Rodrigo Goldberg

Rodrigo Goldberg (born August 9, 1971) is a Chilean former international football player. As a player, he gained national notoriety in Israel for his talented play with Maccabi Tel Aviv and good use of the Hebrew language.[1] He works as a commentator on Canal del Fútbol in Chile.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Goldberg and the second or maternal family name is Mierzejewski.
Rodrigo Goldberg
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Alejandro Goldberg Mierzejewski
Date of birth (1971-08-09) 9 August 1971
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
– Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1997 Universidad de Chile 67 (11)
1992–1993 → Wanderers (loan) 61 (25)
1997–2003 Maccabi Tel Aviv 75 (28)
1998–1999 → U. Católica (loan) 19 (5)
2005–2006 Santiago Morning 37 (6)
National team‡
1995–2001 Chile 13 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 April 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 April 2020

Time in Israel

Goldberg was an integral part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv squad that took back to back cup titles and a league championship thereafter.[2] He had a strained relationship with club captain Avi Nimni and verbally criticized him in the Israeli media before returning to Chile.[3]

Return to Chile

After playing for four seasons in Israel, Goldberg returned to Chile to play for Santiago Morning. During a club match against Palestino, he was subjected to anti-Semitic abuse from the oppositions supporters because of his Polish and German Jewish background.[4] Goldberg is, however, a Catholic, as a result of the conversion of his grandparents.[5]

Honours

Player
Universidad de Chile
Maccabi Tel Aviv

Footnotes
  1. Sagi, Miki (2006-04-19). רודריגו גולדברג: "קראו לי בצ'ילה יהודי זבל" (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
  2. Sagi, Miki (2006-04-19). "They called me Jewish garbage". Yedioth Ahronoth. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
  3. Zenzifer, Nadav (2003-03-10). נמני: "גורמים במכבי הסיתו שחקנים נגדי" (in Hebrew). Iton Tel Aviv. Archived from the original on February 23, 2006. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
  4. AFP (2006-04-18). "Insultos antisemitas en torneo chileno" (in Spanish). Univision.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
  5. Eskenazi, Gerald (20 March 2012). "Chile's 'Jewish' soccer star". Retrieved 25 January 2014. I'm not Jewish. The only Hebrew word I knew was 'shalom.' My grandparents were German and Polish Jews, and they converted because in this country, it was easier to be Catholic
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