Rodrigo Goldberg Explained

Rodrigo Goldberg
Full Name:	Rodrigo Alejandro Goldberg Mierzejewski
Birth Date:	1971 8, df=y
Birth Place:	Santiago, Chile
Height:	1.76 m
Position:	Striker
Youthclubs1:	Universidad de Chile
Years1:	1989–1997
Caps1:	67
Goals1:	11
Years2:	1992–1993
Clubs2:	→ Santiago Wanderers (loan)
Caps2:	61
Goals2:	25
Years3:	1997–2003
Caps3:	75
Goals3:	28
Years4:	1998–1999
Clubs4:	→ Universidad Católica (loan)
Caps4:	19
Goals4:	5
Years5:	2005–2006
Clubs5:	Santiago Morning
Caps5:	37
Goals5:	6
Totalcaps:	259
Totalgoals:	75
Nationalyears1:	1995–2001
Nationalteam1:	Chile
Nationalcaps1:	13
Nationalgoals1:	4

Rodrigo Alejandro Goldberg Mierzejewski (born 9 August 1971) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a striker. He gained national notoriety in Israel for his talented play with Maccabi Tel Aviv and good use of the Hebrew language.^[1] At international level, he made 13 appearances for the Chile national team scoring 4 goals.

Time in Israel

Goldberg was an integral part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv squad that took back to back cup titles and a league championship thereafter.^[2] He had a strained relationship with club captain Avi Nimni and verbally criticized him in the Israeli media before returning to Chile.^[3]

Return to Chile

After playing for four seasons in Israel, Goldberg returned to Chile to play for Santiago Morning. During a club match against Palestino, he was subjected to anti-Semitic abuse from the oppositions supporters because of his Polish and German Jewish background.^[4] Goldberg is, however, a Catholic, as a result of the conversion of his grandparents.^[5]

After football

Goldberg graduated as an Industrial Civil Engineer at the San Sebastián University.^[6]

Since 2006, he has worked as a football commentator and analyst in both radio and TV media such as Canal del Fútbol,^[7] Fox Sports^[8] and Radio Cooperativa. In addition to this, he worked for TVN during the 2011 Copa América.^[7] Also, he has worked for print media such as and La Tercera.

From 2019 to 2021, Goldberg worked as Sports Director of Universidad de Chile alongside his former fellow footballer Sergio Vargas.^[9]

Honours

Universidad de Chile

• Primera División de Chile: 1994, 1995

Maccabi Tel Aviv

• Israel State Cup: 2001, 2002
• Israeli Premier League: 2002–03

External links

• Profile and statistics of Rodrigo Goldberg on One.co.il

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3241371,00.html . he:רודריגו גולדברג: "קראו לי בצ'ילה יהודי זבל" . 21 May 2007 . Sagi . Miki . 19 April 2006 . . Hebrew .
2. Web site: They called me Jewish garbage . 21 May 2007 . Sagi . Miki . 19 April 2006 . .
3. Web site: http://www.tam.co.il/3_10_2003/sport1.htm . he:נמני: "גורמים במכבי הסיתו שחקנים נגדי" . 21 May 2007 . Zenzifer . Nadav . 10 March 2003 . Iton Tel Aviv . Hebrew . https://web.archive.org/web/20060223185014/http://www.tam.co.il/3_10_2003/sport1.htm . 23 February 2006 . dead .
4. Web site: Insultos antisemitas en torneo chileno . 21 May 2007 . AFP . 18 April 2006 . . Spanish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606045237/http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=155681 . 6 June 2011 .
5. Web site: Chile's 'Jewish' soccer star. 20 March 2012. Eskenazi. Gerald. I'm not Jewish. The only Hebrew word I knew was 'shalom.' My grandparents were German and Polish Jews, and they converted because in this country, it was easier to be Catholic. 25 January 2014.
6. Web site: Alegrete . Lucía . Rodrigo Goldberg "Invertir con plata es re fácil, pero cuando no la tienes es súper complejo" . Revista Valora . 12 July 2022 . es . 29 June 2018.
7. Web site: Rodrigo Goldberg . . 12 July 2022 . es . 18 August 2011.
8. Web site: Rodrigo Goldberg asume conducción de noticiero de Fox . . 12 July 2022 . es . 13 June 2014.
9. Web site: Parker . Matías . Sergio Vargas y Rodrigo Goldberg, los primeros cortados por los nuevos dueños de Azul Azul . . 12 July 2022 . es . 29 April 2021.