David Rodríguez (footballer, born 1986)

Not to be confused with David Sánchez (footballer, born 1982).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

David Rodríguez Sánchez (born 14 February 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward.

David Rodríguez

Personal information
Full name	David Rodríguez Sánchez
Date of birth	(1986-02-14) 14 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2007	Atlético Madrid B	64	(20)
2005	→ Ciudad Murcia (loan)	2	(0)
2006	→ Las Palmas (loan)	18	(2)
2007–2008	Salamanca	38	(14)
2008–2010	Almería	9	(1)
2008–2009	→ Celta (loan)	36	(8)
2010–2014	Celta	70	(26)
2012–2013	→ Sporting Gijón (loan)	37	(12)
2014	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	(1)
2014–2017	Alcorcón	123	(51)
2017–2019	Osasuna	48	(7)
2019	→ Numancia (loan)	16	(4)
2019–2020	Racing Santander	27	(2)
2020–2022	Racing Ferrol	56	(16)
2022–2023	Rayo Majadahonda	37	(13)
2023–2024	Atlético Baleares	31	(7)
International career
2001–2002	Spain U16	6	(11)
2002–2003	Spain U17	21	(13)
2003	Spain U18	3	(2)
2004–2005	Spain U19	6	(2)
Medal record Representing  Spain Men's football FIFA U-17 World Cup Runner-up 2003 Finland UEFA European Under-17 Championship Runner-up 2003 Portugal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:06, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

He amassed Segunda División totals of 392 games and 124 goals over 12 seasons, representing Ciudad de Murcia, Salamanca, Celta, Sporting de Gijón, Alcorcón, Osasuna, Numancia and Racing de Santander in the competition. He added 14 matches in La Liga (one goal), and also played professionally in England with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Club career

Rodríguez was born in Talavera de la Reina, Province of Toledo. After leaving Atlético Madrid's youth academy, he started professionally with Ciudad de Murcia in the Segunda División. However, the lack of playing time for the Colchoneros' first team made him drop down to Segunda División B in January 2006, as he moved to UD Las Palmas.^[1]

In the 2006–07 season, Rodríguez returned to Atlético to play with the reserves and rank as their top scorer, a feat which he repeated the following campaign with UD Salamanca in the second division.^[2] Such solid performances earned him a transfer to La Liga, moving for €400.000 to UD Almería;^[3] before 2008–09 began, however, he was loaned to RC Celta de Vigo,^[4] returning the following summer to Andalusia.^[5]

Rodríguez made his top-flight debut on 30 August 2009, appearing in a 0–0 home draw against Real Valladolid.^[6] On 22 November, he scored after just five minutes on the pitch but Almería lost 3–1 at RCD Mallorca,^[7] and the player was only the fourth of fifth attacking option at the club during the season.^[8]

On 17 July 2010, after having been suspended by Almería,^[9] Rodríguez signed for Celta permanently, penning a four-year contract.^[10] In the first year in his second spell he netted 17 goals, leading the Galicians to the sixth position in the regular season and the subsequent promotion playoffs.^[11]

On 29 August 2012, having contributed nine goals in 28 matches to Celta's promotion, Rodríguez signed for second tier side Sporting de Gijón.^[12] He scored his first goal for his new team on 9 September, opening in a 1–1 home draw against CD Lugo.^[13]

Rodríguez terminated his contract at Celta on 30 January 2014, completing a move to English club Brighton & Hove Albion the following day.^[14] He made his debut in the Championship two days later, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 loss at Watford.^[15]

On 18 July 2014, free agent Rodríguez joined AD Alcorcón.^[16] He scored a career-best 20 goals in his debut season, helping to a final 11th position in division two.^[17]

Rodríguez scored his first hat-trick as a professional on 24 October 2015, in a 6–1 home demolition of UE Llagostera.^[18] On 30 June 2017, after 52 overall goals for the Alfareros, he signed a three-year contract with CA Osasuna in the same league, for €350,000.^[19]

On 30 January 2019, Rodríguez was loaned to CD Numancia also of the second division until June.^[20] Upon returning to the El Sadar Stadium, he terminated his contract on 1 July,^[21] and agreed to a one-year deal at Racing de Santander on 20 August.^[22]

