Víctor Rodríguez Romero (born 23 July 1989) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a winger.

Club career

Born in

Barberà del Vallès Barberà del Vallès () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Occidental, in the province of Barcelona, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Ripoll river to the south of Sabadell Sabadell () is a city and municipality in ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

, Rodríguez played four years with

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as a youth, sharing teams with future

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D. (; ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is a Spanish professional Association football, football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top tier of the Spani ...

, Barcelona and

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star

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. Both were released for being deemed too small. Rodríguez then signed for neighbours

CF Badalona Club de Fútbol Badalona () is a Spanish football team based in Badalona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903 it plays in , temporarily holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Badalona, with a capacity of 4,170 seats. Ba ...

in the

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, going on to spend three full seasons at that level with the club. In 2012 he joined

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system. Zarag ...

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, but initially as a member of the

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also in the third tier. He was introduced in the main squad setup by manager Manolo Jiménez shortly after, however, making his league debut on 25 August in a 2–1 away win against

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. On 21 October 2012, in another 2–1 away victory, now over

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, Rodríguez scored once and also provided the assist in

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's opener. As he had played in the number of first-team games required, he was immediately handed a professional contract, running until June 2015. Rodríguez returned to the top flight on 7 August 2014, after agreeing to a three-year deal at

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1923, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025–26 season, holding home matches at ...

. On 2 August of the following year, he was loaned to

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of the same league for one year. On 10 June 2016, after Getafe's

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, Rodríguez signed a four-year contract with

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also in the top tier. He met the same fate at the end of the season, then agreed to terminate his contract in order to join a

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team, which turned out to be

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. On 10 November 2019, Rodríguez was named the

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of the

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, scoring the Sounders' second goal in a 3–1 home win over

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. The following 30 January, he returned to his former club Elche. Rodríguez signed with

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in the

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in July 2022. He scored his first league goal on 17 February 2023, in the 3–1 away defeat of

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. He also won that year's

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with the side. On 20 July 2023, Rodríguez joined

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on a one-year deal. In August 2024, he announced his retirement aged 35.

International career

Rodríguez featured for the Catalonia unofficial team.

Career statistics

Honours

Seattle Sounders *

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Odisha *

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Individual * MLS Cup MVP:

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Victor 1989 births Living people People from Vallès Occidental 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Barcelona Men's association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players UE Vilajuïga footballers CF Badalona players Deportivo Aragón players Real Zaragoza players Elche CF players Getafe CF footballers Sporting de Gijón players Major League Soccer players Seattle Sounders FC players Designated Players (MLS) Indian Super League players Odisha FC players FC Goa players Catalonia men's international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in India Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India