Miguel Rodríguez (footballer, born April 2003)

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Miguel Rodríguez
Rodríguez in October 2019
Personal information
Full name Miguel Rodríguez Vidal
Date of birth (2003-04-29) 29 April 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Redondela, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
Celta
Number 24
Youth career
Choco
2013–2020 Celta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Celta B 70 (20)
2020– Celta 20 (1)
International career
2018 Spain U15
2019 Spain U16 8 (1)
2019 Spain U17 5 (0)
2019 Spain U18 3 (1)
2021 Spain U19 5 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 November 2021

Miguel Rodríguez Vidal (born 29 April 2003) is a Spanish footballer who plays mainly as a right winger for RC Celta Fortuna.

Club career

Born in

the reserves, he was called up to make the pre-season with the main squad.[3]

Rodríguez made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 4 October 2020, coming on as a late substitute for Nolito in a 0–2 away loss to CA Osasuna;[4] aged 17 years and 159 days, he became the fourth-youngest to debut for the club, behind Sansón (the second-youngest of the league's history), Iago Bouzón and Santi Mina.[5]

Personal life

Rodríguez's younger brother Pedro is also a footballer. A central midfielder, he too represented Choco and Celta as a youth.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 January 2024[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Celta B 2020–21 Segunda División B 11 1 0 0 11 1
2021–22 Primera División RFEF 32 11 32 11
2022–23 Primera Federación 27 8 1[a] 0 28 8
Total 70 20 0 0 1 0 71 20
Celta 2020–21 La Liga 4 0 0 0 4 0
2022–23 La Liga 7 1 1 0 8 1
2023–24 La Liga 9 0 3 1 0 0 12 1
Total 20 1 4 1 0 0 24 2
Career total 90 21 4 1 1 0 95 22

References

  1. ^ "Miguel Rodríguez, la perla goleadora de la cantera celeste" [Miguel Rodríguez, the goalscoring pearl of the celeste youth setup] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. ^ "La cantera mantiene su pujanza: tres jugadores celestes en la Selección Española Sub-15" [The celeste youth squad keep their strength: three celeste players in the Spanish under-15 national team] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Miguel Rodríguez, en la lista de los canteranos más precoces" [Miguel Rodríguez, in the list of the earliest youth players] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Osasuna se reencuentra ante un Celta que sigue perdido" [Osasuna reencounter themselves against a Celta which remain lost] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Miguel Rodríguez, el cuarto céltico más joven en debutar" [Miguel Rodríguez, the fourth-youngest céltico to debut] (in Spanish). Atlántico. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Miguel Rodríguez, el futuro del Celta" [Miguel Rodríguez, the future of Celta] (in Spanish). Moi Celeste. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  7. ^ Miguel Rodríguez at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

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