:Julien Rodriguez
{{short description|French former professional footballer (born 1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{distinguish|Julián Rodríguez}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Julien Rodriguez
| image = JulienRodriguez.jpg
| image_size = 300
| caption = Rodriguez in 2009
| fullname = Julien Rodriguez
| height = 1.85 m
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|6|11}}
| birth_place = Béziers, France
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Centre back
| years1 = 1997–2005 | clubs1 = Monaco | caps1 = 154 | goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2005–2007 | clubs2 = Rangers | caps2 = 34 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2007–2012 | clubs3 = Marseille | caps3 = 42 | goals3 = 3
| totalcaps = 230
| totalgoals = 7
}}
Julien Rodriguez (born 11 June 1978) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Career
Born in Béziers, France, Rodriguez started his career at AS Monaco, making 135 appearances for the club and helping them win the Coupe de la Ligue in 2002–03{{cite news
|url=https://www.eurosport.fr/football/coupe-de-la-ligue/2002-2003/monaco-tete-couronnee_sto433714/story.shtml
|title=Monaco, tête couronnée
|publisher=eurosport.fr
|accessdate=12 March 2020}} and reach the 2004 Champions League final. He joined Scottish Premier League club Rangers in August 2005 for £1 million. He scored his first goal for Rangers on 11 March 2006 in Rangers' 4–0 victory over Kilmarnock at Ibrox Stadium{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/4791892.stm |title=Rangers 4–0 Kilmarnock |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 March 2006 |accessdate=10 November 2009}} and made a total of 30 appearances in his debut season with the club. Having been expected to be an important member of the Rangers team under the management of fellow Frenchman Paul Le Guen in season 2006–07, Le Guen's reign as manager was short and unsuccessful.
After the appointment of Le Guen's replacement Walter Smith in January 2007, Rodriguez was transferred to Marseille.
Rodriguez received a call-up to the France national football team in 2007, but did not play.{{cite news
|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/0254-0d7ba249d99a-835c789e8e6b-1000--changes-for-france-and-england/
|title=Changes for France and England
|publisher=UEFA
|accessdate=12 March 2020}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
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Category:Footballers from Béziers
Category:French men's footballers
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:French people of Spanish descent
Category:Sportspeople of Spanish descent
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Olympique de Marseille players
Category:Scottish Premier League players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
Category:20th-century French sportsmen
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