Darío Rodríguez (Uruguayan footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Peña.

Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña (born 17 September 1974) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a centre-back and left-back. He was recently the manager of Racing Montevideo.^[2]

Darío Rodríguez

Personal information
Full name	Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña
Date of birth	(1974-09-17) 17 September 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back, left-back
Youth career
1979–1984	Huracan Villegas
1984–1989	Higos del Mar
1990–1994	Sud América
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1995	Sud América	23	(1)
1995–1996	Toluca	27	(1)
1997–1998	Bella Vista	30	(1)
1999–2002	Peñarol	111	(8)
2002–2008	Schalke 04	102	(6)
2008–2014	Peñarol	141	(11)
Total		434	(27)
International career
2000–2007	Uruguay	50	(3)
Managerial career
2016	Juventud (youth)
2016	Peñarol (assistant)
2017–2018	América de Cali (assistant)
2018–2019	Defensor Sporting (assistant)
2019–2020	Ittihad Kalba (assistant)
2021	Peñarol (assistant)
2022–2023	Uruguay (assistant)
2023	Peñarol
2025	Racing Montevideo
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He is a younger brother of the footballer Héctor Rodríguez Peña.

Club career

Born in Montevideo, Rodríguez has played the majority of his club football for Peñarol, and Schalke 04. His other clubs include Sud América and Bella Vista and Toluca. He left Schalke 04 in January 2008 and returned to Peñarol.

International career

With Uruguay, Rodríguez was a participant at the 2002 World Cup and scored Uruguay's first goal of the tournament, a volley that curled into the top left corner of the goal.^[3][4] He occasionally wore the captain's captain's armband. He also played at the 2004^[5] and 2007 Copa América tournaments.^[6]

Style of play

A versatile defender, he was capable of playing as a left-back or as a left-sided central defender. Strong in the air, he was a useful distraction in the opposition box at set pieces.^[7]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps[8]	Goals
Uruguay	2000	8	1
	2001	8	0
	2002	7	1
	2003	1	0
	2004	9	0
	2005	8	1
	2006	2	0
	2007	7	0
Total		50	3

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rodríguez goal.

List of international goals scored by Darío Rodríguez

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 July 2000	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Venezuela	2–1	3–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	1 June 2002	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan, South Korea	Denmark	1–1	1–2	2002 FIFA World Cup
3	12 November 2005	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Australia	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial statistics

As of match played 15 February 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Peñarol	26 June 2023	15 November 2023	16	9	4	3	26	15	+11	056.25
Racing Montevideo	3 January 2025	17 February 2025	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	000.00
Total			19	9	5	5	26	18	+8	047.37

Honours

Schalke 04

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003, 2004^[9][10]
• DFB-Ligapokal: 2005^[11]