Bruno Rodriguez (footballer)

Bruno Rodriguez
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-11-25) 25 November 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Bastia, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1992 Monaco B
1992–1993 Monaco 3 (0)
1993–1996 Bastia 61 (24)
1996 Strasbourg 14 (2)
1997–1999 Metz 58 (23)
1999–2000 Paris Saint-Germain 18 (6)
1999Bradford City (loan) 2 (0)
2000–2004 Lens 23 (1)
2000–2001Guingamp (loan) 29 (12)
2001–2002Rayo Vallecano (loan) 2 (0)
2002–2003Ajaccio (loan) 30 (6)
2004Metz (loan) 8 (1)
2004–2005 Clermont 11 (1)
Total 259 (76)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruno Rodriguez (born 25 November 1972) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in Bastia, Rodriguez spent his early career with Monaco B, Monaco, Bastia, Strasbourg, Metz and Paris Saint-Germain.[1][2]

He joined newly promoted Bradford City in the English Premier League on a season-long loan from PSG in September 1999,[3] for a loan fee of £500,000,[4] but after making five appearances in all competitions,[5] totalling 55 minutes of play,[4] the loan was cancelled in October.[6]

He later played for Lens, Guingamp, Rayo Vallecano, Ajaccio, Metz (again), and Clermont Foot.[1][2]

After retiring he returned to Corsica, and was living in Bastia as of December 2016.[7]

International career

Rodriguez was born in France to a Spanish father and Corsican mother.[8] He was a France B international.[4]

Personal life

In March 2022 the French players’ union UNFP confirmed that Rodriguez had undergone amputation of a leg due to chronic pain he had been suffering from since retirement from playing.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Profile" (in French). FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Profile" (in French). L'Equipe. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Bruno Rodriguez". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "He scored twice but never played again: More Bradford City players you may have forgotten". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 8 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Games played by Bruno Rodriguez in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Au revoir to Bruno". Telegraph & Argus. 23 October 1999. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  7. ^ Julien Emel (10 December 2016). "BRUNO RODRIGUEZ : " MEYRIEU ÉTAIT UN JOUEUR EXCEPTIONNEL "" (in French). SoFoot. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  8. ^ Misticu, Fioria (22 February 2005). Bastia, la lumière et le vent. France: Publibook Des Ecrivains. p. 29.
  9. ^ Westwood, James (13 March 2022). "PSG send message of support to Bruno Rodriguez as former striker gets leg amputated due to 'constant suffering'". goal.com. Retrieved 15 March 2022.