| Carlos Rodríguez | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Carlos José Rodríguez Sequera |
| Nickname | The Spanish Assassin |
| Born | January 28, 1979 Sabadell, Spain |
| Home town | Terrasa Spain |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | Unknown |
| Darts | 25g Bull's Champion Carlos Rodriguez |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | I Want It All by Queen |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2006 - 2007 |
| PDC | 2007 - present |
| Current world ranking | 137 |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Masters | Last 190, 2007 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Second round, 2009 |
| European Ch'ship | Second round, 2008 |
| UK Open | Last 96, 2008 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Gibraltar Open | 2007 |
Carlos José Rodríguez Sequera[1] (born January 28, 1979) is a Spanish professional darts player, playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.
A noted soft-tip player, Rodríguez's first foray into the professional steel-tip darts scene was participating in the two PDPA Players Championship events in Gibraltar in January 2007; in the latter of these he placed in the last 16. Two months later, he would win the Gibraltar Open. Rodríguez then attempted to qualify for the BDO World Championship in November but failed, and in the same month he failed to make any headway in the World Masters.
In 2008 he decided to join the Professional Dart Players Association, enabling him to play in PDC events. Because he is based in Spain, he is unable to travel to every event on the PDC Pro Tour, however a couple of last 16 placings in Players Championship events and UK Open regionals meant he qualified for the UK Open, his first appearance on television. He entered at the last 96 stage, but was beaten 6-1 by Paul Cooper. In October, he tried to qualify for the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts but was defeated in the early rounds. Later that month however, Rodríguez began to finally make significant gains in the PDC. In the second of two Players Championship events in Scotland, he reached his first PDC quarter-final before being defeated by the eventual winner James Wade.[2]
The run of form continued in October as Rodríguez reached the final of the German Darts Trophy, beating noted veterans Peter Manley and Kevin Painter 3-0 in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, before being defeated in a last leg decider by Colin Osborne.[3] This performance guaranteed Rodríguez's place in the inaugural European Championship and the 2009 PDC World Championship. Less than a week later Rodríguez, in a major upset, defeated the world number five Terry Jenkins in the opening round of the 2008 European Championship,[4] but lost to Ronnie Baxter in the next round.
Rodríguez began his 2009 PDC World Championship campaign with a 3-2 win over then world number 16 Roland Scholten of the Netherlands to safely carry him through the second round, but he was then beaten 1-4 by Painter. At the 2010 World Championship, he was defeated 0-3 by Steve Beaton in the first round.
He teamed up with Antonio Alcinas to represent Spain at the 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts. They defeated Japan in the first round, before knocking out the top seeds England (represented by the world's top two players, Phil Taylor and James Wade) 6-5 in the second round. In the group stage, they lost to Wales but defeated the United States and Scotland to qualify for the semi-finals, where they were whitewashed 0-4 by the Netherlands.