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Rodrigo Braña
	Rodrigo Braña
Personal information
Full name	Rodrigo Braña
Date of birth	March 7, 1979 (age 30)
Place of birth	Berazategui, Argentina
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 51⁄2 in)
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Estudiantes de La Plata
Number	22
Senior career1
National team
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only and; correct as of 00:09, 24 July 2009 (UTC).; * Appearances (Goals)

Rodrigo Braña (born 7 March, 1979 in Berazategui) is an Argentine football midfielder. He currently plays for Estudiantes de La Plata of the Primera division in Argentina.

Braña started his career at Quilmes Atlético Club in the Argentine 2nd division, he has had three different spells with the club, which alternated between the second and the top division.

Braña had a short spell with RCD Mallorca in Spain where he played for their B team between 1998 and 1999. Braña also had a short spell with Argentine club Unión de Santa Fe in 2001.

In 2005 Braña joined Estudiantes, where he has become an idol for the La Plata club. The two biggest highlights of his career to date have been winning the Apertura 2006 and the Copa Libertadores 2009 with Estudiantes.

Braña was a key figure on the Estudiantes team that won its first Argentine League title in 23 years after a 2-1 playoff victory against Boca Juniors to decide the winner of the Apertura 2006 champions. "El Chapu" won many accolades for his contribution to the championship winning team; he was selected as the third best player of the Apertura 2006 tournament by Argentine sports newspaper Olé^[1] . The only players that finished above him in the list were teammates Mariano Pavone and Juan Sebastián Verón. He has formed a formidable partnership in the center of midfield with Veron in recent seasons.

In 2008 he formed part of the team that finished as runners-up in Copa Sudamericana 2008.

Braña was then a regular player in the team that won Copa Libertadores 2009. His typical speed, stamina, and defensive skills in the midfield were key factors in Estudiantes' lifting the continental championship for the first time in 39 years.

After the Libertadores victory, he faced a serious offer from Mexican club Monterrey to take him to play in Mexico. Braña eventually decided to stay with Estudiantes, a decision that was rewarded with his first-ever call up to the Argentine National Team on September 1, 2009.