Rodrigo Alejandro Sanhueza Godoy (born 21 October 1977) is a Chilean former professional

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who played as an

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for clubs in Chile and Indonesia. He also was a Chile international beach soccer player.

Club career

A product of

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youth system, Sanhueza made appearances for the first team in

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

and

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

. As an anecdote, he took part in the first derby against Universidad Católica played in the

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, alongside players such as Luis Mena,

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and Nicolás Córdova. In Chile, he after played for

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, Deportes Concepción and

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. Abroad, he played in Indonesia for

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in 2003 and

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in 2004.

International career

Following his retirement as a football player, he represented the Chile beach soccer team from 2008 to 2011. In 2009, he took part in the

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, alongside retired professional footballers such as Cristian Olivares, Rodrigo Cuevas, , Germán Osorio and Carlos Medina, with

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as coach. In 2010, they won the

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after defeating

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, being named the best player of the tournament.

Personal life

As a beach soccer player, he was nicknamed ''El Acróbata'' (The Acrobat).

Honours

Colo-Colo *

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, 1997 Clausura,

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Chile (beach soccer) *

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References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanhueza, Rodrigo 1977 births Living people Footballers from Temuco Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Colo-Colo footballers Santiago Morning footballers Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers Persib Bandung players Persigo Gorontalo players Deportes Temuco footballers Chilean Primera División players Indonesian Premier Division players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Men's association football midfielders