Rocky Rodríguez
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raquel Rodríguez Cedeño[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 28 October 1993||
Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sky Blue | ||
Number | 11 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Penn State | 93 | (23) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016– | Sky Blue FC | 48 | (5) |
2017–2018 | → Perth Glory (loan) | 9 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2010 | Costa Rica U17 | 3 | (3) |
2009–2011 | Costa Rica U20 | 14 | (10) |
2010– | Costa Rica | 49[2][better source needed] | (31) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2018[3] ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 October 2017 |
Raquel "Rocky" Rodríguez Cedeño (born 28 October 1993) is a Costa Rican international soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Sky Blue FC of the National Women's Soccer League.
Early life
Born in San José, Costa Rica to Sivianni Rodriguez and Grettel Cedeño,[4] Rodriguez was raised in Costa Rica and moved to the United States where support for women's soccer offered more opportunity.[5][6] Her father, Sivianni Rodríguez, played professionally in Costa Rica with Herediano and the Costa Rica national football team.[7]
Rodriquez began playing soccer at age four and played on boys teams and trained with her brother and father as a youth. At age 11, her cousin told her one of the well-known men's club teams was holding tryouts for a women’s team. After trying out, she played for the team's under-15 team.[7] She played for the high school team while still attending elementary school.[7] Both Raquel and her brother, Sivianni, attended International Christian School.[7] She played for the school's team for a short while before committing to play for Costa Rica's national teams.[7]
Penn State, 2012–2015
Rodriguez was a four-year starter for the Penn State Nittany Lions.[4] As the 2015 team captain, she led her team to victory at the NCAA College Cup by scoring the game-winning goal against the Duke Blue Devils.[8] Rodriguez received numerous awards in 2015, including NSCAA Scholar Player of the Year, Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Year, and she was the 2015 recipient of the Mac Herman Trophy.[4]
Club career
Sky Blue FC, 2016–present
Rodríguez was selected second overall by Sky Blue FC in the 2016 NWSL College Draft.[9] In her rookie season, she scored 1 goal in 18 matches, and at the end of the season was named NWSL Rookie of the Year.[10] In the 2017 season, Rodríguez scored the fastest goal in NWSL history, netting 24 seconds from kick-off against Portland Thorns FC.[11]
Perth Glory, 2017
On 12 October 2017, Rodríguez joined Perth Glory for the 2017–18 W-League season. Rodríguez is the first Central American ever to play in the W-League.[12]
International career
During the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Rodriguez scored Costa Rica's first ever Women's World Cup goal during the opening Group Stage match against Spain, which ended 1–1.[13][14] Rodriguez played in all of Costa Rica's three matches in the tournament.[15] During the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament, Rodriguez scored five goals in the three group state matches.[16]
References
- ^ a b c "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Costa Rica women's national football team". Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "Raquel Rodriguez". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ a b c "Raquel Rodriguez Bio". GoPSUsports.com. Peen State Athletics. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Raquel 'Rocky' Rodriguez has plans beyond soccer". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Women's soccer: How Sky Blue's Raquel Rodriguez fought for a dream for all of Costa Rica". Excelle Sports. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Lee, Allison (24 May 2016). "Raquel Rodriguez's journey to the NWSL anything but typical". Once A Metro. SB Nation.
- ^ "Penn State wins the 2015 DI Women's Soccer Championship". NCAA.com. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ Scavuzzo, Diane (31 January 2016). "Sky Blue's Raquel Rodriguez - A Dream Comes True". GoalNation.
- ^ "Raquel Rodriguez voted NWSL Rookie of the Year". FourFourTwo. 3 October 2016.
- ^ Forrester, Nick (21 June 2017). "Sky Blue FC's Raquel Rodriguez goal confirmed as fastest in NWSL history". Excelle Sports.
- ^ "Glory add Costa Rican international for new season". Perth Glory. 12 October 2017.
- ^ "World Cup: Costa Rica and Spain settle for draw, 1–1". Los Angeles Times. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
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(help) - ^ "Entertaining battle sees debutants draw". FIFA. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "Costa Rica joins U.S. women's national team in CONCACAF semifinals". espnW. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
External links
- Rocky Rodríguez – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile Template:Es icon at Fedefutbol
- Rocky Rodríguez at Soccerway
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Costa Rican women's footballers
- Costa Rica women's international footballers
- Costa Rican expatriates in Australia
- Expatriate soccer players in Australia
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Women's association football forwards
- Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer players
- Sportspeople from San José, Costa Rica
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Costa Rican expatriates in the United States
- Sky Blue FC (NWSL) players
- Perth Glory FC (W-League) players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- W-League (Australia) players
- Sky Blue FC (NWSL) draft picks
- Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games