Sergio Rodríguez (footballer, born 1928)

Sergio Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name	Sergio Rodríguez Viera
Date of birth	4 April 1928
Place of birth	Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
Date of death	6 April 1986 (aged 58)
Place of death	Alicante, Spain
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1946–1949	Rampla Juniors
1949–1951	Stade Français
1950–1953	Málaga
1953–1954	Real Madrid
1954–1958	Hércules
1958–1960	Alicante
1960–1961	Orihuela Deportiva
1961–1962	Alicante
Managerial career
1955	Hércules (caretaker)
1957	Hércules
1958	Hércules (caretaker)
1959–1960	Alicante
1960–1961	Orihuela Deportiva
1962–1963	UD Tabernes
1964–1965	Monóvar CD
1965–1966	Orihuela Deportiva
1966–1967	Hércules (assistant)
1967–1968	Hércules
1968–1969	Mallorca
1971–1972	Español San Vicente
1973–1975	Alicante
1975–1978	UD Onil
1979–1981	Crevillente
1981–1982	Baza
1982–1983	Caravaca
1984–1985	Castalla CF
1986	Callosa Deportiva
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergio Rodríguez Viera (4 April 1928 – 6 April 1986) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward, and football manager.

Playing career

Rodríguez played for the Uruguayan Primera División, French Ligue 1, and Spanish La Liga. After good seasons with Rampla Juniors played two seasons with the Stade Français which struggled to avoid relegation. In three seasons with CD Málaga where he scored goals, he signed for Real Madrid C.F. In Madrid played 5 league games. In the 1954–55 season he joined to Hércules CF where he spent 4 seasons at a good level. He was in Hércules where he started as player–manager on an interim basis. He later played on the third level with Alicante CF and Orihuela Deportiva CF, where he also served as player-coach these teams.

Then began a coaching career that led him to spend practically all categories of Spanish football. In the 1968–69 season reached promotion to RCD Mallorca in La Liga.^[1]

Rodríguez' brother, Héctor Rodríguez Viera, was also a footballer, in teams as Club Nacional de Football.^[2]