Eduardo Rodríguez Fernández (born 8 June 1966) is a Spanish retired professional

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who played as a striker. He is Hércules league's all-time top scorer and played professionally for 13 years, in representation of five clubs.

Career

Born in

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, Rodríguez arrived at

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at the age of 17. During his eight-year link with the club he would only appear in seven

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games – six coming in the 1988–89 season under the guidance of Eusebio Ríos, who was sacked after the 13th round – also being loaned twice, successively to

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and

CD Badajoz Club Deportivo Badajoz is a Spanish football team based in Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1905, it currently plays in , and holds home games at '' Estadio Nuevo Vivero'', with a 15,198-seat capacity. History Fo ...

, helping the latter win the

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championship, albeit without promotion. Rodríguez signed for

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Primera Federación and plays its home games ...

in the 1991 summer, being instrumental as the team returned to

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in his second year, with 32 goals scored. After netting four times in as many games into 1993–94, he returned to the top level with

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in the Villa de Vallecas district of Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish foot ...

, signing for

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300.000; he only managed to score once during the campaign, and the

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outskirts side suffered relegation. After helping Rayo immediately regain its lost status, Rodríguez returned to Hércules and achieved the same feat, scoring 14 goals from 30 appearances as the

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team returned to the top flight. He only added one, however, one in the following season – in a 3–2 away win against

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on 13 January 1997 – in an eventual relegation. Rodríguez retired from football in June 1998 at the age of 32. After briefly working with main club Hércules in directorial capacities, he lost all connection to the football world, remaining in Alicante.

Honours

Badajoz *

: 1990–91 Hércules *

: 1995–96 Individual *

top scorer: 1992–93

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Eduardo 1966 births Living people People from Sanlúcar de Barrameda Footballers from the Province of Cádiz Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers Real Betis players Recreativo de Huelva players CD Badajoz players Hércules CF players Rayo Vallecano players 20th-century Spanish sportsmen