Personal life

Rodríguez's younger brother, Sergio, was also a footballer. A defender, he played as a senior for Atlético Madrid and Celta, in both cases only representing their reserves.^[23][24]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 March 2021^[25][26][27]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atlético Madrid B	2003–04	Segunda División B	6	2	—		4[lower-alpha 1]	0	10	2
	2004–05		24	5	—		—		24	5
	2006–07		34	13	—		—		34	13
	Total		64	20	0	0	4	0	68	20
Ciudad Murcia (loan)	2005–06	Segunda División	2	0	2	0	—		4	0
Las Palmas (loan)	2005–06	Segunda Divisíon B	18	2	0	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	0	22	2
Salamanca	2007–08	Segunda División	38	14	1	0	—		39	14
Almería	2009–10	La Liga	9	1	2	0	—		11	1
Celta (loan)	2008–09	Segunda División	36	8	4	1	—		40	9
Celta	2010–11	Segunda División	37	17	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	38	17
	2011–12		28	9	3	2	—		31	11
	2013–14	La Liga	5	0	0	0	—		5	0
	Total		106	34	7	3	1	0	114	37
Sporting Gijón (loan)	2012–13	Segunda División	37	12	1	0	—		38	12
Brighton & Hove Albion	2013–14	Championship	10	1	2	0	—		12	1
Alcorcón	2014–15	Segunda División	42	20	0	0	—		42	20
	2015–16		42	19	0	0	—		42	19
	2016–17		39	12	5	1	—		44	13
	Total		123	51	5	1	0	0	128	52
Osasuna	2017–18	Segunda División	36	7	2	0	—		38	7
	2018–19		12	0	1	0	—		13	0
	Total		48	7	3	0	0	0	51	7
Numancia (loan)	2018–19	Segunda División	16	4	0	0	—		16	4
Racing Santander	2019–20	Segunda División	27	2	1	0	—		28	2
Racing Ferrol	2020–21	Segunda División B	14	4	0	0	—		14	4
Career total			512	152	24	4	9	0	545	156

1. Appearances in promotion playoffs

References

1. "Delantero David Rodríguez ficha por Las Palmas" [Forward David Rodríguez signs for Las Palmas] (in Spanish). Nación. 5 December 2005. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
2. "El Salamanca refuerza su delantera con David Rodríguez" [Salamanca bolster forward lines with David Rodríguez]. Marca (in Spanish). 25 June 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
3. Nieto, Luis (23 September 2008). ""Dos años en Primera sanearían al Salamanca"" ["Two years in Primera would clear Salamanca's debts"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 April 2018.
4. Barreira, Borja (22 July 2008). "David Rodríguez jugará en el Celta" [David Rodríguez will play in Celta]. Atlántico Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2018.
5. "El Almería ha presentado hoy al delantero David Rodríguez: "Este es un reto y una gran oportunidad para mí que quiero aprovecharla"" [Almería have presented forward David Rodríguez today: "This is a challenge and a big chance for me and I want to seize it"] (in Spanish). Teleprensa. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
6. "Almeria 0–0 Valladolid". ESPN Soccernet. 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
7. "Mallorca maintain run". ESPN Soccernet. 22 November 2009. Archived from the original on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
8. "Ulloa, Goitom y Uche luchan por ser el '9'" [Ulloa, Goitom and Uche fight to be the '9']. Diario de Almería (in Spanish). 10 August 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
9. "El Almería aparta a David Rodríguez, que se acerca al Celta" [Almería oust David Rodríguez, who moves closer to Celta]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 13 July 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
10. "El Celta refuerza su delantera con David Rodríguez" [Celta strengthen offence with David Rodríguez] (in Spanish). Fútbol de Segunda. 18 July 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
11. "David quiere superar los 17 goles de la pasada Liga" [David wants to top 17 goals from last League]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 29 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
12. Tejedor, Toni (29 August 2012). "David Rodríguez ya es rojiblanco" [David Rodríguez is already red-and-white] (in Spanish). Fútbol Asturiano. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
13. "El Lugo empata en Gijón ante el Sporting" [Lugo draw in Gijón against Sporting]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 9 September 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
14. "Albion seal David deal". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 31 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
15. "Watford 2–0 Brighton". BBC Sport. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
16. "David Rodríguez, nuevo jugador del Alcorcón" [David Rodríguez, new player of Alcorcón]. Marca (in Spanish). 18 July 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
17. "David Rodríguez: "Aposté por el Alcorcón, ellos por mí, y ha salido muy bien"" [David Rodríguez: "I gambled on Alcorcón, they did the same on me, and it turned out just fine"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 June 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
18. "6–1. El Alcorcón liquida al Llagostera con una primera parte de ensueño" [6–1. Alcorcón finish Llagostera with dream first half]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 24 October 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
19. "El Club Atlético Osasuna ficha a David Rodríguez" [Club Atlético Osasuna sign David Rodríguez] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
20. "David Rodríguez jugará cedido en el Numancia hasta el final de la presente temporada" [David Rodríguez will play on loan at Numancia until the end of the current season] (in Spanish). CD Numancia. 30 January 2019. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
21. "Osasuna y David Rodríguez alcanzan un acuerdo para finalizar su relación contractual" [Osasuna and David Rodríguez reach an agreement to end their contractual relationship] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
22. "David Rodríguez, undécimo refuerzo del Racing 2019/20" [David Rodríguez, eleventh signing of Racing 2019/20] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
23. "Sergio, hermano de David Rodríguez, ficha por cinco temporadas" [Sergio, brother of David Rodríguez, signs for five seasons]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 13 August 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
24. "Sergio Rodríguez: Sergio Rodríguez Sánchez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
25. David Rodríguez at BDFutbol
26. David Rodríguez – UEFA competition record (archive)
27. David Rodríguez at Soccerway

External links

• David Rodríguez at BDFutbol
• David Rodríguez at Futbolme (in Spanish)
• Celta de Vigo biography (in Spanish)
• David Rodríguez – FIFA competition record (archived)