Darío Rodríguez

Personal information
Darío Rodríguez
Full name	Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña
Date of birth	September 17, 1974 (1974-09-17) (age 33)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	C.A. Peñarol
Youth clubs
1979-1984 1984-1989 1990-1994	Huracan Villegas Higos del Mar Sud América
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1995 1995-1996 1997-1998 1998-2002 2002-2008 2008-	Sud América Toluca C.A. Bella Vista Peñarol FC Schalke 04 Peñarol	023 (0) 027 (1) 030 (1) 111 (8) 102 (6) -
National team²
2000-2007	Uruguay	051 (4)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 December 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 19 August 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña (born 17 September 1974 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan football defender who played 51 games for the Uruguay national team between 2000 and 2007. ^[1]

He has played the majority of his club football for Peñarol, and FC Schalke 04. His other clubs include Sud América and C.A. Bella Vista in Uruguay and Toluca in Mexico. He left Schalke 04 in January 2008 and returned to Uruguay and Peñarol.

For the Uruguay national football team he was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and scored Uruguay's first goal of the tournament, a volley that curled into the top left corner of the goal. He has worn the captain's arm band for Uruguay. He also played for Uruguay at Copa América 2004^[2] and 2007.^[3]

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v • d • e Uruguay squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Carini • 2 Méndez • 3 Lembo • 4 Montero • 5 García • 6 Rodríguez • 7 Guigou • 8 Varela • 9 Silva • 10 O'Neill • 11 Magallanes • 12 Munúa • 13 Abreu • 14 Sorondo • 15 Olivera • 16 Romero • 17 Regueiro • 18 Morales • 19 Bizera • 20 Recoba • 21 Forlán • 22 De los Santos • 23 Elduayen • Coach: Púa

v • d • e Uruguay squad - Copa América 2007

1 Carini • 2 Lugano • 3 Godín • 4 Fucile • 5 García • 6 Darío Rodríguez • 7 Cristian Rodríguez • 8 Gargano • 9 Vargas • 10 Recoba • 11 Estoyanoff • 12 Castillo • 13 Abreu • 14 Diogo • 15 Pérez • 16 Pereira • 17 Valdez • 18 Canobbio • 19 Scotti • 20 González • 21 Forlán • 22 Sánchez • Coach: Tabárez

v • d • e Club Atlético Peñarol – current squad

MF Rodríguez • MF Pacheco • MF Estoyanoff • MF Olivera • FW Correa • FW Franco • FW Bueno • Manager: Matosas

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