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Francisco Rodríguez Araya
Personal information
Full name Francisco Rodríguez Araya
Date of birth (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Arminia Bielefeld
(on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2011 FC Schwamendingen
2011–2012 FC Winterthur
2012–2014 FC Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 FC Zürich 28 (2)
2015– VfL Wolfsburg II 10 (4)
2015– VfL Wolfsburg 1 (0)
2016– → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 7 (0)
International career‡
2013–2014 Switzerland U19 7 (0)
2014– Switzerland U21 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:05, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:00, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Francisco Rodríguez Araya (born 8 February 1995) is a Swiss-Chilean footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Arminia Bielefeld, on loan from VfL Wolfsburg.[1][2] His older brothers are the Swiss international Ricardo Rodríguez and the winger Roberto Rodríguez.

Club career

FC Zürich

Rodríguez is a youth exponent from FC Zürich. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 20 July 2014 in the derby against Grasshopper Club Zürich, playing the entirety of a 1–0 win.[3]

VfL Wolfsburg

After a year with his first senior side, Rodríguez joined his brother Ricardo at German side VfL Wolfsburg signing a three-year-contract until 2018. The transfer fee was believed to be €1.6 million.[4] He received his first call for the senior team on 26 September 2015, when he was an unused substitute in a Bundesliga match versus Hannover 96.[1]

Arminia Bielefeld

He was loaned to Arminia Bielefeld on 22 January 2016.[5]

International career

Rodríguez is a Swiss under-19 international, but by his parents' nationality, he can play for Chile or Spain. On August 18, 2014, Jorge Sampaoli called Rodríguez to play for Chile [6] to play two friendlies against Mexico and Haiti, and he is set to make his full international debut. But on 21 August 2015 he refused to play for Chile having been called up to the senior squad for a match against Paraguay,[7] saying that he still preferred to play for Switzerland's U21 team.

References

  1. ^ a b "Switzerland - F. Rodriguez - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  2. ^ "Francisco Rodriguez" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. ^ "FC Zürich vs. Grasshoppers - 20 July 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  4. ^ "Fix! Auch Francisco Rodriguez spielt für Wolfsburg" (in German). kicker.de. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Arminia leiht Francisco Rodriguez aus" (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ http://anfp.cl/noticia/21734/nomina-de-la-seleccion-chilena-para-enfrentar-a-mexico-y-haiti
  7. ^ "Francisco Rodriguez rejects Chile call-up for Paraguay friendly". internationalsoccerteams.com. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
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