Francisco Rodríguez (Swiss footballer)

Francisco Rodríguez Araya (born 8 February 1995) is a Swiss footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Lugano.[1][2] His older brothers are the Swiss international Ricardo Rodríguez and the winger Roberto Rodríguez.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Araya.
Francisco Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Francisco Rodríguez Araya
Date of birth (1995-09-14) 14 September 1995
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Lugano
Number 68
Youth career
0000–2011 FC Schwamendingen
2011–2012 FC Winterthur
2012–2014 FC Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 FC Zürich 28 (2)
2015–2017 VfL Wolfsburg II 11 (4)
2015–2017 VfL Wolfsburg 1 (0)
2016 → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 9 (0)
2017–2019 FC Luzern 58 (11)
2019– FC Lugano 6 (1)
National team‡
2013–2014 Switzerland U19 7 (0)
2014–2015 Switzerland U20 3 (0)
2014–2016 Switzerland U21 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:28, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Club career

FC Zürich

Rodríguez is a youth exponent from FC Zürich. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 20 July 2014 in the derby against Grasshopper Club Zürich, playing the entirety of a 1–0 win.[3]

VfL Wolfsburg

After a year with his first senior side, Rodríguez joined his brother Ricardo at German side VfL Wolfsburg signing a three-year-contract until 2018. The transfer fee was believed to be €1.6 million.[4] He received his first call for the senior team on 26 September 2015, when he was an unused substitute in a Bundesliga match versus Hannover 96.[1]

He was loaned to Arminia Bielefeld on 22 January 2016.[5] On 31 August 2016, the loan deal with Bielefeld was terminated and Rodríguez joined FC Luzern.[6]

FC Luzern

In June 2017, it was confirmed that Rodriguez had transferred to FC Luzern for an undisclosed fee.[7]

International career

Rodríguez is a Swiss under-19 international, but by his parents' nationality, he can play for Chile or Spain. On 18 August 2014 Jorge Sampaoli called Rodríguez to play for Chile [8] to play two friendlies against Mexico and Haiti, and he is set to make his full international debut. But on 21 August 2015 he refused to play for Chile having been called up to the senior squad for a match against Paraguay,[9] saying that he still preferred to play for Switzerland's U21 team.

References
  1. "Switzerland - F. Rodriguez - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  2. "Francisco Rodriguez" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. "FC Zürich vs. Grasshoppers - 20 July 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  4. "Fix! Auch Francisco Rodriguez spielt für Wolfsburg" [Settled! Also Francisco Rodriguez plays for Wolfsburg] (in German). kicker.de. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015.
  5. "Arminia leiht Francisco Rodriguez aus" [Arminia loans out Francisco Rodriguez] (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  6. "Jantscher geht in die Türkei, Rodriguez kommt leihweise" (in German). Luzerner Zeitung. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  7. FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ BIS 2020 BEIM FCL (German)
  8. http://anfp.cl/noticia/21734/nomina-de-la-seleccion-chilena-para-enfrentar-a-mexico-y-haiti
  9. "Francisco Rodriguez rejects Chile call-up for Paraguay friendly". internationalsoccerteams.com. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
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