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) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Barcelona B | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 as of 23:05, 3 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals 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 winger for Segunda Federación club Barcelona Atlètic.
Club career
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
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
- 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
Spain U19
Individual
References
- ^ 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.