Sandro Rodríguez Felipe (born 26 May 1990) is a Spanish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who last played for Indian

I-League The I-League is the men's second professional football division of the Indian football league system behind the Indian Super League. Administered by the All India Football Federation, it is currently contested by 13 clubs. It operates as a s ...

side

Chennai City Chennai, also known as Madras ( its official name until 1996), is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian censu ...

as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Rodríguez represented UD Geneto and CD Sobradillo as a youth before joining the academy of

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L� ...

. In September 2009, he made his debut for the reserves, in an away match against

CD Puertollano Club Deportivo Puertollano was a Spanish football team based in Puertollano, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1948 it played in Tercera División – Group 18, holding home matches at '' Estadio Ciudad de Puert ...

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. On 15 April 2012, he made his debut for the senior team in a 1–1 draw against

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

. On 3 August 2012, Rodríguez was loaned out to fellow league club

CD Marino Club Deportivo Marino Playa de Las Américas, known simply as CD Marino, is a semi-professional Spanish football club based in Playa de Las Américas, Tenerife, in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. Founded in 1933, the club hails ...

for the upcoming season. On 20 January 2014, he signed for UD Las Palmas B. After spending three seasons with

UD Ibarra Unión Deportiva Ibarra is a Spanish football team based in Arona, southern Tenerife in the autonomous community of Canary Islands, Spain. Founded in 1969 it plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio Villa Isabel'', with a 3,000-seat capacit ...

in Tercera, Rodríguez moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined Indian club

on 2 May 2018. On 26 October, he made his debut in a 4–1 triumph over

Indian Arrows Indian Arrows (formerly known as Pailan Arrows) is an Indian developmental football team that competes in the Indian national football tiers. They competed in the I-League. The club was formed by the All India Football Federation in 2010, wi ...

. On 1 November, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against

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Honours

Club

;Chennai City FC *

: 2018–19

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Sandro 1990 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Spanish men's footballers Segunda División B players Tercera División players CD Tenerife B players CD Tenerife players CD Marino players UD Las Palmas Atlético players UD Las Palmas C players I-League players Chennai City FC players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in India Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India 21st-century Spanish sportsmen