Rodrigo Roman Burgos (born 21 July 1989 in Itacurubí de la Cordillera, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan football defensive midfielder who plays for Resistencia in the Paraguayan División Intermedia. At Talleres de Córdoba, Burgos first achieved ascension from Argentina's Torneo Federal A to the Primera B Nacional, and then to the Primera División Argentina.[1] Burgos has amassed 17 Copa Libertadores appearances and 1 Copa Sudamericana appearance.[2] He was runner-up with Paraguay at the 2009 South American Youth Championship.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodrigo Roman Burgos Oviedo | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-07-21) 21 July 1989 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Itacurubí de la Cordillera, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Resistencia | ||
| Number | -- | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2012 | Cerro Porteño | 49 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Sportivo Luqueño | 8 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Guabirá | 36 | (3) |
| 2014 | 3 de Febrero | 14 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Talleres de Córdoba | 48 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | → Olimpia Asunción (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Deportivo Capiatá | 34 | (1) |
| 2019 | Brown de Adrogué | 13 | (0) |
| 2020 | 12 de Octubre | 7 | (0) |
| 2021– | Resistencia | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2009 | Paraguay U20 | 8 | (0) |
| 2009– | Paraguay | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 January 2021 | |||
In 2006, Burgos first appeared in Cerro Porteño's first-team list.[4]
In 2007, Burgos formed part of Cerro Porteño's first-team, which included experienced players as 1998 FIFA World Cup Paraguay national team striker Cesar Ramirez and 2006 FIFA World Cup Paraguay national team defender Jorge Nuñez, among other players.[5] In November 2007, Burgos played in his first superclasico for Cerro Porteño's first-team.[6]
Burgos remained in the first-team for the 2008 season, also with several other youth team graduates as Julio Santa Cruz, Celso Ortiz, Ivan Piris and Luis Caceres.[7]
In 2011, Burgos reached the Copa Libertadores semi-final for Cerro Porteño against Brazilian club Santos.[8]
2014 Primera División Paraguaya season, Burgos formed part of an experienced team at 3 de Febrero, with goalkeeper Antony Silva, Jorge Salinas, César Llamas and Brazilian player Diego Balbinot.[9] He appeared in 14 league games for the season.[10]
In 2015, Burgos signed with Argentine club Talleres de Córdoba, earning ascension from the Argentine third league to the country's second league.[11] His teammates included Uruguayans Diego Martiñones, Julio Mozzo and Nicolás Schenone.[11] Burgos made a total of 28 league appearances for Talleres in the 2015 Argentine third league season.[10]
During the 2016 Argentine Primera B Nacional season, Burgos noted 1 goal in 16 appearances.[10] Burgos reached ascension to the Primera División Argentina for the succeeding season with Talleres, finishing the season in 1st position of the Primera B Nacional league table under Argentine coach Frank Kudelka.[12] Burgos was one of Talleres de Córdoba's figures in its ascension to the Primera División, bringing the interest of Boca Juniors and Racing de Avellaneda.[13]
In the 2016/17 Primera División Argentina season, Burgos made 4 league appearances for Talleres.[10] Burgos was accompanied by an experienced squad in the season, including goalkeeper Mauricio Caranta, Daniel Ludueña, Pablo Guiñazú, Gonzalo Klusener, Matías Vuoso, Chilean Carlos Munoz, and Nigerian player Okiki Afolabi.[14]
In February 2017, Burgos joined Primera División Paraguaya team Olimpia Asunción on an 18-month loan with an option to buy, and Talleres extended its deal with Burgos until 2019, continuing to have a percentage of his economic rights.[1] At Olimpia's first-team, Burgos joined players as Dario Veron, Roque Santa Cruz, Cristian Riveros, Nestor Ortigoza and goalkeeper Diego Barreto, all of whom represented Paraguay at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and also Brian Montenegro and former Boca Juniors player Pablo Mouche.[15] Burgos made 15 league appearances for Olimpia Asunción in the 2017 season.[10]
In 2018, Burgos made 4 appearances for Olimpia Asunción.[10] Burgos claimed the Torneo Apertura title with the team.[16]
In June 2019, Burgos returned to Argentine football when he joined Primera B Nacional team Club Atlético Brown.[17] Burgos made 19 appearances for Brown de Adrogué.[3] In December 2019, Burgos was released from Brown de Arogué.[18]
In March 2020, Burgos was approached by Talleres' rivals, Belgrano de Córdoba, that he rejected out of respect to Talleres.[19] In July 2020, D10 reported that Burgos wanted to return to Olimpia Asunción.[8] In November 2020, Burgos spoke that he wished to play more and saw to depart 12 de Octubre and that Argentine club Boca Unidos could be an option for the remainder of the year.[20]
On 5 January 2021, Diario HOY announced that Burgos had joined Resistencia in the División Intermedia, Paraguay's second-tier.[21] With Burgos, in the team at Resistencia was Julian Benitez.[22]
In 2007, he played for the Paraguay Under-20 team. In September 2009, and following a Hexagonal Tournament played in Venezuela and two friendly matches against the Uruguay U20 team, Burgos was selected in the final list for the Paraguay U20 team to play in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.[23] The team included players as Federico Santander, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Luis Fernando Paez, Hernan Perez, Celso Ortiz, Ronald Huth, Ivan Piris and Rolando Garcia.[23]
He made his first full international appearance for Paraguay in 2009.
Whilst at Talleres de Córdoba in Argentina, Burgos studied and graduated to become a chef, wanting to give the pride to his mother, who worked as a cook.[8]