Clemente Juan Rodriguez - ArgentinianA professional football player who acts as a defender in the club "Atlético Colón" (Argentina). Famous for its uniqueness in the defensive line, it 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).
The greatest success was with the club "BocaJuniors, in which for his entire career he spent 9 seasons and won 10 national and international trophies. The growth of the player is 166 centimeters, weight - 66 kilograms. Argentine defender is often confused with the legendary Brazilian Roberto Carlos, because they are really similar in appearance. Coincidence or not, they also play on the same position.
Clemente Rodriguez was born on July 31 in 1981 inthe city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since childhood, like many Argentine guys, he dreamed of becoming a professional football player. The idols of the young Clement were such legendary players as Diego Simeone, Diego Maradona and Gabriel Batistuta. At the age of six he signed up for the football academy Los Andes in Buenos Aires. His football career began in the youth of the club "Los Andes." Professional debut took place in "Boca Juniors" in 2000 in the match of the Cup of Mercosur against "Nacional" (Uruguay), the fight 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 again3 seasons (from 2010 to 2013, 73 matches and 2 goals). Together with the "Genoese" won many national and international titles. In 2003 the team became the owner of the Intercontinental Cup. Here, Clemente Rodriguez became a three-time Argentine champion (apertures 2000, 2003 and 2011, aperture - the first half of the Argentine championship season), Argentine Cup winner (2012), three-time Libertadores Cup winner (2001, 2003, 2007) and two-time vice-champion The Libertadores Cup (2004 and 2012).
Before the transition to the Moscow "Spartak" ClementeRodriguez wanted to acquire such clubs as Borussia Dortmund, Kaiserslautern (both from Germany), Valencia and Villarreal (Spain). However, the Argentine chose the Russian club, because he offered more favorable terms.
In 2004, the Argentine defender ClementeRodriguez signed a two-year contract with the Russian club from the Premier League - Moscow's Spartak. The transfer fee was $ 4 million. After the contract was signed, the football player was extended the agreement for another two and a half years. As a result, the Argentinian was a player of "Spartacus" in the period from 2004 to 2009.
In 2007, Boca Juniors was leased tothe rest of the season, where he spent 14 games and scored 2 goals. The football season 2007/2008 held in the lease of the Spanish club "Espanyol", here he played in 17 official matches. In the "red-white" played 71 match and noted three goals. Here he became the silver medalist of the Russian Championship three times (2005, 2006 and 2009), was a finalist of the Cup and the Super Cup of Russia in 2006.
In August 2009, Clemente Rodriguez returned tohis home, in Argentina, where he signed a contract with Estudiantes. In the "Pied Piper" played just one season, during which he participated in 27 games and was noted with one goal. June 24, 2013, signed a contract with the Brazilian "Sao Paulo", designed for two years. April 7, 2014 after almost a whole season, Rodriguez, along with Fabrizio were removed from the main structure of the club and sent to the arena of Boca Juniors. For the fourth time, Clemente Rodriguez returns to the Genoese. In total, he played 3 matches in Sao Paulo.
In 2015, the player moved to the Argentinian "Atletico Colón", which plays to the present. In general, he spent over 35 matches without goals scored.
As part of the national team player Argentina debuted 31January 2002 (at the age of 21) in a friendly match against Honduras. Participated in the tournament of the America's Cup in 2004. Then the football player was personally summoned by the head coach of the Argentines Marcel Bielsa. Clemente played in only two games, and the national team of Argentina reached the final stage, where the penalty lost to Brazil. In 2004, Rodriguez became the champion of the 2004 Summer Olympics in the team of Argentine. In the same year, the "blue and white" became the silver medalists of the America's Cup. At the initiative of Diego Maradona, Clemente was summoned to the national team for the 2010 World Cup.
