Rodolfo Sulia
{{short description|Puerto Rican footballer}}
{{Notability|1=Biographies|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rodolfo Sulia
| image =
| fullname = Rodolfo Eduardo III Sulia Herrera
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|08|08}}
| birth_place = Carolina, Puerto Rico
| height = 1.88 m
| position = Defender
| currentclub = FC Naples
| clubnumber = 32
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2019
| youthclubs1 = Mirabelli SA
| youthyears2 = 2019–2020
| youthclubs2 = Gimnasia y Esgrima
| years1 = 2020
| clubs1 = Satélite Norte
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2020–2021
| clubs2 = Metropolitan FA
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2021
| clubs3 = Chicago House
| caps3 = 17
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2022
| clubs4 = Puerto Rico Sol
| caps4 = 14
| goals4 = 3
| years5 = 2023
| clubs5 = Fort Wayne FC
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2024
| clubs6 = Academia Quintana
| caps6 =
| goals6 =
| clubs7 = FC Naples
| years7 = 2025–
| caps7 = 6
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2020–
| nationalteam1 = Puerto Rico U20
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2019–
| nationalteam2 = Puerto Rico
| nationalcaps2 = 8
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| pcupdate = 24 June 2025
| nationalteam-update = 10 June 2021
}}
Rodolfo Eduardo III Sulia Herrera (born August 8, 2002) is a Puerto Rican football player who currently plays as a defender for FC Naples in the USL League One.
Club career
Sulia joined the reserve squad of Club Gimnasia y Esgrima of Argentina’s Primera Nacional from local side Mirabelli SA in 2019.{{cite web |last1=Jusino |first1=Edwin |title=Los 10 mejores clubes de desarollo elite en Puerto Rico para el 2020 |date=16 March 2020 |url=https://futbolboricua.co/los-10-mejores-clubes-de-desarollo-elite-en-puerto-rico-para-el-2020/ |publisher=Futbol Boricua |access-date=1 May 2021 |language=Spanish}}{{cite web |title=Breaking Down North Texas SC |url= https://www.dalsportsnation.com/2020/02/06/breaking-down-north-texas-sc/amp/|publisher=Dallas Sports Nation |access-date=1 May 2021}}
In February 2020 Sulia went on trial with North Texas SC of USL League One. He was originally identified by North Texas SC in 2019 when he trialed with its parent club, FC Dallas of Major League Soccer.
In October 2020 Sulia joined Satélite Norte FC of the Copa Simón Bolívar, the second tier league of Bolivia.{{cite web |title=Rumbo a Bolivia un grupo de futbolistas boricuas |date=10 October 2020 |url=https://lavozdigitalpr.com/2020/10/10/rumbo-a-bolivia-un-grupo-de-futbolistas-boricuas/ |publisher=Lavoz Digital PR |access-date=1 May 2021 |language=Spanish}}{{cite web |title=Boricuas empatan en el inicio de la segunda ronda de la Copa Simón Bolívar en Bolivia |date=28 November 2020 |url=https://futbolboricua.co/boricuas-empatan-en-el-inicio-de-la-segunda-ronda-de-la-copa-simon-bolivar-en-bolivia/ |publisher=Futbolboricua.co |access-date=1 May 2021 |language=Spanish}}
By 2021 he had joined reigning Liga Puerto Rico champions Metropolitan FA as it prepared for its 2021 Caribbean Club Championship campaign.{{cite web |title=Bajas en CONCACAF Caribbean |url=https://www.quepalo.com/bajas-en-concacaf-caribbean-7902/ |publisher=Que Palo |access-date=1 May 2021 |language=Spanish}}
On June 9, 2021, Sulia and fellow Puerto Rican Joel Serrano joined National Independent Soccer Association club Chicago House AC.{{cite web |title=Puerto Rican National Team Duo Joins Chicago House AC |url=https://www.chicagohouseac.com/news/2021/06/10/puerto-rican-national-team-duo-joins-chicago-house-ac |website=ChicagoHouseAC.com |access-date=10 June 2021}}
In 2025 Sulia joined FC Naples and made his first appearance against the Little Rock Rangers in the U.S. Open Cup as a substitute.
Career statistics
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{{updated|matches played March 24, 2021.}}{{NFT player|pid=75337}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3"|Puerto Rico
|2019 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total | 8 | 0 |
References
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{{FC Naples squad}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Carolina, Puerto Rico
Category:Puerto Rican men's footballers
Category:Puerto Rican expatriate men's footballers
Category:Puerto Rico men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
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