Iván Rodríguez del Pozo (born 30 April 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right back.

Club career

Born in Alameda,

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

, Andalusia, Rodríguez finished his formation with

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a association football, football club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, that competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, ...

. On 8 December 2013, aged just 17, he made his senior debut with the reserves by starting in a 1–0 Tercera División away win against Los Villares CF. Rodríguez scored his first senior goal on 31 January 2015, netting his team's second from the midfield in a 2–2 draw at

UD Maracena Unión Deportiva Maracena is a Spanish football team based in Maracena, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1945, it currently plays in Tercera División – Group 9, holding home matches at ''Ciudad Deportiva de Maracena'', wit ...

. He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 15 April 2018, coming on as a second-half substitute for injured

Ignasi Miquel Ignasi Miquel Pons (born 28 September 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Granada CF. Mainly a centre-back, he can also be utilized at left-back. Miquel is a Spanish youth international and has played for the under-21 ...

in a 1–2 home loss against

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. On 19 November 2018, after becoming a starter for the first team now in

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

, Rodríguez renewed his contract until 2022. For the 2019–20 campaign, however, he was not registered in the first team squad due to the club's poor financial status. On 20 January 2020, Rodríguez was loaned to fellow second division side SD Ponferradina for the remainder of the campaign. Despite featuring rarely, he signed a permanent deal with the club on 8 August, after terminating his contract with Málaga.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Ivan 1996 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Málaga Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Primera Federación players Tercera División players Atlético Malagueño players Málaga CF players SD Ponferradina players CF Rayo Majadahonda players Córdoba CF players Spain men's youth international footballers