Uruguayan Footballer Darío Rodríguez
Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña (born 17 September 1974) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a centre-back and left-back.
He was recently the manager of Peñarol.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1984 | Huracan Villegas | ||
| 1984–1989 | Higos del Mar | ||
| 1990–1994 | Sud América | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | Sud América | 23 | (1) |
| 1995–1996 | Toluca | 27 | (1) |
| 1997–1998 | Bella Vista | 30 | (1) |
| 1999–2002 | Peñarol | 111 | (8) |
| 2002–2008 | Schalke 04 | 102 | (6) |
| 2008–2014 | Peñarol | 141 | (11) |
| Total | 434 | (27) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000–2007 | Uruguay | 50 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016 | Juventud (youth) | ||
| 2016 | Peñarol (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | América de Cali (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Defensor Sporting (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Ittihad Kalba (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Peñarol (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Uruguay (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Peñarol | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He is a younger brother of the footballer Héctor Rodríguez Peña.
Club career
Born in Montevideo, 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
With Uruguay, Rodríguez 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 occasionally wore the captain's captain's armband. He also played at the 2004 and 2007 Copa América tournaments.
Style of play
A versatile defender, he was capable of playing as a left-back or as a left-sided central defender. Strong in the air, he was a useful distraction in the opposition box at set pieces.
Career statistics
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 2000 | 8 | 1 |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 3 | |
- Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rodríguez goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 July 2000 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay |  Venezuela | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 1 June 2002 | Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan, South Korea |  Denmark | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2002 FIFA World Cup |
| 3 | 12 November 2005 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay |  Australia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 14 November 2023
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Peñarol | 26 June 2023 | 15 November 2023 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 56.25 |
Honours
Schalke 04
References
External links
- Darío Rodríguez at National-Football-Teams.com
- Darío Rodríguez at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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