Rodolfo Cota
{{short description|Mexican footballer (born 1987)}}
{{family name hatnote|Cota|Robles|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Rodolfo Cota
|image = México vs Bosnia 2018 1 (cropped).png
|caption = Cota with Mexico in 2018
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|7|3|df=y}}
|birth_place = Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
|position = Goalkeeper
|currentclub = América
(on loan from León)
|clubnumber =
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 = Pachuca
|years1 = 2005
|clubs1 = Pachuca Juniors[https://ligamx.net/cancha/jugador/35980 Rodolfo Cota Robles - Ficha Jugador]
|caps1 = 0
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2006
|clubs2 = Indios[https://ligamx.net/cancha/jugador/35980 Rodolfo Cota Robles - Ficha Jugador]
|caps2 = 0
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2007–2018
|clubs3 = Pachuca
|caps3 = 74
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2014–2015
|clubs4 = → Puebla (loan)
|caps4 = 31
|goals4 = 0
|years5 = 2015–2018
|clubs5 = → Guadalajara (loan)
|caps5 = 88
|goals5 = 0
|years6 = 2018–
|clubs6 = León
|caps6 = 207
|goals6 = 0
|years7 = 2024–
|clubs7 = → América (loan)
|caps7 = 4
|goals7 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 2007
|nationalteam1 = Mexico U20
|nationalcaps1 = 1
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|nationalyears2 = 2017–2022
|nationalteam2 = Mexico
|nationalcaps2 = 8
|nationalgoals2 = 0
|club-update = 8 March 2025
|ntupdate = 14 June 2022
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|MEX}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
{{Medal|RU|2021 United States|Team}}
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Rodolfo Cota Robles (born 3 July 1987) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club América, on loan from León.
Club career
=Pachuca=
Cota made his professional debut for Pachuca on 21 September 2007 against Veracruz.{{Soccerway|rodolfo-cota/20663|accessdate=15 March 2015}}
=Puebla=
In 2014 it was announced Cota was sent out on loan to Puebla.{{MedioTiempo|rodolfo-cota}} He made his debut against Tijuana in a 1–0 victory.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.cl/futbol/reporte?juegoId=397690|title=Tijuana vs. Puebla - Reporte del Partido - 18 julio, 2014 - ESPN|website=ESPN.cl}} In April 2015, he won the Copa MX after defeating Guadalajara.{{cite web|title=Puebla 4-2 Chivas: Cuauhtémoc se retira como campeón de Copa MX|url=https://www.tudn.com/liga-mx/puebla-4-2-chivas-cuauhtemoc-se-retira-como-campeon-de-copa-mx|work=TUDN}}
=Guadalajara=
On 11 June 2015, Guadalajara announced they had signed Cota on loan in order to create competition with José Antonio Rodríguez, after club veteran Luis Ernesto Michel was sold to Dorados de Sinaloa. Cota then quickly rose to be the first-choice goalkeeper after his performances in the Copa MX, becoming champion after defeating Monarcas Morelia the Copa MX final, and became a key figure in the club's twelfth Liga MX title win against Tigres UANL.{{cite web|url=https://www.chivasdecorazon.com.mx/noticias/25428/comunicado-de-prensa-rodolfo-cota|title=Comunicado de Prensa (Rodolfo Cota)|website=www.chivasdecorazon.com.mx}}{{cite web|title=Chivas Win 12th Liga MX Championship After Beating Tigres 4-3 on Aggregate|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2712373-chivas-win-12th-liga-mx-championship-after-beating-tigres-4-3-on-aggregate|work=Bleacher Report|date=29 May 2017|first=Tom|last=Sunderland}} He was named in the Best XI of the tournament and won the Golden Glove award for the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/futbol/liga-mx/2017/05/31/592dfc86ca4741c1058b45bf.html|title=Chivas y Tigres dominan el 11 ideal del Clausura 2017|date=31 May 2017|website=MARCA Claro México}}{{cite web|title=Chivas y Almeyda acapararon el Balón de Oro|url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/liga-mx/chivas-y-almeyda-acapararon-el-balon-de-oro|work=MedioTiempo.com|date=16 July 2017|language=es}}
