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José Luis Rodríguez Francis (born 19 June 1998), commonly known as Puma, is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Juárez, on loan from Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade, and the Panama national team.[2]
 Rodríguez with Panama at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Luis Rodríguez Francis[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 June 1998[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Panama City, Panama[2] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Juárez (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chorrillo[3] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Chorrillo | 16 | (1) |
| 2016 | → Gent II (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | Gent II | 44 | (7) |
| 2018 | Istra 1961 | 8 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Alavés B | 48 | (4) |
| 2020–2022 | Alavés | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Lugo (loan) | 26 | (5) |
| 2021–2022 | → Sporting Gijón (loan) | 35 | (3) |
| 2022–2024 | Famalicão | 30 | (2) |
| 2024– | Red Star Belgrade | 5 | (1) |
| 2024– | → Juárez (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Panama U17[4] | 4+ | (1+) |
| 2018– | Panama | 53 | (7) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:20, 18 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Rodríguez grew up in El Chorrillo, Panama City and is the brother of retired Chorrillo captain Marcos Villarreal.[3] He was nicknamed "Cocobolo" at a young age for his short hair.[3]
Rodríguez played for hometown club Chorrillo in his youth.[3] In the 2015–16 season of the Liga Panameña de Fútbol, he made his debut on 17 July 2015 in a 0–1 away loss against Atlético Chiriquí.[2] His first and only goal of the season came on 2 April 2016 in a 3–2 away win against Alianza, scoring the winning goal for Chorrillo in the 90th minute.[5] In 2016, Rodríguez moved to the under-21 team of Belgium club Gent on loan with an option to buy.[6][7][8] On 9 December 2016, Gent signed Rodríguez on a permanent deal, with a contract lasting until 2019.[9] In September 2018 he signed for Croatian club Istra 1961.[10]
On 1 February 2019, Rodríguez joined Deportivo Alavés and would play for their B-team.[11] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 10 July of the following year, replacing Joselu in a 0–2 away loss against Real Madrid.[12]
On 4 September 2020, Rodríguez renewed his contract with Alavés until 2022,[13] and was immediately loaned to Segunda División side CD Lugo for the season.[14] On 30 July of the following year, he moved to fellow league team Sporting de Gijón also in a temporary deal.[15]
On 15 August 2022, Rodríguez signed a four-year contract with Primeira Liga side F.C. Famalicão.[16]
Rodríguez was called up to the Panama under-17 team in 2014,[17] scoring on 3 March 2015 against Haiti in the 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.[4]
On 14 May 2018, Rodríguez was included in Panama's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the country's first ever FIFA World Cup.[18] Rodríguez made his international debut for Panama on 29 May 2018 in a 0–0 friendly home draw against Northern Ireland.[2] The following day, Rodríguez was included in Panama's final 23-man World Cup squad.[19]
Rodríguez made his World Cup debut in Panama's opening match on 18 June 2018 in a 0–3 loss to Belgium, starting the match before being substituted in the 63rd minute for Ismael Díaz.[20]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chorrillo | 2015–16 | Liga Panameña | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| Istra 1961 | 2018–19 | Prva HNL | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | |||
| Alavés B | 2018–19 | Tercera División | 13 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Segunda División B | 24 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | ||||
| Alavés | 2019–20 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lugo (loan) | 2020–21 | Segunda División | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 5 | |||
| Sporting Gijón (loan) | 2021–22 | Segunda División | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 39 | 0 | |||
| Famalicão | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||
| Total | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 3 | ||||
| Red Star Belgrade | 2024–25 | Serbian SuperLiga | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| Juárez (loan) | 2024–25 | Liga MX | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 167 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 16 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panama | 2018 | 10 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 14 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | |
| Total | 53 | 7 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 July 2021 | Exploria Stadium, Orlando, Florida, United States |  Grenada | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 2 | 3–0 | |||||
| 3 | 13 October 2023 | Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao |  Curaçao | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A |
| 4 | 20 November 2023 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama |  Costa Rica | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| 5 | 6 June 2024 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama |  Guyana | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 9 June 2024 | Estadio Nacional, Managua, Nicaragua |  Montserrat | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| 7 | 18 November 2024 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | Costa Rica | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2024–25 Nations League QF |
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