Bernardo Rodríguez Arias, nicknamed Berni Rodríguez (; born 7 June 1980) is a Spanish retired professional

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player. He is 1.97 m (6 ft 5 ¾ in) tall.

Professional career

Rodríguez began his men's club career with Unicaja Macias of the

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(Spanish 4th division), the

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Unicaja Málaga Unicaja is a Spanish savings bank based in Málaga and chartered as a caja de ahorros providing retail banking services. The banks full name is ''Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cádiz, Almería, Málaga y Antequera'' after th ...

, during the 1998–99 season. He then moved to the senior club of Unicaja Málaga of the top-level

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, for the 1999–00 season. In June 2012, after 13 seasons with Málaga, Rodríguez left Unicaja Malaga. The club decided to retire his number 5 jersey. A month and a half later, he signed with the Spanish League club

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, where he decided to play with the number 41, out of respect to his old number 5 at Málaga. In July 2016, Rodríguez announced his retirement from playing professional basketball.

National team career

Rodríguez played internationally with the senior Spain national team that won the gold medal at the

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. With Spain, he also won the silver medal at the

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, and the silver medal at the

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After retirement

Five days after announcing his retirement from playing professional club basketball, Rodríguez signed on as the sporting director of the Spanish League club

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, which was the last club that he played at.

References

External links

FIBA ProfileFIBA Europe ProfileEuroleague.net ProfileSpanish League Archive Profile
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