| Alex Rodríguez | |
| Fullname: | Alejandro Rodríguez Gorrín[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1993 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Tenerife, Spain |
| Height: | 1.77 m[2] |
| Position: | Central midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | –2009 |
| Youthclubs1: | Tenerife |
| Youthyears2: | 2009–2014 |
| Youthclubs2: | Sunderland |
| Years1: | 2014–2017 |
| Caps1: | 72 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Clubs1: | Wellington Phoenix |
| Years2: | 2014 |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Clubs2: | Wellington Phoenix Reserves |
| Years3: | 2017 |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Clubs3: | Boavista |
| Years4: | 2018 |
| Caps4: | 12 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Clubs4: | Sepsi |
| Years5: | 2018–2019 |
| Caps5: | 20 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Clubs5: | Motherwell |
| Years6: | 2019–2024 |
| Caps6: | 89 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Clubs6: | Oxford United |
| Years7: | 2024 |
| Caps7: | 3 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Clubs7: | Forest Green Rovers |
| Club-Update: | 16:07, 3 July 2024 (UTC) |
Alejandro Rodríguez Gorrín (born 1 August 1993), also known as Alex Rodríguez, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder.
Rodríguez was born in Tenerife and played youth football with Sunderland before starting his professional career with Wellington Phoenix.
Rodríguez was born in Tenerife.[3]
Rodríguez was a member of Premier League club Sunderland's youth system for several years, including as captain of the youth team.[3] After being released by Sunderland in 2014, Rodríguez signed with New Zealand-based A-League club Wellington Phoenix.[3] In July 2014, Rodríguez scored his first Phoenix goal in a pre-season friendly win over Premier League side West Ham United after earlier setting up the opening goal.[4] Alex made his competitive debut for Wellington in the side's loss to Perth Glory in the opening round of the 2014–15 A-League.[5]
On 6 June 2017, Rodríguez signed with Portuguese club Boavista.[6]
After a spell with Romanian club Sepsi, Rodríguez signed for Scottish Premiership club Motherwell in June 2018.[7]
On 20 June 2019, Rodríguez signed a two-year contract with Oxford United, with the option of a third, on a free transfer after his Motherwell deal had expired.[8] He made his Oxford debut in a 1–1 draw at Sunderland on the opening day of the 2019–20 season.[9] Rodríguez scored his first goal for Oxford United on 24 November 2020, scoring from the penalty spot to secure a 1–1 draw with Portsmouth.[10] He signed a new one-year deal at the end of the 2021–22 season, having missed the second half of the season with a knee injury.[11] After his contract expired at the end of the 2022–23 season, Rodriguez continued to train with the Oxford United first team while recovering from his injury, playing two behind-closed-doors games, before being offered a short-term contract on 20 October.[12] [13]
On 12 January 2024, Rodríguez signed for League Two club Forest Green Rovers on a permanent deal.[14] [15] He was sent off on his debut, a 2–0 home defeat to Harrogate Town.[16] He was released following relegation at the end of the 2023–24 season.[17]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Wellington Phoenix | 2014–15 | A-League | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | A-League | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | A-League | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Total | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 1 | |||
| Wellington Phoenix Reserves | 2014–15 | New Zealand Football Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Boavista | 2017–18 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sepsi | 2017–18 | Liga I | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Motherwell | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Oxford United | 2019–20 | League One | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | League One | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | League One | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | League One | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 88 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 116 | 2 | |||
| Forest Green Rovers | 2023–24 | League Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 196 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 229 | 3 | |||