Mario Rodríguez
File:Mario Rodriguez.jpg
Personal information
Full name	Mario Rafael Lopez Rodríguez
Date of birth	September 14, 1981 (1981-09-14) (age 28)
Place of birth	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	striker/right winger
Club information
Current club	CSD Municipal
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005 2006 2006-2009	Comunicaciones CSD Municipal Columbus Crew → Miami FC (loan) CSD Municipal	17 (0) 19 (1) 18 (7)
National team2
2003–present	Guatemala	56 (6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 October 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 9 November 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Mario Rafael Lopez Rodríguez (born September 14, 1981 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) is a Guatemalan football (soccer) midfielder, who currently plays for local club CSD Municipal, and has also played locally for CSD Comunicaciones and in the U.S. Major League Soccer for Columbus Crew. He is also a member of the Guatemala national team.

[edit] Club career

Rodríguez, nicknamed El Loco (Spanish for The Crazy), started his career in Guatemala in 2002 with Comunicaciones, where he would remain until 2004. During a 2004 match against Municipal, he collided with goalkeeper Danny Ortiz of the opposing team, who suffered a torn pericardium. Ortiz died later at the hospital.^[1]

In 2005, he joined Columbus Crew, and in 2006, he played for Miami FC, and with 7 goals and 4 assists he was second in scoring for the club behind Brazilian forward Romário. He returned to Guatemala to play for Municipal for the 2007 Clausura.

Recently he has signed with a team from the Chinese League at the same with Marvin Avila another striker from Guatemala.

[edit] National team

Rodríguez made his international debut in 2003 against El Salvador and has since been capped over 50 times for his country.^[2] He participated in the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign.^[3]

In 2006, Rodríguez was recalled by Guatemala national coach Hernán Darío Gómez to play against Haiti. He scored a goal and then was recalled for a friendly in Guatemala City against Panama.

[edit] External links

• Player profile - CSD Municipal
• Career stats - National Football Teams

[edit] References

v • d • e Guatemala squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Foster • 2 Noriega • 3 Melgar • 4 Flores • 5 Medina • 6 Cabrera • 7 Albizuris • 8 Contreras • 9 Villatoro • 11 Ávila • 12 Figueroa • 13 Martínez • 14 R. Gómez • 15 Swisher • 16 de Matta • 17 Pezzarossi • 18 Quiñónez • 19 Rodríguez • 20 Ruiz • 22 Molina • 23 Sandoval • 25 Motta • 27 Arreola • Coach: H.D. Gómez

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