Rodrigo Suárez Peña

Rodri
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Suárez Peña
Date of birth (1986-03-07) 7 March 1986
Place of birth Utrera, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Betis B 62 (6)
2009–2011 Betis 25 (1)
2011 → Cartagena (loan) 7 (0)
2011–2012 Guadalajara 22 (2)
Total 116 (9)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Suárez and the second or maternal family name is Peña.

Rodrigo Suárez Peña (born 7 March 1986 in Utrera, Seville), commonly known as Rodri, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Football career

A product of Real Betis' youth ranks, Rodri made his debut for the first team on 12 December 2007 by playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against Elche CF for the season's Copa del Rey (4–1 aggregate win).[1] His maiden appearance in Segunda División came two years later against Córdoba CF, and he played 23 matches during the campaign – only four complete – as the Andalusians finished in fourth position, thus failing to regain their La Liga status.

In the dying minutes of the 2011 January transfer window, Rodri was loaned to fellow league club FC Cartagena until June.[2] After spending the following season with CD Guadalajara,[3] scoring his first goals in the "silver category" in wins over Córdoba (3–1 at home)[4] and Elche (3–2 away),[5] he retired at only 26 years of age.

References

  1. ↑ "Una sensación agridulce (1–1)" [Bittersweet feeling (1–1)] (in Spanish). La Verdad. 13 December 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Rodri, del Betis, cedido hasta final de temporada" [Rodri, from Betis, loaned until the end of the season] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rodri ficha por el Guadalajara" [Rodri signs for Guadalajara] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "C.D. Guadalajara 3–1 Córdoba C.F." (in Spanish). CD Guadalajara. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Elche C.F 2–3 C.D. Guadalajara. El Deportivo Guadalajara certifica la permanencia en la Liga Adelante" [Elche C.F 2–3 C.D. Guadalajara. Deportivo Guadalajara certifies Liga Adelante permanence] (in Spanish). CD Guadalajara. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
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