Francisco José Rodríguez Araya (born 8 February 1995) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1] His older brothers are the Swiss international Ricardo Rodríguez and the winger Roberto Rodríguez.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco José Rodríguez Araya | ||
| Date of birth | 14 September 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Winterthur | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | FC Schwamendingen | ||
| 2011–2012 | Winterthur | ||
| 2012–2014 | FC Zürich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | FC Zürich | 38 | (3) |
| 2015–2017 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 11 | (4) |
| 2015–2017 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | FC Luzern | 67 | (11) |
| 2019–2020 | Lugano | 11 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Schaffhausen | 59 | (7) |
| 2022–2024 | Winterthur | 23 | (2) |
| 2023 | Winterthur II | 3 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Switzerland U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Switzerland U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Switzerland U21 | 8 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:00, 21 July 2015 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editFC Zürich
editRodríguez 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.[2]
VfL Wolfsburg
editAfter 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.[3] 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.[4] On 31 August 2016, the loan deal with Bielefeld was terminated and Rodríguez joined FC Luzern.[5]
FC Luzern
editIn June 2017, it was confirmed that Rodriguez had transferred to FC Luzern for an undisclosed fee.[6]
International career
editRodríguez is a Swiss under-19 international who is eligible to play for Chile or Spain through his parents' nationality. On 18 August 2014, manager Jorge Sampaoli called Rodríguez to play for Chile in two friendlies against Mexico and Haiti, and he was set to make his full international debut.[7] But on 21 August 2015, he refused the call up to the senior squad for a match against Paraguay, saying that he still preferred to play for Switzerland's U21 team.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b Francisco Rodríguez at Soccerway
- ^ "FC Zürich vs. Grasshoppers - 20 July 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Arminia leiht Francisco Rodriguez aus" [Arminia loans out Francisco Rodriguez] (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Jantscher geht in die Türkei, Rodriguez kommt leihweise" (in German). Luzerner Zeitung. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ BIS 2020 BEIM FCL (German)[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Nómina de la Selección Chilena Para Enfrentar a México y Haití".
- ^ "Francisco Rodriguez rejects Chile call-up for Paraguay friendly". internationalsoccerteams.com. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
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