Rodrigo Antonio Cordero Solano (born 4 December 1973) is a retired

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n professional

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Club career

Cordero made his debut on 4 September 1994 for second division outfit Municipal Puriscal against Uruguay de Coronado. Nicknamed ''Rocky'', he later played for

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, Brujas, Cartaginés, Pérez Zeledón,

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, Ramonense before moving to second division side Barrio Mexico in summer 2010. He was a tough-tackling holding midfielder with enormous energy and determination.

International career

Cordero made his debut for

in a

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against

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on June 21, 2000 and has made 34 appearances for the

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, including 14 qualifying matches for the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

. He represented his country at the

2003 UNCAF Nations Cup The 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup was an association football tournament. It was held in two venues in Panama in February 2003, and was played in a Round-robin tournament, round robin tournament, each of the 6 teams playing each other once. Costa Rica ...

as well as at the

2001 Copa América The 2001 Copa América was held in Colombia, from 11 to 29 July. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. Colombia won the tournament for the 1st time without conceding a goal. Brazil national football team, Brazil ...

and was a non-playing squad member at the 2002 World Cup.World Cup 2002 - Match Details
- RSSSF His final international was a June 2004 friendly against

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Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.''

References

External links

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Perfil de jugadores de la Selección Nacional Rodrigo Cordero (2002 World Cup profile)
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