Peruvian footballer
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is
Valdelomar .
Alberto Junior Rodríguez Valdelomar , nicknamedEl mudo (lit. ' mute ' ) (born 31 March 1984),[ 3] [ 4] footballer who played as acentral defender .
Born inLima , Rodríguez joinedSporting Cristal 's youth system at the age of 16. He never appeared in less than 30Primera División matches over four full seasons, with the capital side winning threeClausura
On 28 December 2006, Rodríguez signed a three-and-a-half-year deal withPrimeira Liga clubS.C. Braga [ 5] U.D. Leiria .[ 6] first season in Portugal with nine appearances, helping theMinho team to finish fourth.
Rodríguez was irregularly used in the following campaigns due to constant injury problems,[ 7] [ 8] in 2010 , adding seven in their subsequentrunner-up run in theUEFA Europa League . On 27 May 2011, he agreed to a four-year contract withSporting CP .[ 9]
Under former Braga bossDomingos Paciência , Rodríguez'sonly season was again greatly undermined by physical problems, and he only played 13 competitive matches.[ 10] [ 11] Deportivo de La Coruña ofLa Liga , moving to the Spanish club as many teammates,[ 12] [ 13] Lisbon after failing his medical.[ 14] [ 15]
On 24 July 2012, Rodríguez bought out his contract with Sporting and signed for one year withRio Ave F.C. in the same league.[ 16] FBC Melgar ,Club Universitario de Deportes andAtlético Junior (Colombia).[ 17]
International career [ edit ] Rodríguez representedPeru during the2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers after winning the first of his 75caps on 2 April 2003 in afriendly withChile , and quickly became a defensive cornerstone for the national side.[ 18] 2007 Copa América , in an eventual quarter-final exit.[ 19] [ 20]
Rodríguez was also selected for the2011 Copa América squad, being an important defensive unit as theSergio Markarián -led team finished in third place inArgentina .[ 21] [ 22] 2018 World Cup in Russia,[ 23] the competition on 16 June by playing the entire 1–0 group stage loss againstDenmark .[ 24]
Peru [ 25] [ 26] Year Apps Goals 2003 3 0 2004 2 0 2005 3 0 2006 2 0 2007 9 0 2008 4 0 2009 8 0 2010 0 0 2011 7 0 2012 3 0 2013 7 0 2014 2 0 2015 0 0 2016 11 0 2017 10 0 2018 4 0 Total 75 0
Sporting Cristal
Braga
Sporting CP
Rio Ave
Peru
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