Arturo Rodríguez (footballer, born 1990)

Arturo Rodríguez Quezada (born 8 January 1990) is a Mexican professional footballer who played in the Ascenso MX for Pumas Morelos.

Arturo Rodríguez Quezada
Personal information
Full name Arturo Rodríguez Quezada[1]
Date of birth (1990-01-08) 8 January 1990[1]
Place of birth Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
San Luís
Necaxa
2005–2009 Pumas UNAM
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Pumas UNAM 0 (0)
2009–2013 Pumas Morelos 62 (7)
2013–2014 Irapuato 12 (4)
2015 Pioneros de Cancún 23 (6)
2016 Reynosa 12 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2016

Life and career

Rodríguez was born in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, to Arturo Rodríguez and his wife Liz Quezada.[2] He played football in the youth systems of both San Luís and Necaxa before joining Pumas UNAM at the age of 15.[2] Playing for Tercera División team Pumas CCH in the last match of the 2008 Clausura, the 18-year-old Rodríguez scored ten goals in a 14–0 defeat of G.R. Sport to make him joint top scorer in the competition with 22.[2][3]

His first-team debut came in August 2009 in the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, as Pumas fielded an inexperienced side against Comunicaciones of Guatemala; he replaced Carlos Orrantia after an hour as his team won 1–0.[1][4] Rodríguez made two more substitute appearances in the same competition,[1] but those were his last for the senior team. He spent the remainder of his Pumas career with the reserve team, Pumas Morelos, for which he made 62 appearances in the second tier.[1] The team was sold by Pumas midway through the 2012–13 Ascenso MX season and was relegated at the end,[5] after which it folded.

Rodríguez went on to play for third-tier clubs Irapuato,[1] Pioneros de Cancún,[6] and Reynosa. He helped the latter reach the play-offs in 2016, but went into the semi-final second leg carrying an injury and was sent off in stoppage time as Reynosa were eliminated by Murciélagos B.[7] Rodríguez left the club at the end of the season once he passed the Liga Premier age limit of 25.[8]

References
  1. "Ficha Jugador: Arturo Rodríguez Quezada" [Player sheet: Arturo Rodríguez Quezada] (in Spanish). Liga MX. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  2. Luna C., Édgar (25 April 2008). "Goleador de diez (goles por partido) Arturo Rodríguez, de Pumas CCH" [Scorer of ten (goals in a game) Arturo Rodríguez, of Pumas CCH]. Esto (in Spanish). Mexico. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013.
  3. "Historia de la Tercera División Profesional" [History of the Third Professional Division] (PDF) (in Spanish). Federacíon Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación Tercera División Profesional. 2009. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2009.
  4. "Pumas 1–0 Comunicaciones... Los Pumitas dieron la cara" [Pumas 1–0 Comunicaciones... The little Pumas toughed it out]. MedioTiempo (in Spanish). 19 August 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  5. "Pumas Morelos descendió a Segunda División" [Pumas Morelos go down to the Segunda División]. MedioTiempo (in Spanish). 14 April 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  6. Hernández, José Juan (9 May 2015). "Arturo Rodríguez otro torneo con Pioneros" [Arturo Rodríguez another tournament with Pioneros]. Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  7. Gamboa, Alberto (2 May 2016). "¡Su lechita ya dormir!" [Have your milk and go to sleep!]. La Tarde (in Spanish). Reynosa. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  8. Ortega, Roberto (18 May 2016). "Reynosa FC, con bajas importantes para el Apertura 2016" [Reynosa FC, important departures for the 2016 Apertura]. Vavel (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2019.

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