Arturo Rodríguez (footballer, born 1990)
{{short description|Mexican footballer}}
{{use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Arturo Rodríguez Quezada
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Arturo Rodríguez Quezada
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|1|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = San Luís
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Necaxa
| youthyears3 = 2005–2009
| youthclubs3 = Pumas UNAM
| years1 = 2009
| clubs1 = Pumas UNAM
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2009–2013
| clubs2 = Pumas Morelos
| caps2 = 62
| goals2 = 7
| years3 = 2013–2014
| clubs3 = Irapuato
| caps3 = 12
| goals3 = 4
| years4 = 2015
| clubs4 = Pioneros de Cancún
| caps4 = 23
| goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2016
| clubs5 = Reynosa
| caps5 = 12
| goals5 = 6
| club-update = 31 May 2016
}}
Arturo Rodríguez Quezada (born 8 January 1990) is a Mexican professional footballer who played in the Ascenso MX for Pumas Morelos.
Life and career
Rodríguez was born in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, to Arturo Rodríguez and his wife Liz Quezada.{{cite web |url=http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n674990.htm |title=Goleador de diez (goles por partido) Arturo Rodríguez, de Pumas CCH |language=Spanish |trans-title=Scorer of ten (goals in a game) Arturo Rodríguez, of Pumas CCH |first=Édgar |last=Luna C. |newspaper=Esto |location=Mexico |date=25 April 2008 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130413153811/http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n674990.htm |archivedate=13 April 2013}} He played football in the youth systems of both San Luís and Necaxa before joining Pumas UNAM at the age of 15. Playing for Tercera División team Pumas CCH in the last match of the 2008 Clausura, the 18-year-old Rodríguez scored ten goals in a 14–0 defeat of G.R. Sport to make him joint top scorer in the competition with 22.{{cite web |url=http://terceradivision.com.mx/historia/historia.pdf |format=PDF |title=Historia de la Tercera División Profesional |language=Spanish |trans-title=History of the Third Professional Division |publisher=Federacíon Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación Tercera División Profesional |date=2009 |page=5 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824081737/http://terceradivision.com.mx/historia/historia.pdf |archivedate=24 August 2009}}
His first-team debut came in August 2009 in the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, as Pumas fielded an inexperienced side against Comunicaciones of Guatemala; he replaced Carlos Orrantia after an hour as his team won 1–0.{{cite web |url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/liga-mx/pumas-1-0-comunicaciones-los-pumitas-dieron-la-cara |title=Pumas 1–0 Comunicaciones... Los Pumitas dieron la cara |language=Spanish |trans-title=Pumas 1–0 Comunicaciones... The little Pumas toughed it out |website=MedioTiempo |date=19 August 2009 |accessdate=5 February 2019}} Rodríguez made two more substitute appearances in the same competition, but those were his last for the senior team. He spent the remainder of his Pumas career with the reserve team, Pumas Morelos, for which he made 62 appearances in the second tier.{{cite web |url=http://www.ligamx.net/cancha/jugador/58112/eyJpZENsdWIiOiAxNTl9 |title=Ficha Jugador: Arturo Rodríguez Quezada |language=Spanish |trans-title=Player sheet: Arturo Rodríguez Quezada |publisher=Liga MX |accessdate=5 February 2019}} The team was sold by Pumas midway through the 2012–13 Ascenso MX season and was relegated at the end,{{cite web |url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/ascenso-mx/pumas-morelos-descendio-a-segunda-division |title=Pumas Morelos descendió a Segunda División |language=Spanish |trans-title=Pumas Morelos go down to the Segunda División |website=MedioTiempo |date=14 April 2013 |accessdate=5 February 2019}} after which it folded.
Rodríguez went on to play for third-tier clubs Irapuato, Pioneros de Cancún,{{cite news |url=https://www.ligapremiermagazine.mx/arturo-rodriguez-otro-torneo-con-pioneros/ |title=Arturo Rodríguez otro torneo con Pioneros |language=Spanish |trans-title=Arturo Rodríguez another tournament with Pioneros |first=José Juan |last=Hernández |magazine=Liga Premier Magazine |date=9 May 2015 |accessdate=5 February 2019}} and Reynosa. He helped the latter reach the play-offs in 2016, but went into the semi-final second leg carrying an injury and was sent off in stoppage time as Reynosa were eliminated by Murciélagos B.{{cite news |url=http://www.latarde.com.mx/deportes/su-lechita-y-a-dormir/208638 |title=¡Su lechita ya dormir! |language=Spanish |trans-title=Have your milk and go to sleep! |newspaper=La Tarde |location=Reynosa |first=Alberto |last=Gamboa |date=2 May 2016 |accessdate=6 February 2019}} Rodríguez left the club at the end of the season once he passed the Liga Premier age limit of 25.{{cite news |url=https://www.vavel.com/mx/futbol-mexicano/2016/05/18/segunda-division/648865-reynosa-fc-con-bajas-importantes-para-el-apertura-2016.html |title=Reynosa FC, con bajas importantes para el Apertura 2016 |language=Spanish |trans-title=Reynosa FC, important departures for the 2016 Apertura |first=Roberto |last=Ortega |website=Vavel |date=18 May 2016 |accessdate=5 February 2019}}
References
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External links
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Category:Footballers from Mexico City
Category:Mexican men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Club Universidad Nacional footballers
Category:C.D. Irapuato footballers
Category:Pioneros de Cancún footballers
Category:Atlético Reynosa footballers
Category:Liga Premier de México players
Category:Tercera División de México players
Category:21st-century Mexican sportsmen
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