Thomas Rodríguez

Chilean-Argentine footballer (born 1996)

Thomas Rodríguez
Rodríguez with Unión La Calera in 2019
Personal information
Full name Thomas Rodríguez Trogsar
Date of birth (1996-04-05) 5 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Right midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
 Audax Italiano
Youth career
River Plate
2014 Vélez Sarsfield
2015 Banfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Banfield 21 (0)
2017–2019 Genoa 0 (0)
2018 → Vitória Setúbal (loan) 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Unión La Calera (loan) 19 (3)
2019–2021 Unión La Calera 33 (5)
2021 Universidad de Chile 18 (0)
2022 Unión La Calera 13 (0)
2023 Unión Española 9 (0)
2024– Audax Italiano 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2024

Thomas Rodríguez Trogsar (born 5 April 1996) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Audax Italiano.[1]

Career

Rodríguez had spells with River Plate and Vélez Sarsfield in his youth career prior to joining Banfield.[3] His professional career got started in 2015 with Banfield of the Argentine Primera División. He made his debut on 1 November, coming on as a second-half substitute in a league defeat to Rosario Central.[1][4] In July 2017, Rodríguez joined Italian football by signing for Serie A side Genoa.[1] After making his Genoa debut in the Coppa Italia on 30 November 2017 versus Crotone, Rodríguez left the club on loan in January 2018 to join Vitória Setúbal of the Primeira Liga.[5] He didn't make a senior appearance in six months with the club.[1]

On 9 August 2018, Chilean Primera División's Unión La Calera completed the loan signing of Rodríguez.[6][7] He scored his first senior goal against Deportes Antofagasta on 18 August.[1] Overall, Rodríguez netted three goals in twenty games for them.[1] He returned to his parent team on 30 June.[8][9] Rodríguez had interest from other Chilean teams upon returning to Genoa, though the ANFP prevented the right midfielder from joining another top-flight outfit as it went against league rules regarding multiple contracts in a single campaign; his father and agent Leonardo appealed the ruling.[9] He terminated his Genoa contract in August.[10][11]

In August 2019, Rodríguez rejoined Unión La Calera on a free transfer.[10][11]

In 2023, Rodríguez played for Unión Española.[12] The next season, he switched to Audax Italiano.[13]

Personal life

He is the son of former Argentine international footballer Leonardo Rodríguez, who is a historical player of Universidad de Chile.[3]

Career statistics

As of 13 February 2021.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Banfield 2015 Argentine
Primera División 		1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
2016 8 0 1[a] 0 — 0 0 9 0
2016–17 12 0 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 13 0
Total 21 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 23 0
Genoa 2017–18 Serie A 0 0 1[c] 0 — 0 0 1 0
2018–19 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 1 0 — 0 0 1 0
Vitória Setúbal (loan) 2017–18 Primeira Liga 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Unión La Calera (loan) 2018 Chilean
Primera División 		8 1 0 0 — 0 0 8 1
2019 11 2 1 0 2[d] 0 0 0 14 2
Unión La Calera 5 1 2 0 — 0 0 7 1
2020 28 4 — 4[d] 0 0 0 32 4
Total 52 8 3[e] 0 6 0 0 0 61 8
Universidad de Chile 2021 Chilean
Primera División 		0 0 0 0 0[f] 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 73 8 5 0 6 0 1 0 85 8
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Argentina
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Torneo de Verano
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in the Coppa Italia
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Chile
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Thomas Rodríguez profile". Soccerway. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Thomas Rodríguez". World Football. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "El hijo chileno del Leo Rodríguez que sueña con la Roja". CDF. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  4. ^ "A Thomas Rodríguez le aguarda un futuro promisorio". Marca. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Chileno Thomas Rodríguez emprestado pelo Génova até ao fim da época". Vitória F.C. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  6. ^ "El hijo chileno del Leo Rodríguez jugará en La Calera". CDF. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Unión La Calera confirmó el arribo de Thomas Rodríguez". Fox Sports. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  8. ^ "La Calera anunció la salida de una de sus figuras en el Torneo". AS. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  9. ^ a b "El vacío legal que impide que Thomas Rodríguez juegue por otro club chileno en el segundo semestre: "Limita la libertad de trabajo"". Publimetro. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Thomas Rodríguez logró desvincularse del Genoa de Italia, y lo tenemos nuevamente en el club". Unión La Calera. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Thomas Rodríguez vuelve de Italia y se sumó a Unión La Calera". ADN Radio. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  12. ^ Reyes, Luis (15 December 2023). "Unión sorprende con su mercado: cuatro jugadores dejan el club y abordan el 'caso Piñeiro'". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Uno más para Erviti: Thomas Rodríguez llegó a Audax Italiano". Prensafutbol.cl (in Spanish). 24 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

External links

  • Thomas Rodríguez at Soccerway
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