Bernardo Rodríguez Arias, nicknamed Berni Rodríguez (; born 7 June 1980) is a Spanish retired professional
basketball
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player. He is 1.97 m (6 ft 5 ¾ in) tall.
Professional career
Rodríguez began his men's club career with
Unicaja Macias of the
Liga EBA
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(Spanish 4th division), the
farm team
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of
Unicaja Málaga, during the 1998–99 season. He then moved to the senior club of Unicaja Málaga of the top-level
Spanish ACB League
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administered by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, w ...
, for the 1999–00 season.
In June 2012, after 13 seasons with Málaga, Rodríguez left Unicaja Malaga. The club decided
to retire his number 5 jersey.
A month and a half later, he signed with the Spanish League club
UCAM Murcia, where he decided to play with the number 41, out of respect to his old number 5 at Málaga.
In July 2016, Rodríguez announced his retirement from playing professional basketball.
National team career
Rodríguez played internationally with the senior
Spain national team that won the gold medal at the
2006 FIBA World Championship
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. With Spain, he also won the silver medal at the
2007 EuroBasket, and the silver medal at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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.
After retirement
Five days after announcing his retirement from playing professional club basketball, Rodríguez signed on as the sporting director of the
Spanish League club
Baloncesto Sevilla, which was the last club that he played at.
References
External links
FIBA ProfileFIBA Europe ProfileEuroleague.net ProfileSpanish League Archive Profile
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1980 births
Living people
2006 FIBA World Championship players
Basketball executives
Baloncesto Málaga players
Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
CB Murcia players
FIBA World Championship–winning players
Liga ACB players
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic basketball players for Spain
Olympic medalists in basketball
Olympic silver medalists for Spain
Real Betis Baloncesto players
Shooting guards
Small forwards
Spanish men's basketball players
Sportspeople from Málaga
20th-century Spanish people
21st-century Spanish sportsmen