Orlando Rodríguez

Orlando Edmundo Rodríguez Llorente (born 9 August 1984) is a Panamanian footballer.

Orlando Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Orlando Edmundo Rodríguez Llorente
Date of birth (1984-08-09) 9 August 1984
Place of birth Colón, Panama
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Árabe Unido 23 (14)
2005 Deportivo Pereira 18 (2)
2006 Envigado 3 (0)
2006–2007 Árabe Unido 29 (7)
2007 La Equidad 7 (2)
2007–2008 FAS 30 (14)
2008–2010 Árabe Unido 63 (50)
2011 → León de Huánuco (loan) 8 (1)
2011–2012 Árabe Unido
2013 Alianza 14 (3)
2013 Árabe Unido 11 (0)
2014 San Francisco 13 (1)
National team‡
2004–2013 Panama 16 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:55, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 August 2015
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Llorente.

Club career

Nicknamed Papi, Rodríguez played the majority of his career for hometown club Árabe Unido. He had spells in Colombia with Deportivo Pereira,[1] Envigado[2] and La Equidad[3] and joined Salvadoran club FAS in October 2007.[4]

In January 2010 he failed a medical test at Honduran giants Real España due to an ankle injury.[5]

He moved abroad again to play on loan for Peruvian side León de Huánuco in February 2011,[6] but in June 2011 his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[7] In January 2013 he returned to El Salvador to play for Alianza,[8] but was back at Árabe Unido in June 2013.[9]

In January 2014 he joined San Francisco from Árabe Unido after not scoring a single goal in 11 outings for the club in the Apertura 2013,[10] but he was released in summer 2014 after scoring only once for Sanfra.[11]

International career

He played at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in the United Arab Emirates.[12]

Rodríguez made his senior debut for Panama in a December 2004 friendly match against Iran and has earned a total of 16 caps, scoring 1 goal. He represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[12] and played at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[13]

His final international was a January 2013 Copa Centroamericana match against Guatemala.

International goals
Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 January 2013Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Guatemala3–03–0Friendly match

Honors

Club

National Titles

References
  1. Orlando Rodríguez y Gustavo Avila al Pereira colombiano - Panamá América (in Spanish)
  2. Envigado se refuerza con futbolistas panameños - Terra (in Spanish)
  3. Rodríguez ficha con La Equidad - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  4. Rodríguez golea y se va para el FAS - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  5. "El Papi" Rodríguez no se quedará en Real España - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  6. ‘Papi’ Rodríguez a Perú - PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
  7. El ‘Papi’ Rodríguez no es más jugador del León de Huánuco - Libero (in Spanish)
  8. Alianza le da la bienvenida a "Papi" Rodríguez - TVMax (in Spanish)
  9. Orlando Rodríguez regresa al Árabe Unido - PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
  10. Papi Rodríguez pasó al Sanfra - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  11. El SanFra confirma las bajas de Orlando "Papi" Rodríguez y Edinson Villalba - San Francisco (in Spanish)
  12. Orlando Rodríguez – FIFA competition record
  13. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details - RSSSF
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