Héctor Rodas Ramírez (born 7 March 1988) is a Spanish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
central defender
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Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...
.
Club career
Born in
Valencia
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,
Valencian Community
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, Rodas finished his development at local
Levante UD
Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community.
Founded on 6 September 1909, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025– ...
, and made his senior debut with
the reserves, spending several years with them in the lower leagues. On 30 May 2009, he appeared in his first official game with the first team, starting in a 1–0 home win over
Rayo Vallecano
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in the
Segunda División
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.
In the
2009–10 season, Rodas played 22 matches for the ''Granotas'', who returned to
La Liga
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after a two-year absence. He made his debut in the top flight on 28 August 2010, featuring the entire 1–4 home loss against
Sevilla FC
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.
After playing only once in the first half of the
2011–12 campaign, a
3–1 defeat at
Deportivo de La Coruña
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in the
Copa del Rey
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in which he was also
sent off
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, Rodas was loaned to neighbouring
Elche CF
Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1923, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025–26 season, holding home matches at ...
in January 2012. Returned to Levante, he made 21 competitive appearances in
2012–13
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, including eight in the team's
round-of-16 run in the
UEFA Europa League
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.
[Héctor Rodas se desvincula del Levante UD (Héctor Rodas cuts ties with Levante UD)]
Levante UD, 28 January 2015 (in Spanish)
On 28 January 2015, Rodas terminated his contract with the club,
[ and signed with ]Real Betis
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of the second tier two days later. After appearing rarely, he moved to Córdoba CF
Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Córdoba, Andalusia, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1954 after the dissolution of RCD Córdoba. Currently it plays ...
in the same league on 27 June.
Rodas joined Cercle Brugge K.S.V. of the Belgian First Division B
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on a two-year contract on 11 July 2017. He returned to his country after only one season, however, going on to represent AD Alcorcón
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and Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RFE ...
.
On 11 August 2021, Rodas signed a one-year deal with Indian Super League
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side Odisha FC
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. He made his league debut on 24 November against Bengaluru FC
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in a 3–1 win, scoring a brace the following week in the 6–4 victory over SC East Bengal
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.
Career statistics
Honours
Betis
*Segunda División
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: 2014–15
Cercle Brugge
*Belgian Second Division
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: 2017–18[
]
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
21st-century Spanish sportsmen
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Valencia
Men's association football central defenders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Segunda Federación players
Atlético Levante UD players
Levante UD footballers
Elche CF players
Real Betis players
Córdoba CF players
AD Alcorcón footballers
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players
Atlético Saguntino players
Challenger Pro League players
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
Indian Super League players
Odisha FC players
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in India
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India