Óscar Rodríguez Antequera (born 17 April 1980) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Spain

Born in

Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...

Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...

, Rodríguez graduated from local

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, that competes in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. The club was formed on 25 January ...

's youth system, making his senior debut with the B-team in 1999. His first appearance in

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

occurred on 1 September 2002, as he played the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 home loss against

RC Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), the club was fou ...

; 17 of his league games for the main squad took place during that season, with the team eventually ranking in tenth position. From August–December 2004, Rodríguez was loaned to

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club ...

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

. Released by his parent club in June of the following year, he resumed his career with another side in the second tier,

Polideportivo Ejido Poli Ejido 2012 Sociedad Deportiva was a Spanish football team based in El Ejido, Province of Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1969 and dissolved in 2012, it held home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Santo Domingo'' ...

, then moved to the lower leagues with

FC Cartagena Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Cartagonova'', with a capacity of 15,105 sp ...

. Rodríguez signed for

Écija Balompié Écija Balompié, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Écija, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1939, it plays in . History In 2007–08 season, the club became champion of the Segunda División B, Group 4. The next se ...

in the summer of 2008, being eventually named

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and renewing his contract for a further two years on 15 July 2011. On 18 July 2014, he announced his intentions to leave.

Abroad

On 8 September 2013, after claiming he had received offers from clubs in

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

and Italy, the 33-year-old Rodríguez signed for Paniliakos F.C. in the

Football League (Greece) The Football League () was the second highest professional football league in Greece since its inception in 1962 as ''Beta Ethniki'' and until 2019. It then served as a third tier after the creation of the Super League 2 as the new second tier ...

. The following year he switched teams and countries, joining

Hong Kong Premier League The Hong Kong Premier League () is a Hong Kong professional football league organised by the Football Association of Hong Kong, China. It is currently sponsored by BOC Life and officially known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League (). The inau ...

Hong Kong Rangers FC Hong Kong Rangers Football Club (), often abbreviated to Rangers, currently known as Biu Chun Rangers due to sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong professional association football, football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier ...

References

External links

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HKFA profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Oscar 1980 births Living people Footballers from Seville Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Sevilla Atlético players Sevilla FC players Real Valladolid players Polideportivo Ejido footballers FC Cartagena footballers Écija Balompié players Football League (Greece) players Paniliakos F.C. players Hong Kong Premier League players Hong Kong Rangers FC players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong 21st-century Spanish sportsmen