Rodrigo Sebastián Aguirre Soto (born 1 October 1994) is a Uruguayan professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Career

Aguirre began his career with

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. While at the club he scored 16 goals in 57 matches. He was loaned to the newly promoted Serie A team

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on 3 July 2014, then went to play in the lower leagues. He was loaned again to Serie B team

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on 1 February 2016. On 4 February 2019, he signed a 3-year contract with Ecuadorian club

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. On 20 January 2021, he signed with

side,

Club Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Necaxa, is a Mexican professional football club in Liga MX based in the city of Aguascalientes. It plays in the Estadio Victoria. History Foundation (Light and Power Company ...

International career

Under-17

During 2011, Rodrigo played with the under-17 side at the

2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the fourteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the eleventh played since the change in age limits from under 16s to Under 17s in 1991. It was held in Mexico with games being played amongst various venues ...

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. Previously, he played the

2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship The 2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship ( es, link=no, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Ecuador 2011) was the 14th U-17 tournament for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. It was held in Ecuador from 12 March to 9 April 2011. Th ...

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

Honours

Botafogo *

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Port., Rio de Janeiro State Championship), was started in 1906 and is the annual football championship in the state of Rio de Janeiro, B ...

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Liga de Quito *

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* Supercopa Ecuador: 2020 Uruguay U17 *

: Runner-Up *

: Runner-Up

References

External links

Profile at soccerway
1994 births Living people Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Uruguayan Primera División players Serie A players Serie B players Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players Udinese Calcio players Empoli FC players AC Perugia Calcio players FC Lugano players Club Nacional de Football players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players L.D.U. Quito footballers Club Necaxa footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Ecuadorian Serie A players Footballers from Montevideo {{Uruguay-footy-forward-1990s-stub