Leonardo Rodríguez

This article is about the Argentine footballer. For other people, see Leonardo Rodríguez (disambiguation).

Leonardo ("Leo") Adrián Rodríguez Iacobitti (born 27 August 1966) is an Argentine former professional football midfielder. He played for nine different club sides in his career, and represented the Argentina national team between 1991 and 1994.

Leonardo Rodríguez

Personal information
Full name	Leonardo Adrian Rodríguez Iacobitti
Date of birth	(1966-08-27) 27 August 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Lanús, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Lanús
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1988	Lanús	92	(17)
1988–1989	Vélez Sársfield	29	(4)
1989–1990	Argentinos Juniors	26	(3)
1990–1991	San Lorenzo	27	(6)
1991–1992	Toulon	27	(12)
1992–1993	Atalanta	30	(2)
1994	Borussia Dortmund	7	(0)
1995–1996	Universidad de Chile	55	(16)
1997–1998	Club América	58	(6)
1998–2001	Universidad de Chile	83	(20)
2001–2002	San Lorenzo	40	(8)
2002	Lanús	11	(2)
Total		485	(96)
International career
1991–1994	Argentina	28	(2)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Argentina Copa América Winner 1991 Chile Winner 1993 Ecuador FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 1992 Saudi Arabia CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions Winner 1993 Argentina
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Rodríguez was born in the city of Lanús in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. He started his career at Club Atlético Lanús in the Argentine 2nd Division in 1983 and finished his career in 2002 at the same club.

In between this, he had two spells with San Lorenzo and Universidad de Chile as well as playing for Vélez Sársfield and Argentinos Juniors in Argentina, Toulon in France, Atalanta B.C. in Italy and Club América in Mexico and he also had a spell with Borussia Dortmund in Germany.

International career

Rodríguez played for the Argentina national team between 1991 and 1994. He helped La Selección to win the Copa América in 1991^[1] and 1993^[2] and he was part of the 1994 FIFA World Cup squad.^[3] He also helped Argentina win the 1992 Confederations Cup, in which he scored in the final itself, and also won the 1993 Artemio Franchi Cup with the albicelestes.

Personal life

His son, Thomas, is a professional footballer.^[4]

Career statistics

Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Rodríguez goal.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 October 1992	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	1–0	3–1	1992 King Fahd Cup Final
2	27 June 1993	Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil, Ecuador	Brazil	1–1	1–1	1993 Copa América

Honours

Universidad de Chile

• Primera División de Chile: 1995, 1999, 2000
• Copa Chile: 1998, 2000

San Lorenzo

• Copa Mercosur: 2001
• Copa Sudamericana: 2002

Argentina

• Copa América: 1991, 1993
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 1992
• CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions: 1993