Luis Ángel Rodríguez Ayazo (born 15 February 1995) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Rodríguez began his career with

Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a professional association football league in Colombia and the highest level of the Colombian ...

club

Envigado Envigado () is a city and municipality due South of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia Department, Antioquia. It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. It borders El Poblado, Medellín to the north, Sabaneta, An ...

. He made his professional debut on 3 March 2017 against

Águilas Doradas Águilas Doradas is a professional Colombian Association football, football team based in Rionegro that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio Alberto Grisales, Alberto Grisales stadium. The club a ...

in the

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. He scored his first goal for the club on 17 May against Águilas Doradas, the equalizer in a 1–1 draw. He made his league debut on 8 July against

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, starting in the 2–4 defeat. In 2019, Rodríguez joined

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club

Cortuluá Cortuluá, officially named Cortuluá Fútbol Club S. A. and previously known as Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá for short, was a Colombian football club from Tuluá, Valle del Cauca Department. It was founded in 1967 and last played in Categ ...

on loan. He made his debut for the club on 4 February in a 2–1 victory against Tigres. He was sent off in his final match for the club on 6 December against

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Tormenta

On 26 January 2021, Rodríguez signed with American

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club Tormenta on a one-year deal. He made his debut for the club on 29 May in a 1–3 defeat against

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, coming on as a substitute.

Aizawl

On February 2025,

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snapped up Rodríguez for the rest of the

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season. On 17 February 2025, he scored his first goal for the club in injury-time, in a 1–1 draw against

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. The scoreline was changed to a 3–0 forfeit win for

after

fielded an ineligible player.

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at Tormenta {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodríguez, Luis 1995 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Colombian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Footballers from Antioquia Department Envigado F.C. players Cortuluá footballers Tormenta FC players PK-35 (men) players Llaneros F.C. players Categoría Primera A players Categoría Primera B players USL League One players Ykkönen players Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Finland 21st-century Colombian sportsmen