Clemente Juan Rodriguez is an Argentinean professional footballer who plays as a defender in the club Atletico Colon (Argentina). He is famous for his uniqueness in the defense line, he can play in any role, most often on the flanks. In the period from 2003 to 2013 he played for the national team of Argentina (20 matches and 1 goal scored).
He achieved the greatest success with the Boca Juniors club, in which he spent 9 seasons throughout his career and won 10 trophies of national and international level. The growth of a football player is 166 centimeters, weight - 66 kilograms. The Argentine defender is often confused with the legendary Brazilian Roberto Carlos, because they are really similar in appearance. It is a coincidence or not, but they also play in the same position.
Football career at Boca Juniors
Clemente Rodriguez was born July 31, 1981 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since childhood, like many Argentinean guys, he dreamed of becoming a professional footballer. The idols of young Clemente were such legendary players as Diego Simeone, Diego Maradona and Gabriel Batistuta. At the age of six, he enrolled at the Los Andes Football Academy in Buenos Aires. He began his football career with the youth of the Los Andes Club. His professional debut took place in Boca Juniors in 2000 in the match of the Mercosur Cup against Nacional (Uruguay), the match ended in a draw with a score of 3: 3. Here he played until 2004, spent 95 matches and scored 5 goals.
Six years later, he returned to the club, where he played 3 more seasons (from 2010 to 2013, 73 matches and 2 goals). Together with the "Genoese" he won many national and international titles. In 2003, the team became the owner of the Intercontinental Cup. Here, Clemente Rodriguez became the three-time champion of Argentina (apertures 2000, 2003 and 2011; the aperture is the first half of the Argentine championship season), the winner of the Argentine Cup (2012), the three-time winner of the Libertadores Cup (2001, 2003, 2007) and the two-time vice champion Copa Libertadores (2004 and 2012).
Career at Moscow Spartak
Before moving to Spartak Moscow, Clemente Rodriguez wanted to purchase such clubs as Borussia Dortmund, Kaiserslautern (both from Germany), Valencia and Villarreal (Spain). However, the Argentinean chose the Russian club, because he offered more favorable conditions.
In 2004, Argentine defender Clemente Rodriguez signed a two-year contract with the Russian club from the Premier League - Moscow Spartak. The transfer amount amounted to 4 million dollars. Upon completion of the contract, the player was renewed for another two and a half years. As a result, the Argentine was a Spartak player from 2004 to 2009.
In 2007, he was leased to Boca Juniors for the remainder of the season, where he spent 14 games and scored 2 goals. He spent the 2007/2008 football season on loan from the Spanish club Espanyol, where he played in 17 official matches. As part of the “red and white” he played 71 matches and was marked by three goals. Here he three times became the silver medalist of the Russian Championship (2005, 2006 and 2009), was a finalist of the Cup and Super Cup of Russia in 2006.
Homecoming
In August 2009, Clemente Rodriguez returned to his homeland, in Argentina, where he signed a contract with Estudiantes. As part of the "Pied Piper" he played only one season, during which he took part in 27 matches and scored one goal. June 24, 2013 signed a contract with the Brazilian São Paulo, designed for two years. On April 7, 2014, after almost a season, Rodriguez and Fabrizio were removed from the club’s main team and sent to the Boca Juniors arena. For the fourth time, Clemente Rodriguez returns to the Genoese. In total, he played 3 matches at São Paulo.
In 2015, the football player joined the Argentinean Atletico Colon, which he still plays in. In total, he spent over 35 matches without goals.
