Rodolfo Cota

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Rodolfo Cota
Cota with Mexico in 2018
Personal information
Full name Rodolfo Cota Robles[1]
Date of birth (1987-07-03) 3 July 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
León
Number 30
Youth career
Pachuca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Pachuca Juniors[3] 0 (0)
2006 Indios[4] 0 (0)
2007–2018 Pachuca 74 (0)
2014–2015Puebla (loan) 31 (0)
2015–2018Guadalajara (loan) 88 (0)
2018– León 191 (0)
International career
2007 Mexico U20 1 (0)
2017– Mexico 8 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Runner-up 2021 United States Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2022

Rodolfo Cota Robles (born 3 July 1987) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club León and the Mexico national team.

Club career

Pachuca

Cota made his professional debut for Pachuca on 21 September 2007 against Veracruz.[2]

Puebla

In 2014 it was announced Cota was sent out on loan to Puebla.[5] He made his debut against Tijuana in a 1–0 victory.[6] In April 2015, he won the Copa MX after defeating Guadalajara.[7]

Guadalajara

On 11 June 2015,

Copa MX final, and became a key figure in the club's twelfth Liga MX title win against Tigres UANL.[8][9] He was named in the Best XI of the tournament and won the Golden Glove award for the season.[10][11]

The following season, he proved to be vital again as Guadalajara won the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League against Major League Soccer club Toronto FC,[12] as he was rewarded the Golden Glove of the tournament and named in the Best XI.[13][14]

León

On 16 May 2018, Cota was loaned out to Pachuca's sibling club León.[15]

Cota controversially wore a jersey to protest against femicide in Mexico during a match against Club Necaxa on 22 February 2020. The shirt had the figure of a woman lying in a pool of blood in the shape of a map of Mexico. Cota may be suspended for three matches and fined MXN $300,000 (US$15,000).[16]

International career

Youth

Cota represented the under-20 squad at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[17]

Senior

In September 2016, Cota received his first

New Zealand and Panama.[18]

Cota was included in the preliminary roster for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia as a replacement for José de Jesús Corona since he picked up an injury.[19] Cota made his debut on 1 June 2017 in a friendly match against Ireland at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, concluding in a 3–1 victory.[20] Cota was subsequently included in Mexico's final roster for the tournament.[21]

In October 2022, Cota was named in Mexico's preliminary 31-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and in November, he was ultimately included in the final 26-man roster, but did not receive any minutes on the field during the tournament.[22]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 14 June 2022[23]
Mexico
Year Apps Goals
2017 1 0
2018 1 0
2019 1 0
2020 1 0
2021 2 0
2022 2 0
Total 8 0

Honours

Puebla

Guadalajara

León

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b Rodolfo Cota at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  3. ^ Rodolfo Cota Robles - Ficha Jugador
  4. ^ Rodolfo Cota Robles - Ficha Jugador
  5. ^ Rodolfo CotaLiga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "Tijuana vs. Puebla - Reporte del Partido - 18 julio, 2014 - ESPN". ESPN.cl.
  7. ^ "Puebla 4-2 Chivas: Cuauhtémoc se retira como campeón de Copa MX". TUDN.
  8. ^ "Comunicado de Prensa (Rodolfo Cota)". www.chivasdecorazon.com.mx.
  9. ^ Sunderland, Tom (29 May 2017). "Chivas Win 12th Liga MX Championship After Beating Tigres 4-3 on Aggregate". Bleacher Report.
  10. ^ a b "Chivas y Tigres dominan el 11 ideal del Clausura 2017". MARCA Claro México. 31 May 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Chivas y Almeyda acapararon el Balón de Oro". MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish). 16 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Chivas Win CONCACAF Champions League". BeinSport.com. 25 April 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Golden Glove". CONCACAF.com. 25 April 2018.
  14. ^ a b "2018 SCCL - Best XI". CONCACAF. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Chivas transfer news: Goalkeeper Rodolfo Cota signs with Club Leon - Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  16. ^ Goalkeeper of León manifests against femicides; could be sanctioned (in Spanish) La Jornada Maya, 24 February 2020
  17. ^ Rodolfo CotaFIFA competition record (archived)
  18. ^ "Gio y Jona dos Santos, en la convocatoria del Tri para Nueva Zelanda y Panamá". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). 29 September 2016.
  19. ^ "Rodolfo Cota reemplazará a Jesús Corona en Selección Mexicana para Copa Confederaciones". Telemundo Deportes (in Spanish). 25 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Cota, Hernandez thrilled with Mexico debuts". Goal.com. 1 June 2017.
  21. ^ "Los 23 de Osorio para la Confederaciones". Marca (in Spanish). 8 June 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  22. ^ Moro, Omar (14 November 2022). "Lista de convocados de la Selección Mexicana al Mundial de Qatar 2022". Tvazteca.com (in Spanish).
  23. ^ "Rodolfo Cota". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  24. ^ Univision. "Puebla 4-2 Chivas: Cuauhtémoc se retira como campeón de Copa MX". Univision.
  25. ^ "Regresó el Gigante". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
  26. ^ "¡CHIVAS CAMPEÓN DE LA COPA MX APERTURA 2015!". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  27. ^ "Hace historia en la Copa". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  28. ^ "¡Chivas Campeón de la SuperCopa MX!". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  29. ^ "¡CAMPEONES DE CONCACAF!". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

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