Rodrigo Santiago
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Rodrigo Daniel Santiago Pintos (born February 17, 1990, in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a professional
soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
player from Uruguay who currently plays for the New Jersey Alliance. Raised in
Rockaway, New Jersey Rockaway is a borough in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,598, an increase of 160 (+2.5%) from the 2010 census count of 6,438, which in turn reflected a decl ...
, Santiago played prep soccer at Morris Hills High School.


Career


Club

During his time in the states Santiago played most of his youth club soccer in Parsippany Soccer Club. In early 2009, he joined New Jersey Rangers and played only a single game in the USL Premier Development League due to an injury that kept him off the fields for the rest of the season.


Professional

Santiago moved back to Uruguay in July 2009 after 12 years in the United States of America. He joined the u-19 of Juventud de Las Piedras of the
Uruguayan Primera División The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , , local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional Association football, football league in Uruguay organized b ...
, in 2010 he joined new founded Canadian Soccer Club that was entering the Uruguayan Segunda División Amateur . In 2013, he helped the club win their first ever championship and promotion to the professional
Uruguayan Segunda División The Segunda División Profesional is the second division of professional football in Uruguay, established in 1942. The league is sometimes referred to as ''Primera B''. In 1942, the Segunda División was established to replace the amateur Uruguaya ...
. Santiago also scored the first official goal in the history of the club Canadian Soccer Club from Uruguay. "Lolo" signed his first professional contract in October 2013 on a one-year agreement with the club. In August 2014 he returned to the United States and signed with professional club team Icon FC of the American Soccer League (ASL) on a one-year deal agreement as well .Former Parsippany SC Revolution players will also be signing with ICON FC
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Santiago, Rodrigo 1990 births Living people Morris Hills High School alumni Uruguayan men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States USL League Two players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Montevideo Men's association football midfielders Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian Soccer Club players Juventud de Las Piedras players Montclair State Red Hawks athletes College men's soccer players in the United States Soccer players from Morris County, New Jersey People from Rockaway, New Jersey American Soccer League (2014–2017) FC Motown players