Rodolfo Sergio Rodríguez Rodríguez (born January 20, 1956 in

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) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was once the most capped player in the history of the Uruguay national team with 78 international appearances between 1976 and 1986. His youth player career began at Cerro in 1971, but he moved to

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in 1976. At Nacional, Rodríguez started his professional career in 1976. He played with the team until 1984, having won the Uruguayan Championship in 1977, 1980 and 1983, the

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in 1980 and the Copa Intercontinental also in 1980. In 1984, he joined Santos in Brazil. At Santos he won the

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in 1984. He stayed with the club until 1987. Rodríguez then moved to

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but only stayed there for one season (1988–1989). He returned to Brazil in 1990 to play at Portuguesa. Two years later he left Portuguesa to join Bahia with which he won two Bahia State Championships in 1993 and 1994. As goalkeeper for the Uruguay national team, Rodolfo Rodríguez won the 50th anniversary tournament of the first World Cup, the

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, and the

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,. He also took part with the national squads that played in the

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. He retired in 1994 as the most capped Uruguayan player ever, having played 78 officially recognised games for his national side.

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