Ariel Francisco Rodriguez Araya ( Spanish: Ariel Francisco Rodríguez Araya ; September 27, 1989 , San Jose , Costa Rica ) - Costa Rican footballer , striker for the Deportivo Saprissa club and Costa Rica national team .
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| Full name | Ariel Francisco Rodriguez Araya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citizenship |  Costa Rica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 177 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Deportivo Saprissa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| room | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
In 2009, Rodriguez began his career at the Santos de Guapiles Club. On August 16, in a match against Universidad Costa Rica , he made his debut in the Costa Rica championship . In early 2012, Ariel moved to Puntarenas . On January 15, in a match against Saprissa, he made his debut for a new team [3] . Rodriguez scored his first goal for Puntarenas in the same match. The second half of the year, Ariel played for Belen . In September, Ariel moved to Saprissa . On September 24, in a match against Lemon , he made his debut for a new team [4] . On January 13, 2013, Rodriguez scored his first goal for Saprissa in a duel against San Carlos [5] . In 2014, in the CONCACAF Champions League matches against Nicaraguan Real Esteli [6] [7] and American Sporting Kansas City [8] he scored five goals. March 22, 2015, in a match against his former club Santos de Guapiles, Ariel made a hat-trick [9] . In 2015, O became the top scorer of the national championship. As part of Saprissa, Rodriguez won the championship three times and also won the Costa Rica Cup .
In early 2016, Ariel moved to the Thai Bangkok Glass . On March 6, in his match against Samut Prakan , he made his debut in the Thai championship [10] . In the same match Rodriguez made a “double”, scoring his first goal for the “Bangkok Glass”.
International Career
On January 19, 2013, in the Central American Cup match against Belize, Rodriguez made his debut for the Costa Rica national team [11] . On May 28, 2016, in a friendly match against the Venezuelan national team, Ariel scored his first goal for the national team [12] .
In 2017, Rodriguez became the bronze medalist of the CONCACAF Gold Cup . At the tournament, he played in matches against the teams of French Guiana [13] and Panama [14] . Ariel scored a goal against Guiana.
Panama Goals
| # | date | A place | Enemy | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 01. | May 28, 2016 | National Stadium , San Jose , Costa Rica | Venezuela | 2 : 1 | 2 : 1 | Friendly match |
| 02. | July 14, 2017 | Toyota Stadium , Dallas , USA | French guiana | 1-0 | 3-0 | CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017 |
Achievements
Club
Saprissa
- Costa Rica Football Championship - Winter Championship 2014
- Costa Rica Football Championship - Summer Championship 2014
- Costa Rica Football Championship - Winter Championship 2015
- Costa Rica Cup Winner 2013
International
Costa Rica
- Central American Cup 2013
- CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017
Customized
- Costa Rica's top scorer (20 goals) - Winter Championship 2015
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ CONCACAF decided not to award bronze medals to the players of the teams that lost in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017. XXVII. Trophy, Awards and Medals // CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017 Regulations - English Edition . - 2017. - P. 32. - 34 p.
- ↑ Saprissa VS. Puntarenas 3: 1 . soccerway.com (January 15, 2012).
- ↑ Saprissa VS. Lemon 1: 0 . soccerway.com (September 24, 2012).
- ↑ Saprissa VS. San Carlos 1: 2 . soccerway.com (Jan 13, 2013).
- ↑ Real Estelle VS. Saprissa 1: 1 . soccerway.com (August 7, 2014).
- ↑ Saprissa VS. Real Estelle 3-0 . soccerway.com (August 27, 2014).
- ↑ Saprissa VS. Sporting Kansas City 2: 0 . soccerway.com (October 24, 2014).
- ↑ Saprissa VS. Santos de Guapiles 4: 0 . soccerway.com (March 22, 2015).
- ↑ Bangkok Glass VS. Samut Prakan 4: 1 (English) . soccerway.com (March 6, 2016).
- ↑ Costa Rica VS. Belize 1: 0 (English) . soccerway.com (January 19, 2013).
- ↑ Costa Rica VS. Venezuela 2: 1 (English) . soccerway.com (28 May 2016).
- ↑ Costa Rica VS. French Guiana 3-0 (English) . soccerway.com (15 July 2017).
- ↑ Costa Rica VS. Panama 1-0 (English) . soccerway.com (July 20, 2017).