Alex Rodríguez (Spanish footballer)

Alejandro Rodríguez Gorrín (born 1 August 1993), also known as Alex Rodríguez, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Oxford United.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodriguez and the second or maternal family name is Gorrín.

Alex Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Rodríguez Gorrín[1]
Date of birth (1993-08-01) 1 August 1993
Place of birth Tenerife, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Oxford United
Number 25
Youth career
0000–2009 Tenerife
2009–2014 Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Wellington Phoenix 72 (1)
2014 Wellington Phoenix Reserves 1 (0)
2017 Boavista 0 (0)
2018 Sepsi OSK 12 (0)
2018–2019 Motherwell 20 (0)
2019–2023 Oxford United 87 (1)
2023– Oxford United 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:39, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Rodríguez was born in Tenerife and played youth football with Sunderland before starting his professional career with Wellington Phoenix.

Early life

Rodríguez was born in Tenerife.[3]

Career

Rodríguez was a member of Premier League club Sunderland's youth system for several years, including as captain of the youth team.[3] After being released by Sunderland in 2014, Rodríguez signed with New Zealand-based A-League club Wellington Phoenix.[3] In July 2014, Rodríguez scored his first Phoenix goal in a pre-season friendly win over Premier League side West Ham United after earlier setting up the opening goal.[4] Alex made his competitive debut for Wellington in the side's loss to Perth Glory in the opening round of the 2014–15 A-League.[5]

On 6 June 2017, Rodríguez signed with Portuguese club Boavista.[6]

After a spell with Romanian club Sepsi OSK, Rodríguez signed for Scottish Premiership club Motherwell in June 2018.[7]

On 20 June 2019, Rodríguez signed a two-year contract with Oxford United, with the option of a third, on a free transfer after his Motherwell deal had expired.[8] He made his Oxford debut in a 1–1 draw at Sunderland on the opening day of the 2019–20 season.[9] Rodríguez scored his first goal for Oxford United on 24 November 2020, scoring from the penalty spot to secure a 1–1 draw with Portsmouth.[10] He signed a new one-year deal at the end of the 2021–22 season having missed the second half of the season with a knee injury.[11] After his contract expired at the end of the 2022–23 season, Gorrin continued to train with the Oxford United first team while recovering from his injury, playing two behind-closed-doors games before being offered a short-term contract on 20 October.[12][13]

Career statistics
As of match played 7 November 2021[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wellington Phoenix 2014–15 A-League 250000000250
2015–16 A-League 240000000240
2016–17 A-League 231000000231
Total 721000000721
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 2014–15 New Zealand Football Championship 1000000010
Boavista 2017–18 Primeira Liga 0000000000
Sepsi OSK 2017–18 Liga I 120000000120
Motherwell 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 20010301[lower-alpha 1]0250
Oxford United 2019–20[15] League One 31050206[lower-alpha 2]0440
2020–21[16] League One 35100104[lower-alpha 3]0401
2021–22[17] League One 13010201[lower-alpha 4]0170
2022–23[18] League One 8010113[lower-alpha 4]0131
Total 87170611401142
Career total 192280911502243
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup, in which age-restricted teams from the Scottish Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs
  2. Three appearances in the Football League Trophy and three in the League One play-offs
  3. Three appearances in the Football League Trophy and one in the League One play-offs
  4. Appearances in the EFL Trophy

See also

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Oxford United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 52. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. "Alex Rodríguez". Oxford United F.C. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  3. "Phoenix Signs Spanish Midfielder Alex". The World Game. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  4. Plumb, Simon (23 July 2014). "Wellington Phoenix stun EPL side West Ham". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  5. Richardson, Daniel (12 October 2014). "Football: Merrick sums up loss succinctly". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  6. "Alex Rodriguez Confirmado No Boavista" [Alex Rodriguez confirmed on Boavista]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 June 2017. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  7. "Motherwell: Spanish midfielder Gorrín arrives on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  8. "Alex Rodriguez Gorrin Joins Oxford United". oufc.co.uk/. Oxford United F.C. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  9. Williams, Chris (3 August 2019). "REPORT Sunderland 1 Oxford United 1". Oxford United F.C. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  10. "Portsmouth 1 – 1 Oxford United". bbc.co.uk. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  11. "Alex Rodriguez-Gorrin: Oxford United midfielder signs new one-year deal". BBC Sport. 8 June 2022.
  12. "Rodriguez Returns". Oxford United F.C. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  13. "Rodriguez-Gorrin rejoins Oxford on short-term deal". BBC Sport. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  14. "Alex Gorrin". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  15. "Games played by Alex Rodríguez in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  16. "Games played by Alex Rodríguez in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  17. "Games played by Alex Rodríguez in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  18. "Games played by Alex Rodríguez in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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