Francisco Javier Rodríguez Rubio (born 3 April 1976), also known as Paco Rodríguez Rubio or Pacho Rubio in Indonesia, is a Chilean former professional

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who played as a striker for clubs in Chile and Indonesia.

Career

As a youth player, he was with both Universidad Católica and

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youth systems, where he coincided with players such as

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and

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in the last, Despite he joined

Arema Malang Arema Football Club is an Indonesian professional association football, football club based in Malang Regency, Malang, East Java. The club competes in the Liga 1 (Indonesia), Liga 1, the top flight of Football in Indonesia, Indonesian Footba ...

in the 1997–98 season by suggestion of his older brother and player of the team,

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, Francisco made appearances in the 1999–2000 season, where he scored 10 goals. In addition to his brother, in the club he also coincided with his compatriot

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. Previously, he played for

PSIM Yogyakarta Perserikatan Sepakbola Indonesia Mataram ( Hanacaraka: ꦥꦼꦂꦱꦠꦸꦮꦤ꧀ꦱꦼꦥꦏ꧀ꦧꦺꦴꦭꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦺꦴꦤꦺꦱꦶꦪꦩꦠꦫꦩ꧀ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ), commonly known as PSIM Yogyakarta, is an Indonesian profes ...

and

PSM Makassar Persatuan Sepakbola Makassar ( 'Football Association of Makassar') commonly referred to as PSM Makassar, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Makassar, South Sulawesi that competes in Liga 1. PSM was founded in 1915 as , ma ...

Personal life

Francisco and his older brother,

, with whom he coincided in Indonesian football, are the sons of the former Chile international footballer

Juan Rodríguez Vega Juan Carlos Rodríguez Vega (16 January 1944 – 1 September 2021) was a Chilean footballer and manager who played as a defender. He made 26 appearances for the Chile national team. Club career Rodríguez began his playing career with Chile ...

and the nephews of the also former footballers

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and Gabriel Rodríguez Vega. As a player of Arema Malang, he was well known by his temper, being nicknamed ''Bad Boy''.

References

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Francisco Rodríguez Rubio
at QtAremania * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rubio, Pacho 1976 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers PSIM Yogyakarta players PSM Makassar players Arema F.C. players Chilean Primera División players Indonesian Premier Division players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Men's association football forwards