Maxi Rodríguez

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Maxi Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Maximiliano Rubén Rodríguez
Date of birth January 2, 1981 (age 26)
Place of birth    Rosario, Argentina
Height 178 cm (5'10")
Nickname La Fiera (The Fierce One)
Playing position Wing Foward
Club information
Current club Atlético Madrid
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999–00
2001
2001–02
2002–05
2005–		 Newell's Old Boys
Real Oviedo
Newell's Old Boys
RCD Espanyol
Atlético Madrid		 23 (5)
1 (0)
33 (15)
110 (26)
33 (13)   
National team
2003- Argentina 18 (6)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 14:02, 16 June 2006 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Maximiliano Rubén Rodríguez (Born 2 January 1981 in Rosario, Santa Fe) is an Argentine footballer. He plays as a midfielder, and sometimes as a striker. He has dual citizenship: Argentinian and Italian.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Club career

He came through the youth set-up of Newell's Old Boys in Argentinean Football League, and played for the club for three seasons before moving to Spain.

In 2002 he moved to La Liga with RCD Espanyol. His league debut came on September 2, 2002 in the 0-2 loss against Real Madrid. During his last season with Espanyol he played 37 league games and scored 15 goals. Maxi scored Espanyol's 2000th Spanish league goal. He moved for the start of the 05-06 season to Atlético Madrid for €12 million.

[edit] National Team

He won the 2001 World Youth Championship with the Argentine national U-20 team, and has played with the national team since the friendly match against Japan of 2003, including the Confederations Cup 2005 and 2006 World Cup qualifications. On May 6, 2006 he was named as a definite squad member for the 2006 FIFA World Cup by coach José Pekerman. On June 16, he scored twice in Argentina's 6-0 thrashing of Serbia and Montenegro, spearheading their efforts into the knockout stages.

In the second round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup on June 24, 2006, he scored the winning goal against Mexico in extra time, controlling a pass from Sorín off his chest before scoring a spectacular volley from the edge of the penalty area in the 98th minute.[1] In an official online poll by FIFA, this was voted the best goal of the World Cup.[2]

After Argentina lost the quarter-finals game against Germany on June 30, 2006, Rodríguez punched German player Bastian Schweinsteiger in the back. FIFA fined Rodriguez CHF 5,000 and suspended him from two matches in the 2007 Copa América for violent conduct.[3] On October the 11th, 2006, Maxi tore his anterior cruciate ligament while playing for Argentina in an international match against Spain and was ruled out for 6 months following surgery.[4]

[edit] Club stats

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season Domestic League Domestic Cup International
Club Competition		 Total
App Goals App Goals App  Goals App Goals
Atlético Madrid 06-07
05-06 29 10
Total 29 10
RCD Espanyol 04-05 37 15
03-04 36 4
02-03 37 7
Total 110 26
Newell's Old Boys 2002
2001
Total
Real Oviedo 2001-02 1 0
Total 1 0
Newell's Old Boys 2000
1999
Total #1
Combined Total
Career Totals

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ "Argentina 2-1 Mexico (aet)", BBC, 2006-06-24. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
  2. ^ Goal of the Tournament. fifaworldcup.yahoo.com.
  3. ^ "Rooney, Cufre and Rodriguez handed bans by FIFA", Deutsche Presse-Agentur, 2006-07-08. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
  4. ^ "Atletico's Maxi, Petrov out for six months", Reuters, 2006-10-16. Retrieved on 2006-10-20.

[edit] External links


Flag of Argentina Argentina squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists Flag of Argentina

1 Abbondanzieri | 2 Ayala | 3 Sorín | 4 Coloccini | 5 Cambiasso | 6 Heinze | 7 Saviola | 8 Mascherano | 9 Crespo | 10 Riquelme | 11 Tévez | 12 Franco | 13 Scaloni | 14 Palacio | 15 Milito | 16 Aimar | 17 Cufré | 18 Rodríguez | 19 Messi | 20 Cruz | 21 Burdisso | 22 González | 23 Ustari | Coach: Pekerman
Atlético Madrid - Current Squad

1 Cuéllar | 2 Seitaridis | 3 Antonio López | 4 Pernía | 5 Luccin | 6 Costinha | 7 Galletti | 8 Gabi | 9 Torres | 10 Agüero | 11 Maxi | 12 Fabiano Eller | 13 Falcón | 14 Zé Castro | 15 Jurado | 17 Petrov | 18 Valera | 19 Miguel | 20 Maniche | 21 Perea | 22 Pablo | 23 Mista | 25 Franco | 28 Marqués | 29 Azcárate | 45 Víctor Bravo | 46 Pollo | Coach Aguirre
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