Darío Rodríguez (Uruguayan footballer)

Darío Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name	Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña
Date of birth	17 September 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, left-back
Team information
Current team	Racing Montevideo (manager)
Youth career
1979–1984	Huracan Villegas
1984–1989	Higos del Mar
1990–1994	Sud América
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1995	Sud América
1995–1996	Toluca
1997–1998	Bella Vista
1999–2002	Peñarol
2002–2008	Schalke 04
2008–2014	Peñarol
Total
International career
2000–2007	Uruguay
Managerial career
2016	Juventud (youth)
2016	Peñarol (assistant)
2017–2018	América de Cali (assistant)
2018–2019	Defensor Sporting (assistant)
2019–2020	Ittihad Kalba (assistant)
2021	Peñarol (assistant)
2022–2023	Uruguay (assistant)
2023	Peñarol
2025–	Racing Montevideo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña (born 17 September 1974) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a centre-back and left-back. He is the current manager of Racing Montevideo.^[2]

He is a younger brother of the footballer Héctor Rodríguez Peña.

Club career

Born in Montevideo, Rodríguez has played the majority of his club football for Peñarol, and Schalke 04. His other clubs include Sud América and Bella Vista and Toluca. He left Schalke 04 in January 2008 and returned to Peñarol.

International career

With Uruguay, Rodríguez was a participant at the 2002 World Cup and scored Uruguay's first goal of the tournament, a volley that curled into the top left corner of the goal.^[3]^[4] He occasionally wore the captain's captain's armband. He also played at the 2004^[5] and 2007 Copa América tournaments.^[6]

Style of play

A versatile defender, he was capable of playing as a left-back or as a left-sided central defender. Strong in the air, he was a useful distraction in the opposition box at set pieces.^[7]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps^[8]	Goals
Uruguay	2000	8	1
	2001	8	0
	2002	7	1
	2003	1	0
	2004	9	0
	2005	8	1
	2006	2	0
	2007	7	0
Total		50	3

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rodríguez goal.

List of international goals scored by Darío Rodríguez
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 July 2000	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Venezuela	2–1	3–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	1 June 2002	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan, South Korea	Denmark	1–1	1–2	2002 FIFA World Cup
3	12 November 2005	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Australia	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial statistics

As of match played 14 November 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Peñarol	26 June 2023	15 November 2023	16	9	4	3	26	15	+11	056.25

Honours

Schalke 04

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003, 2004^[9]^[10]
DFB-Ligapokal: 2005^[11]

References

^ "Biografia". dariorodriguez.com.uy. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
^ "Darío Rodríguez volverá a disputar la Copa del Mundo luego de 20 años". 25 March 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^ Mazur, Martin (6 November 2013). "Dario Rodriguez: Great Goals Retold (vs Denmark, 2002 World Cup)". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
^ Jones, Mark (29 May 2018). "Remembering Dario Rodriguez's remarkable goal at the 2002 World Cup". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
^ Tabeira, Martín (2 August 2007). "Copa América 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
^ Tabeira, Martín; Morrison, Neil (23 October 2007). "Copa América 2007". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
^ "Dario Rodriguez". BBC Sport. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
^ "Darío Rodríguez". Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^ "Schalke 0-0 Pasching (Aggregate: 2 - 0)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2003. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "Liberec 0-1 Schalke (Aggregate: 1 - 3)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "Ligapokal, 2005, Finale". dfb.de. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020.