunity in front of me..."] (in Spanish). Sport Cartagena. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  4. "Ceres-Negros FC unveils new signings for AFC Cup campaign". Ceres FC. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  5. "Former Sevilla striker officially plays for Mitra Kukar". Netral News. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. Leong, Kelvin (28 November 2018). "Ex-Sevilla striker Fernando Rodriguez set for Kedah move from Indonesia". Fox Sports Asia. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  7. "Rodrigues and Hirose join JDT II". The Star. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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