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Ángel Luis Rodríguez

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Ángel Luis Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Ángel Luis Rodríguez
Date of birth (1976-02-15) February 15, 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Panama
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Nacional
Independiente Santa Fe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Ejecutivo Jrs.
1997 San Francisco
1998–2002 Tauro
1999FAS (loan)
2003–2006 San Francisco
2005 Santa Rita
2006–2008 Sporting San Miguelito
2002–2004 Árabe Unido
2005–2008 Sporting San Miguelito
2009–2011 Árabe Unido
International career
1995–2010 Panama 59 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 August 2015

Ángel Luis Rodríguez (born 15 February 1976) is a retired Panamanian football midfielder.

Club career

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Pito Rodríguez played in the youth teams of Uruguyan giants Nacional and Colombian outfit Independiente Santa Fe[1] and started his senior career at Ejecutivo Jrs.,[2] played for San Francisco and Tauro and returned to San Francisco in December 2002.[3] While at Tauro, he went to Italy for a trial with Empoli in 1998.[4]

He had a spell abroad on loan at Salvadoran side FAS in 1999,[1] but left the club citing urgent family matters while denying any involvement in a Salvadoran road accident in which a person died and subsequently fleeing Salvadoran law.[5] In summer 2005, he went to play alongside compatriot Juan Carlos Cubillas for Ecuadoran second division team Santa Rita.[6]

He also played for Sporting San Miguelito and Árabe Unido, whom he joined a second time in summer 2009 from Sporting.[7]

He retired in July 2011.[8]

International career

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He played for the Panama U23 team in the 1997 Central American Games.[9]

Rodríguez made his debut for Panama in a January 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Nicaragua and has earned a total of 59 caps, scoring 3 goals.[10] He represented his country in 18 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[11] and was a member of the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup team, who finished second in the tournament.[12][13]

His final international was a January 2010 friendly match against Chile.

International goals

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Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.[14]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 October 1999 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 2–2 Friendly match
2 22 June 2000 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Venezuela 1–0 2–0 Friendly match
3 24 April 2001 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Haiti 2–0 2–0 Friendly match

Managerial career

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After retiring as a player in July 2011, Rodríguez was named assistant to manager Jair Palacios at Árabe Unido.[15] He was appointed coach of Árabe Unido Reserves in summer 2014.[16]

References

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