Francisco Rodríguez (Swiss footballer)

Francisco Rodríguez Araya (born 8 February 1995) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Winterthur.[1] His older brothers are the Swiss international Ricardo Rodríguez and the winger Roberto Rodríguez.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Araya.
Francisco Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Francisco Rodríguez Araya
Date of birth (1995-09-14) 14 September 1995
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Winterthur
Number 44
Youth career
0000–2011 FC Schwamendingen
2011–2012 Winterthur
2012–2014 FC Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 FC Zürich 38 (3)
2015–2017 VfL Wolfsburg II 11 (4)
2015–2017 VfL Wolfsburg 1 (0)
2016 → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 9 (0)
2017–2019 FC Luzern 67 (11)
2019–2020 Lugano 11 (1)
2020–2022 Schaffhausen 59 (7)
2022– Winterthur 23 (2)
International career‡
2013–2014 Switzerland U19 7 (0)
2014–2015 Switzerland U20 3 (0)
2014–2016 Switzerland U21 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:00, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Club career

FC Zürich

Rodríguez is a youth exponent from FC Zürich. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 20 July 2014 in the derby against Grasshopper Club Zürich, playing the entirety of a 1–0 win.[2]

VfL Wolfsburg

After a year with his first senior side, Rodríguez joined his brother Ricardo at German side VfL Wolfsburg signing a three-year-contract until 2018. The transfer fee was believed to be €1.6 million.[3] He received his first call for the senior team on 26 September 2015, when he was an unused substitute in a Bundesliga match versus Hannover 96.[1]

He was loaned to Arminia Bielefeld on 22 January 2016.[4] On 31 August 2016, the loan deal with Bielefeld was terminated and Rodríguez joined FC Luzern.[5]

FC Luzern

In June 2017, it was confirmed that Rodriguez had transferred to FC Luzern for an undisclosed fee.[6]

International career

Rodríguez is a Swiss under-19 international who is eligible to play for Chile or Spain through his parents' nationality. On 18 August 2014, manager Jorge Sampaoli called Rodríguez to play for Chile in two friendlies against Mexico and Haiti, and he was set to make his full international debut.[7] But on 21 August 2015, he refused the call up to the senior squad for a match against Paraguay, saying that he still preferred to play for Switzerland's U21 team.[8]

References
  1. Francisco Rodríguez at Soccerway
  2. "FC Zürich vs. Grasshoppers - 20 July 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  3. "Fix! Auch Francisco Rodriguez spielt für Wolfsburg" [Settled! Also Francisco Rodriguez plays for Wolfsburg] (in German). kicker.de. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015.
  4. "Arminia leiht Francisco Rodriguez aus" [Arminia loans out Francisco Rodriguez] (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  5. "Jantscher geht in die Türkei, Rodriguez kommt leihweise" (in German). Luzerner Zeitung. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  6. FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ BIS 2020 BEIM FCL (German)
  7. "Nómina de la Selección Chilena Para Enfrentar a México y Haití".
  8. "Francisco Rodriguez rejects Chile call-up for Paraguay friendly". internationalsoccerteams.com. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
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