Rodrigo David Meléndez Araya (born 3 October 1977) is a Chilean former professional

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and current manager of Deportes Linares. He played as a

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in his years active. During his football career, he has won seven Chilean league titles with

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

and Cobreloa.

International career

He has represented

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Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial association football, football tournament contested among list of men's national ass ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

and

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

International goals

Managerial career

In June 2023, he signed with

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in the

Segunda División Profesional de Chile Segunda División Profesional del Fútbol Profesional Chileno () is the third level of Chilean football league system, since the season 2012, is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. The Chilean ''Segunda División Profe ...

Personal life

His son, Javier, is a professional footballer from the

youth ranks who made his professional debut playing for Cobreloa in 2021.

Honours

Player

Cobreloa * Primera División: 2003 Clausura Colo-Colo * Primera División (6): 2006-A, 2006-C, 2007-A, 2007-C, 2008-C, 2009-C *

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: Runner-up

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Melendez, Rodrigo 1977 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Men's association football midfielders Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers C.D. Cobreloa footballers Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Colo-Colo footballers Deportes Iquique footballers San Luis de Quillota footballers San Antonio Unido footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Argentine Primera División players Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina 2004 Copa América players 2007 Copa América players Chilean football managers San Antonio Unido managers Deportes Melipilla managers C.D. Cobreloa managers Deportes Iberia managers Segunda División Profesional de Chile managers Primera B de Chile managers