Pablo Rodríguez Delgado (born 4 August 2001) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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, on loan from Italian club

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Career

Early life and youth career

Rodríguez was born on 4 August 2001 in Las Palmas. He started his youth career by joining the academy of

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in 2011. He later then joined the academy of

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on 2017 before moving on to

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Real Madrid Castilla

Rodríguez signed his first senior contract with the reserve side Spanish giants

. He made his debut against Las Rozas CF on 25 August 2019 as a substitute for

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in the 82nd minute of the game. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Pablo scored his debut goal for the club in the next match against S.S. Reyes on 16 October 2019. Rodríguez came on as a substitute in the 76th minute for Jorge Martín Camuñas and scored during the stoppage time while the team was trailing 1–0. The match ended a 1–1 draw because of Pablo's goal. He scored his second goal for the club in the 2nd match against Las Rozas CF on 12 January 2020 while the team was trailing 1–0. The match ended in a 2–2 draw. He played his last match for the club against

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on 1 March 2020 as a substitute for Reinier in the 69th minute of the game. The match ended 4–0 with

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losing the match. He played 11 matches and scored twice during his time with the club.

Lecce

Rodríguez signed for the Italian side U.S. Lecce, playing the

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. He made his debut for the club on 27 December 2020 in the match against

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. He started in the match as a substitute for

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, and scored his debut goal in his debut match for the club during the 72nd minute of the game. The goal was a winner as Lecce won the match 2–1. His second goal came on his second appearance on 24 January against

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, as Lecce drew the match 2–2. Rodríguez scored his third goal for Lecce against

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on 9 February, which would also end in a 2–2 draw. He scored his fourth goal in the next match on 13 February against

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in the 54th minute, which was a winner goal, as the match ended in a 1–2 win for Lecce. On 20 January 2023, Rodríguez joined

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club

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on loan. On 10 August, he moved on a new loan to

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, also in the second division. On 2 August 2024, Rodríguez returned to Spain and moved to

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side

on loan for the 2024–25 season.

Career statistics

Honours

Real Madrid * UEFA Youth League: 2019–20 Lecce *

: 2021–22

References

External links

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Pablo Rodríguez
at U.S. Lecce * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodrigues, Pablo Living people 2001 births Footballers from Las Palmas Men's association football forwards Spanish men's footballers US Lecce players Real Madrid Castilla footballers Brescia Calcio players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Racing de Santander players Segunda División B players Serie B players Serie A players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy