Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 May 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Verna, Goa, India | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Bengaluru FC (On loan from Pune City) |
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Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2006 | Fransa-Pax | ||
2006–2008 | Salgaocar | ||
2008–2009 | Churchill Brothers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2014 | Churchill Brothers | 71 | (5) |
2014– | Pune City | 29 | (1) |
2014–2015 | → Dempo (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2015–2016 | → Mohun Bagan (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2016– | → Bengaluru FC (loan) | 12 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2012– | India | 22 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:48, 23 April 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:43, 17 March 2015 (UTC) |
Lenny Rodrigues (born 10 May 1987 in Verna, Goa) is an Indian footballer who plays for Bengaluru FC in the I-League on loan from Pune City as a central midfielder.
Lenny was born in Verna, Goa in Cortalim and turned professional at the age of 17 when he played for Fransa-Pax, a club who’s dissolving led Rodrigues to train with Salgaocar for a year and a half. Though he was offered a contract to play in the senior team for his new club, Rodrigues turned it down to wait for a move to Churchill Brothers, a club he supported as a boy, as an under-20 player. Passing through Churchill Brothers’ youth system, the midfielder won the I-League the year he joined the club, in the 2008–09 season. Rodrigues also played a role in his teams wins at the Durand Cup and 2009 IFA Shield and 2011 IFA Shield.
On 20 March 2015, he signed a contract extension with Pune City.
On 17 June 2015 Mohun Bagan confirmed the signing of Lennny Rodrigues on loan from Pune City for the 2015–16 I-League season
On 15 December 2016 Rodrigues signed for the reigning I-League champions Bengaluru FC on loan from Pune City.
Lenny made his senior international debut against Oman for India on 23 February 2012.