Claudio Rodríguez (footballer, born 1960)

For the Argentine footballer born in 1969, see Claudio Leonardo Rodríguez.

Claudio Sergio Rodríguez (born 17 January 1960) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a forward.

Claudio Rodríguez

Personal information
Full name	Claudio Sergio Rodríguez
Date of birth	(1960-01-17) 17 January 1960 (age 65)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Argentinos Juniors
	San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980	San Lorenzo	1	(0)
1981	Argentinos Juniors
1981–1984	Unión Magdalena
1984–1985	Estudiantes BA	37	(11)
1986–1987	Atlanta	8	(0)
1987–1988	Deportivo Maipu	19	(2)
1988–1989	Chacarita Juniors	23	(3)
1989–1990	Cipolletti	30	(5)
1990–1992	Talleres RE	48	(3)
1992–1994	Chacarita Juniors	1	(0)
Total		167	(24)
Managerial career
	Chacarita Juniors (youth)
2016–2017	Fénix (youth)
2018–2021	Estudiantes BA (youth)
2021–2022	Midland (assistant)
2022	Unión Magdalena (assistant)
2022–2023	Unión Magdalena
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Buenos Aires, Rodríguez played with Diego Maradona in the youth sides of Argentinos Juniors, named Los Cebollitas.^[1] He made his senior debut with San Lorenzo in 1980, before moving abroad in 1981 with Colombian side Unión Magdalena.

Rodríguez returned to his home country in 1984 with Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, and also played with Primera División sides Atlanta, Deportivo Maipu, Chacarita Juniors, Cipolletti and Talleres de Remedios de Escalada. He returned to Chacarita in 1992, before retiring two years later.

Managerial career

After retiring, Rodríguez started working in the youth sides of his last club Chacarita. He was also a youth manager of Fénix and Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, and later worked as an assistant at Midland.^[2]

On 2 April 2022, Rodríguez was announced as the assistant manager of another club he represented as a player, Unión Magdalena.^[3] Ten days later, he replaced Carlos Silva as manager of the first team.^[4]

Rodríguez managed Unión until 19 May 2023, when he announced his departure from the role.^[5]

Personal life

Rodríguez's father Perfecto was also a footballer and a forward.^[6]