Guillermo Rodríguez (footballer)

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

Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez Pérez (born 21 March 1984) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Guillermo Rodríguez

Rodríguez in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez Pérez
Date of birth	(1984-03-21) 21 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
2000–2002	Danubio
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2006	Danubio	40	(2)
2004–2005	→ Atlas (loan)	29	(4)
2006	→ Lens (loan)	2	(0)
2006–2009	Independiente	91	(3)
2009–2011	Peñarol	46	(2)
2011–2012	Cesena	28	(0)
2012–2014	Torino	28	(0)
2014–2015	Hellas Verona	7	(0)
2015–2016	Peñarol	18	(1)
2017–2018	Chiapas	0	(0)
2018	Cerro	7	(0)
2019	Universitario	9	(0)
2020–2022	Sud América	52	(0)
Total		357	(12)
International career
2003	Uruguay U20	2	(2)
2004–2005	Uruguay	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He is nicknamed El Pelado (in Italian il Pelato).^[1]

Club career

Early career

Rodríguez began his playing career in 2002 with Danubio. After loan spells to Atlas of Mexico and Lens of France he joined Argentine side Independiente in 2006. In 2009, he returned to Uruguay to join Peñarol.

Torino

After considering a return to Uruguay on 4 August 2012, he was purchased on a temporary basis by Torino,^[2][3] with whom he signed a contract for one year with an option for two more. He made his debut granata 21 October 2012 in Palermo, disputing a good game; that ended 0–0. On 26 June 2013 he was officially purchased outright from Peñarol, with a two-year contract.

Verona

On 28 July 2014 he was transferred to Verona.

References

1. "Pelado el fondo" (in Spanish). Futbol.com.uy. 11 March 2011.
2. "Rodriguez è del Torino" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 6 August 2012. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012.
3. AC Cesena SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 (in Italian)

External links

• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-05-28) (in Spanish)
• Guillermo Rodríguez at National-Football-Teams.com
• Guillermo Rodríguez – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
• Guillermo Rodríguez at Soccerway