Mario Rodríguez (soccer)

Mario Andres Rodriguez Jr. (born May 12, 1994) is an American soccer player.

Mario Rodriguez
Personal information
Full name Mario Andres Rodriguez Jr.
Date of birth (1994-05-12) May 12, 1994
Place of birth North Hollywood, California, United States
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
LA Galaxy
IMG Academy
2012–2013 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 81 (18)
2016–2018 Dynamo Dresden 0 (0)
2016 → Chemnitzer FC (loan) 3 (0)
2017–2018 → Sonnenhof Großaspach (loan) 24 (1)
National team‡
2010–2011 United States U17 21 (1)
2012–2013 United States U20 13 (4)
2015–2016 United States U23 6 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 16, 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 3, 2017

Club career

Rodriguez was born in North Hollywood, California. He came up through the LA Galaxy academy before joining the United States U17 residential academy. He later signed with Borussia Mönchengladbach, although he failed to make any first-team appearances, playing exclusively with Borussia Mönchengladbach II.[1] He later signed with Dynamo Dresden before being loaned to Chemnitzer FC.[2] On 3 January it was confirmed, that Rodriguez once more was loaned out, this time to Sonnenhof Großaspach.[3]

International career

Rodriguez was born in the United States and is of Mexican descent.[4] Rodriguez has represented the United States at multiple youth levels.

References
  1. "U.S. U-20 forward Rodriguez moves to Borussia Mönchengladbach". July 4, 2013.
  2. e.V., Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden. "Dynamo verpflichtet Mario Rodríguez".
  3. Mario Rodríguez verstärkt die SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Archived January 4, 2017, at the Wayback Machine‚ stadtanzeiger-im-netz.de, 3 January 2017
  4. Marshall, Tom (March 2, 2013). "U-20s: US look to make history in hostile territory vs. rivals Mexico". MLS Soccer.


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