Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Rondón Heredia | ||
Date of birth | August 30, 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Cumaná, Venezuela | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Deportivo Anzoategui | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–1999 | Nueva Cádiz | ||
1999–2000 | Atlético Zulia | ||
2000–2002 | Caracas | ||
2002–2007 | Deportivo Táchira | (27) | |
2003 | → Estudiantes Mérida (loan) | ||
2004 | → São Paulo (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Deportivo Anzoátegui | 62 | (26) |
2010 | Deportivo Lara | 12 | (1) |
2011–2014 | Aragua | 112 | (39) |
2014– | Deportivo Anzoátegui | 14 | (2) |
National team | |||
1999– | Venezuela | 44 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 August 2015. |
Alexander Rondón Heredia (born August 30, 1977 in Cumaná) is a football manager and Venezuelan football striker. He currently plays for Deportivo Anzoategui, and has played over 44 times for the Venezuela national team since his debut in 1999.
Rondón was born in Cumaná.
Rondón started his playing career in 1997 with Nueva Cádiz. In 2000–01 he was part of the Caracas FC team that won the Primera División Venezolana.
In 2002, he joined Deportivo Táchira, he had loan spells with Estudiantes de Mérida (loan) and São Paulo of Brazil.
Known as the best player of Venezuelan football, Rondón signed on loan with São Paulo in 2004, as a substitute for Luís Fabiano, who would play for Porto, in second semester of that year. He was praised for Milton Cruz, assistant coach of club, and defenders Rodrigo and Fabão, who played against him in 2004 Copa Libertadores. However, Rondón couldn't shine in Brazilian football, playing only eight matches and scoring no goals. Months later, he came back to his country.
In 2007, he joined Deportivo Anzoátegui where he became the top scorer in the Venezuelan league for the 2007–08 season earning him a recall to the national team after a two-year absence.