Darío Rodríguez

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Darío Rodríguez
Personal information

Full name	Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña
Date of birth	(1974-09-17) 17 September 1974
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)^[1]
Playing position	Centre Back/Left back
Club information
Current club	Peñarol
Number	22
Youth career
1979–1984	Huracan Villegas
1984–1989	Higos del Mar
1990–1994	Sud América
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1994–1995	Sud América	23	(0)
1995–1996	Toluca	27	(1)
1997–1998	Bella Vista	30	(1)
1998–2002	Peñarol	111	(8)
2002–2008	Schalke 04	102	(6)
2008–	Peñarol	64	(1)
National team
2000–2007	Uruguay	51	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 June 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Peña.

Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña (born 17 September 1974 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan footballer who currently plays as a Centre Back/Left back for Peñarol. He was capped 51 times for the Uruguay national team.^[2] He can play "at left-back or as a left-sided central defender. Strong in the air, he is a useful distraction in the opposition box at set pieces."^[3]

Club career

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

International career

For the Uruguay, he was a participant at the 2002 World Cup and scored Uruguay's first goal of the tournament, a volley that curled into the top left corner of the goal. He worn the captain's armband for Uruguay. He also played at 2004^[4] and 2007 Copa América.^[5]

International stats

^[6]

Uruguay national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2000	9	2
2001	8	0
2002	7	1
2003	1	0
2004	9	0
2005	8	1
2006	2	0
2007	7	0
Total	51	4

International goals

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 February 2000	Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado	Hungary League^[6]	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	18 July 2000	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Bolivia	2–1	3–1	2002 World Cup qualifier
3.	1 June 2002	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan	Denmark	1–1	1–2	2002 World Cup
4.	12 November 2005	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Australia	1–0	1–0	2006 World Cup qualifier play-offs

References

↑ "Biografia". dariorodriguez.com.uy. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
↑ Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando (6 March 2012). "Uruguay – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
↑ "Dario Rodriguez". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
↑ Tabeira, Martín (2 August 2007). "Copa América 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
↑ Tabeira, Martín; Morrison, Neil (23 October 2007). "Copa América 2007". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
↑ 6.0 6.1 Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "Octavio Dario Rodriguez – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

External links

Darío Rodríguez at National-Football-Teams.com
Darío Rodríguez at fussballdaten.de (German)

v t e Uruguay squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Carini 2 Méndez 3 Lembo 4 Montero (c) 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 t e Uruguay squad – 2004 Copa América Third Place

1 Viera 2 Bizera 3 Darío Rodríguez 4 Montero (c) 5 Sosa 6 Lago 7 Varela 8 Pouso 9 Silva 10 Parodi 11 Cristian Rodríguez 12 Barbat 13 Estoyanoff 14 Guillermo Rodríguez 15 Pérez 16 Delgado 17 Diogo 18 Morales 19 Martínez 20 Bueno 21 Forlán 22 Sánchez Coach: Fossati

v t e Uruguay squad – 2007 Copa América Fourth Place

1 Carini 2 Lugano (c) 3 Godín 4 Fucile 5 García 6 D. Rodríguez 7 C. 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 t e C.A. Peñarol – current squad

1 Castillo 2 B. Silva 3 Raguso 4 Viera 5 Novick 6 Medina 7 S. Silva 8 Pacheco 9 Núñez 10 J. M. Rodríguez 11 Estoyanoff 12 Lerda 13 Macaluso 14 Píriz 15 Sandoval 17 Zalayeta 18 Fernández 19 Aguiar 20 Bizera 21 Gómez 22 D. Rodríguez 23 Valdez 24 Albín 25 Aguerre 26 J. J. Rodríguez 27 Amado 28 Nicolini 33 Leyes Manager: Gonçalves

Persondata
Name	Rodríguez, Darío
Alternative names
Short description	Uruguayan footballer
Date of birth	17 September 1974
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death
Place of death

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