Alejandro Rodríguez Gorrín (born 1 August 1993), also known as Alex Rodríguez, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Oxford United.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alejandro Rodríguez Gorrín[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-08-01) 1 August 1993 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Tenerife, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Oxford United | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2009 | Tenerife | ||
| 2009–2014 | Sunderland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Wellington Phoenix | 72 | (1) |
| 2014 | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Boavista | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | Sepsi OSK | 12 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Motherwell | 20 | (0) |
| 2019– | Oxford United | 79 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:58, 11 November 2021 (UTC) | |||
Rodríguez was born in Tenerife and played youth football with Sunderland before starting his professional career with Wellington Phoenix.
Rodríguez was born in Tenerife.[3]
Rodríguez was a member of Premier League club Sunderland's youth system for several years, including as captain of the youth team.[3] After being released by Sunderland in 2014, Rodríguez signed with New Zealand-based A-League club Wellington Phoenix.[3] In July 2014, Rodríguez scored his first Phoenix goal in a pre-season friendly win over Premier League side West Ham United after earlier setting up the opening goal.[4] Alex made his competitive debut for Wellington in the side's loss to Perth Glory in the opening round of the 2014–15 A-League.[5]
On 6 June 2017, Rodríguez signed with Portuguese club Boavista.[6]
After a spell with Romanian club Sepsi OSK, Rodríguez signed for Scottish Premiership club Motherwell in June 2018.[7]
On 20 June 2019, Rodríguez signed a two-year contract with Oxford United, with the option of a third, on a free transfer after his Motherwell deal had expired.[8] He made his Oxford debut in a 1–1 draw at Sunderland on the opening day of the 2019–20 season.[9] Rodríguez scored his first goal for Oxford United on 24 November 2020, scoring from the penalty spot to secure a 1–1 draw with Portsmouth.[10] He signed a new one-year deal at the end of the 2021–22 season having missed the second half of the season with a knee injury.[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Wellington Phoenix | 2014–15 | A-League | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | A-League | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | A-League | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| Total | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 1 | ||
| Boavista | 2017–18 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sepsi OSK | 2017–18 | Liga I | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Motherwell | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Oxford United | 2019–20[13] | League One | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| 2020–21[14] | League One | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
| 2021–22[15] | League One | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 101 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 183 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 210 | 2 | ||
Oxford United F.C. – current squad | |
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