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Rodri (footballer, born 1979)

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Rodri
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Gimeno Molina
Date of birth (1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Albacete
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2001 Albacete B
2000–2003 Albacete 17 (0)
2003–2007 Castellón 143 (9)
2007–2010 Hércules 79 (1)
2010–2013 Gimnàstic 64 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rodrigo Gimeno Molina (born 21 September 1979), commonly known as Rodri, is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

He amassed Segunda División totals of 215 matches and seven goals over one full decade, representing four clubs.

Football career

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Born in Valencia, Rodri started professionally with Albacete Balompié, but appeared very rarely with the first team, leaving precisely when they returned to La Liga in 2003 after a seven-year absence, to which he contributed by appearing in only six second division games.

Rodri subsequently established at CD Castellón, helping the club promote from the third level in his second year. Starting in 2007–08, he played three seasons with Hércules CF in division two.

On 18 August 2010, after helping the Alicante side return to the top flight after a 13-year absence – 17 matches, but only six complete – Rodri moved to Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the second tier. In January 2013, aged 33, he terminated his contract with the Catalans.

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