The following season, he proved to be vital again as Guadalajara won the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League against Major League Soccer club Toronto FC,{{cite web|title=Chivas Win CONCACAF Champions League|url=https://www.beinsports.com/us/liga-mx/news/chivas-win-concacaf-champions-league/855746|work=BeinSport.com|date=25 April 2018}} as he was rewarded the Golden Glove of the tournament and named in the Best XI.{{cite web|url=https://www.concacafchampionsleague.com/en/golden-glove|title=Golden Glove|publisher=CONCACAF.com|date=25 April 2018|access-date=26 April 2018|archive-date=7 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807033022/https://www.concacafchampionsleague.com/en/golden-glove|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=2018 SCCL - Best XI|url=https://www.concacafchampionsleague.com/en/article/2018-sccl-best-xi|website=CONCACAF|access-date=26 April 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140446/https://www.concacafchampionsleague.com/en/article/2018-sccl-best-xi|url-status=dead}}
=León=
On 16 May 2018, Cota completed a move to León.{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/former-chivas-goalkeeper-cota-moves-to-club-leon/5kzyvqhh63d11gclbiffd459i|title=Chivas transfer news: Goalkeeper Rodolfo Cota signs with Club Leon - Goal.com|website=www.goal.com}}
Cota controversially wore a jersey to protest against femicide in Mexico during a match against Club Necaxa on 22 February 2020. The shirt had the figure of a woman lying in a pool of blood in the shape of a map of Mexico. Cota may be suspended for three matches and fined MXN $300,000 (US$15,000).[https://www.lajornadamaya.mx/2020-02-24/Portero-de-Leon-se-manifiesta-contra-feminicidios--podria-ser-sancionado Goalkeeper of León manifests against femicides; could be sanctioned] {{in lang|es}} La Jornada Maya, 24 February 2020
==Loan to América==
International career
=Youth=
Cota represented the under-20 squad at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.{{FIFA player|268714}}
=Senior=
In September 2016, Cota received his first senior national team call-up under coach Juan Carlos Osorio for October friendlies against New Zealand and Panama.{{cite web|title=Gio y Jona dos Santos, en la convocatoria del Tri para Nueva Zelanda y Panamá|url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/liga-mx/gio-jona-santos-convocatoria-tri-zelanda-panama|work=Medio Tiempo|date=29 September 2016|language=es}}
Cota was included in the preliminary roster for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia as a replacement for José de Jesús Corona since he picked up an injury.{{cite web|title= Rodolfo Cota reemplazará a Jesús Corona en Selección Mexicana para Copa Confederaciones|url=https://www.telemundodeportes.com/seleccion-mexico/rodolfo-cota-reemplazara-jesus-corona-en-seleccion-mexicana-para-copa-confederaciones|work=Telemundo Deportes|date=25 May 2017|language=es}} Cota made his debut on 1 June 2017 in a friendly match against Ireland at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, concluding in a 3–1 victory.{{cite web|title=Cota, Hernandez thrilled with Mexico debuts|url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/cota-hernandez-thrilled-with-mexico-debuts/197exxbiqgq1e1tew9hxhd9ni3|work=Goal.com|date=1 June 2017}} Cota was subsequently included in Mexico's final roster for the tournament.{{cite web|title=Los 23 de Osorio para la Confederaciones |url=https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/futbol/seleccion-mx/2017/06/08/593936b2468aeb80498b46a4.html |work=Marca |language=es |date=8 June 2017 |access-date=10 October 2018}}
In October 2022, Cota was named in Mexico's preliminary 31-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and in November, he was ultimately included in the final 26-man roster, but did not receive any minutes on the field during the tournament.{{cite web|title=Lista de convocados de la Selección Mexicana al Mundial de Qatar 2022|url=https://www.tvazteca.com/aztecadeportes/lista-oficial-convocados-seleccion-mexicana-mundial-qatar-2022|work=Tvazteca.com|first=Omar|last=Moro|date=14 November 2022|language=Spanish}}
Career statistics
=Club=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="8"|Pachuca
|rowspan="5"|Mexican Primera División |5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2008–09
|1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10
|4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11
|8 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12
|21 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13
|rowspan="2"|Liga MX |34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14
|1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!74 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 96 | 0 | |
| Puebla (loan)
|Liga MX |31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="4"|Guadalajara (loan)
