Federico Martín Rodríguez Rodríguez (born 3 April 1991) is a

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who plays as a

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for Cerrito. He represented Uruguay U20 national team. Rodríguez also holds Spanish nationality, it made him unrestricted to be register as a player of Serie A club despite born outside the European Union.

Club career

On 30 January 2011 Rodríguez was signed by Italian Serie A club

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for €4.12 million from

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.Genoa CFC SpA financial report and accounts on 31 December 2011 In June 2011 he was swapped directly with

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, both 50% registration rights were "valued" €3 million. He signed a 4-year contract. On 25 January 2012 he was signed by

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. In January 2013 he was signed by

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. On 21 June

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acquired Rodríguez for free and Robert Acquafresca outright from Genoa for €1.267 million. Rodríguez was released on 21 January 2015, 6 months early from his contract. He joined

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immediately.

International career

He has been capped by the

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for the

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and for the

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International goals

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References

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