Juan Rodríguez Vega

Juan Carlos Rodríguez Vega (16 January 1944 – 1 September 2021) was a Chilean footballer and manager who played as a defender. He made 26 appearances for the Chile national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Vega.
Juan Rodríguez Vega
Personal information
Full name Juan Carlos Rodríguez Vega
Date of birth (1944-01-16)16 January 1944
Place of birth Santiago, Chile[1]
Date of death 1 September 2021(2021-09-01) (aged 77)
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1969 Universidad de Chile
1970–1971 Unión Española 10 (0)
1971–1977 Atlético Español 77 (1)
1978 Colo-Colo
1979 Coquimbo Unido
1980 Ñublense
International career
1968–1974 Chile 26 (0)
Managerial career
1981 Ñublense
1981 San Luis
1982 Santiago Wanderers
1983 Deportes La Serena
1984–1985 Coquimbo Unido
1990 Unión Española (youth)
1995 Colo-Colo (youth)
2002 PSMS Medan
2004 Persita Tangerang
2004–2005 Sowite Raha
2005 Kendari Utama
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Rodríguez began his playing career with Chilean first division club C.F. Universidad de Chile. He won the Chilean league four times (1964, 1965, 1967 and 1969) with Universidad de Chile.[2] He moved to Primera División (First Division) side Atlético Español in 1973, the club where he would win the 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.[3]

International career

Rodríguez played for the Chile national team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup finals in West Germany.[4]

Managerial career

After playing for Ñublense, in 1981 he began his managerial career in the same club, working for several Chilean clubs in both the Primera and Segunda División,[5] and for Indonesian clubs,[6] coaching PSMS Medan in 2002[7] and Persita Tangerang alongside his brother Manuel in 2004.[8][9]

Personal life

He had two older brothers who were professional footballers: Gabriel Rodríguez Vega and Manuel Rodríguez Vega.[10]

His sons, Juan and Francisco Rodríguez Rubio, were also professional footballers who made his career mainly in Indonesia.[11]

Honours
Universidad de Chile
Atlético Español

References
  1. Juan Rodríguez at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Efemérides: 16 de enero
  3. Goloboy, Jim; Stokkermans, Karel (3 April 2009). "Central American Club Competitions 1975". RSSSF.
  4. Juan Rodríguez Vega – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. "Juan RODRÍGUEZ Vega". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  6. @asifuch (1 September 2021). "Como @asifuch lamentamos el fallecimiento a los 77 años de Juan Rodríguez Vega (16/01/1944)" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 September 2021 – via Twitter.
  7. (V y B sports) Nuestro primer programa , junto al ex Wanderers Mauricio Neveu on Facebook (in Spanish). 16 June 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  8. Abarzúa, Esteban (30 March 2020). "Secretos de camarín". DeadBall (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  9. "#entrevistaCTF Simón Elissetche, el chileno campeón en Timor Oriental · Colegio de Entrenadores de Fútbol". Colegio de Entrenadores de Fútbol (in Spanish). 29 October 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  10. Fernández, Denís (27 October 2018). "El último guerrillero del Ballet Azul" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 24 September 2021. No fue el único. Su hermano Gabriel (otrora presidente del Sifup), y su hermano Juan, integrante también del Ballet Azul, seleccionado nacional y zaguero central mucho más recordado, más reconocido, siguieron su camino.
  11. Album del Recuerdo: Futbolistas Chilenos en Indonesia Futbolistas. Chilenos en el Exterior on Facebook (in Spanish)


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