Salomón Rondón
Venezuelan football player (born 1989) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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José Salomón Rondón Giménez (Spanish pronunciation: [saloˈmon ronˈdon]; born 16 September 1989) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Pachuca and captains the Venezuela national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Salomón Rondón Giménez[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1989-09-16) 16 September 1989 (age 34)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Caracas, Venezuela | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Pachuca | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–2004 | San José de Calasanz | ||
2004–2005 | Deportivo Gulima | ||
2005–2006 | Aragua | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2008 | Aragua | 49 | (15) |
2008–2010 | Las Palmas | 46 | (10) |
2010–2012 | Málaga | 67 | (25) |
2012–2014 | Rubin Kazan | 36 | (13) |
2014–2015 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 37 | (20) |
2015–2019 | West Bromwich Albion | 108 | (24) |
2018–2019 | → Newcastle United (loan) | 32 | (11) |
2019–2021 | Dalian Professional | 27 | (14) |
2020–2021 | → CSKA Moscow (loan) | 10 | (4) |
2021–2022 | Everton | 27 | (1) |
2023 | River Plate | 31 | (10) |
2024– | Pachuca | 21 | (10) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Venezuela U20 | 11 | (7) |
2008– | Venezuela | 108 | (44) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:27, 18 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:34, 6 July (AEST) |
After starting out at Aragua, Rondón went on to spend most of his career in Europe, appearing in La Liga with Málaga, the Russian Premier League with Rubin Kazan, Zenit Saint Petersburg (winning the 2015 national championship with the latter club) and CSKA Moscow, and the Premier League with West Bromwich Albion, Newcastle United and Everton.
A Venezuela international since 2008, Rondón has earned over 100 caps and is the country's all-time top goalscorer with 44 goals. He represented his country in five Copa América tournaments, helping them to fourth place in 2011.