Luis Rodas

Luis Rodas
Personal information
Full name Luis René Rodas Medina
Date of birth (1985-01-03) 3 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Mictlán
Youth career
1995– Motagua B
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2006 Valencia
2006–2007 Hispano
2007–2008 Motagua (13)
2009–2010 Suchitepéquez 25 (6)
2010–2011 Necaxa 0 (0)
2011– Mictlán
International career‡
2007–2008 Honduras U-23 4 (0)
2007 Honduras 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2008-09-11
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2008-08-13
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodas and the second or maternal family name is Medina.

Luis René Rodas Medina (born 3 January 1985) is a Honduran football striker who plays for Mictlán.[1]

Club career

Nicknamed el Castor (the Beaver), he previously played for F.C. Motagua since he was 10 years old.

After Rodas and teammate Roy Posas were released by Motagua after a drink-driving incident which led to their arrest,[2] Rodas moved abroad to play for Guatemalan side Suchitepéquez where he was joined by compatriot José Güity in 2009.[3] He joined Necaxa for the 2010 Apertura championship[4] and returned to Guatemala to play the 2012 Clausura for Mictlán.[5]

International career

Rodas has played in every category of the Honduras national football team, making his debut for the senior side versus El Salvador. He also played at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[6][7]

Honours and awards

Club

F.C. Motagua

References

  1. ^ NOTICIAS DE MICTLAN
  2. ^ Rodas y Posas separados del Motagua por escándalo Archived 2 July 2013 at archive.today – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El “Baba” al Suchi… – El Heraldo (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Leonardo Isaula y dos colombianos a Necaxa – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Mictlán se queda sin el portero Paulo Motta Archived 26 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine – Prensa Libre (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "Luis Rodas Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  7. ^ Luis Rodas – FIFA competition record (archived)


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