Dani Rodríguez (footballer, born 2005)
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| Full name | Daniel Rodríguez Crespo[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 August 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Astigarraga, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Barcelona B | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Real Sociedad | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Barcelona B | 20 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Barcelona | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Spain U17 | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Spain U18 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Spain U19 | 18 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:05, 3 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:33, 28 July 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Daniel "Dani" Rodríguez Crespo (born 9 August 2005) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Barcelona Atlètic.
Club career
[edit]Born in Astigarraga, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Rodríguez started his career with Real Sociedad. In March 2020, fellow La Liga side Barcelona put in a bid for the young midfielder, and he joined in April of the same year.[3][4][5] He had previously been linked with a move to French side Paris Saint-Germain.[6] Rodríguez made his professional debut for Barcelona on 3 May 2025 in a 2–1 away win over Real Valladolid. He was substituted after 38 minutes with an injury, being replaced by Lamine Yamal.[7]
International career
[edit]Rodríguez has represented Spain at youth international level.[1] After recovering from a sprain in his knee ligament, he went on to star at the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship for Spain.[8][9]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 3 May 2025[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona B | 2023–24 | Primera Federación | 10 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Primera Federación | 10 | 3 | — | — | 10 | 3 | |||
| Total | 20 | 3 | — | 3 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |||
| Barcelona | 2024–25 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 3 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Primera Federación play-offs
Honours
[edit]Spain U19
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ a b Dani Rodríguez at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Daniel Rodríguez Crespo - Footballer". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "El Barcelona presenta una oferta para llevarse a Dani Rodríguez de la Real Sociedad" [Barcelona presents an offer to take Dani Rodríguez from Real Sociedad]. larazon.es (in Spanish). 13 March 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ Rogé, Albert (8 April 2020). "Barcelona sign young Real Sociedad star Dani Rodríguez". sport.es. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ Marín, Kike (9 April 2020). "El Barcelona 'birla' a la Real Sociedad una perla de la cantera: "Es una locura"" [Barcelona 'swipes' Real Sociedad a pearl from the quarry: "It's crazy"]. elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "Mercato : Le Barça recrute une jeune pépite de la Real Sociedad" [Mercato: Barça recruits a young nugget from Real Sociedad]. 90min.com (in French). 8 April 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "Valladolid vs Barcelona: Dani Rodríguez suffers injury in first-team debut, replaced by Yamal". Mundo Deportivo. 3 May 2025.
- ^ Camacho, Ignacio (19 May 2022). "La perla del Barça Dani Rodríguez pone fin a su calvario" [The pearl of Barça Dani Rodríguez puts an end to his ordeal]. as.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ König, Kosta (20 May 2022). "'The new Messi': Who's that Barca wonderkid running the show at Euro U17". tribuna.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ Dani Rodríguez at Soccerway
- ^ "2024 Under-19 EURO final: Spain 2-0 France". UEFA. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "2024 Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
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