Mario Rafael Rodríguez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mario Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez | ||
| Date of birth | September 14, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | striker/right winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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CSD Municipal | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| USAC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Comunicaciones | ||
| 2004 | Alajuelense | ||
| 2004–2005 | CSD Municipal | 17 | (0) |
| 2005 | Columbus Crew | 19 | (1) |
| 2006 | Miami FC | 18 | (7) |
| 2006–present | CSD Municipal | (82) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003–present | Guatemala | 78 | (10) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 March 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2013 |
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Mario Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez (born September 14, 1981 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) is a Guatemalan football midfielder. He currently plays for the local club CSD Municipal.
Rodríguez has played locally for CSD Comunicaciones and in Major League Soccer for Columbus Crew. He is also a member of the Guatemala national team.
Rodríguez, nicknamed El Loco (Spanish for The Crazy Man), started his career in Guatemala in 2002 with Comunicaciones, where he would remain until 2004. In February 2004 during the 211th clasico between longtime arch-rivals Municipal and Comunicaciones, he collided with goalkeeper Danny Ortiz causing Ortiz to suffer a torn pericardium. Ortiz was taken to the Hospital Centro Médico where he died two hours later.
In 2005, he joined Columbus Crew from Costa Rican side Alajuelense, and in 2006, he played for Miami FC, and with 7 goals and 4 assists he was second in scoring for the club behind Brazilian forward Romário. He returned to Guatemala to play for Municipal for the 2007 Clausura.
He has been productive for Municipal. But despite being the top scorer on the team since joining, he hasn't always had the best relationship with Municipal fans because of his past with rivals Comunicaciones.
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