|rowspan="3"|Liga MX |15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17
|42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18
|31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!88 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 108 | 0 | |
| rowspan="7"|León
|rowspan="6"|Liga MX |36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20
|28 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21
|36 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|37 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23
|36 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 44 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24
|36 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!209 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 231 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!402 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 467 | 0 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 14 June 2022|{{NFT player|id=68107|accessdate=6 October 2020}}}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| colspan=6 | Mexico | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| Total ||8||0 |
Honours
Puebla
- Copa MX: Clausura 2015{{cite web|url=https://www.univision.com/deportes/liga-mx/puebla-4-2-chivas-cuauhtemoc-se-retira-como-campeon-de-copa-mx|title=Puebla 4-2 Chivas: Cuauhtémoc se retira como campeón de Copa MX|last=Univision|website=Univision}}
Guadalajara
- Liga MX: Clausura 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.chivasdecorazon.com.mx/noticias/28710|title=Regresó el Gigante|publisher=chivasdecorazon.com.mx|date=28 May 2017|access-date=28 May 2017}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Copa MX: Apertura 2015,{{cite web|url=http://www.chivasdecorazon.com.mx/noticias/26166|title=¡CHIVAS CAMPEÓN DE LA COPA MX APERTURA 2015!|publisher=chivasdecorazon.com.mx|date=4 November 2015|access-date=5 November 2015}} Clausura 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.chivasdecorazon.com.mx/noticias/28506/Hace-historia-en-la-Copa-|title=Hace historia en la Copa|publisher=chivasdecorazon.com.mx|date=19 April 2017|access-date=19 April 2017}}
- Supercopa MX: 2016{{cite web|url=http://www.chivasdecorazon.com.mx/noticias/27223/Chivas-Campen-de-la-SuperCopa-MX-|title=¡Chivas Campeón de la SuperCopa MX!|publisher=chivasdecorazon.com.mx|date=10 July 2016|access-date=10 July 2016}}
- CONCACAF Champions League: 2018{{cite web|url=http://www.chivasdecorazon.com.mx/noticias/30259/CAMPEONES-DE-CONCACAF-|title=¡CAMPEONES DE CONCACAF! |publisher=chivasdecorazon.com.mx|date=25 April 2018|access-date=25 April 2018}}
León
- Liga MX: Guardianes 2020{{cite web | last=Marshall | first=Tom | title=Club Leon sink Pumas to win 2020 Liga MX title | website=ESPN | date=13 December 2020 |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/590180 | access-date=18 December 2024}}
- CONCACAF Champions League: 2023{{cite web | last=Hernandez | first=Cesar | title=Leon beat LAFC to win club's first Concacaf Champions League title | website=ESPN | date=11 October 2023 |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/668748 | access-date=18 December 2024}}
- Leagues Cup: 2021{{cite web | last=Hernandez | first=Cesar | title=Club León celebrate "historic achievement" with Leagues Cup Final victory over Seattle | website=MLSsoccer | date=23 September 2021 |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/club-leon-celebrate-historic-achievement-with-leagues-cup-final-victory-over-sea | access-date=18 December 2024}}
América
- Liga MX: Apertura 2024{{cite web | last=Hernandez | first=Cesar | title=América beats Monterrey to lift 3rd-straight Liga MX trophy | website=ESPN | date=15 December 2024 |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/report?gameId=724679 | access-date=18 December 2024}}
- Campeones Cup: 2024{{cite web | title=América beat Columbus Crew in shootout to lift Campeones Cup | website=ESPN | date=25 September 2024 |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/report?gameId=717322 | access-date=18 December 2024}}
Individual
- Liga MX Golden Glove: 2016–17
- Liga MX Best XI: Clausura 2017
- CONCACAF Champions League Golden Glove: 2018
- CONCACAF Champions League Best XI: 2018
References
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External links
- {{Liga MX player|35980/rodolfo-cota-robles|Rodolfo Cota Robles}}
{{Club América squad}}
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