Richard Rodríguez (footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Álvez.

Richard Rodríguez

Rodríguez with Vida in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Richard Andrés Rodríguez Álvez
Date of birth	(1992-07-13) 13 July 1992
Place of birth	Toledo, Uruguay
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Diriangén
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Rentistas	33	(0)
2014–2015	Canadian	23	(0)
2015–2016	Platense	26	(1)
2016	Cerrito	11	(0)
2017	Vida	29	(2)
2018–2019	Real Estelí	59	(4)
2019	Deportivo Santaní	19	(0)
2020–2022	Real Estelí	95	(13)
2022–2023	Municipal Liberia
2023	→ Diriangén (loan)	18	(1)
2024–	Diriangén	0	(0)
International career
2019–2022	Nicaragua	19	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:09, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Richard Andrés Rodríguez Álvez (born 13 July 1992) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Costa Rican Liga Primera de Nicaragua club Diriangén FC.

Although capped for the Nicaragua national team, he was later declared ineligible by CONCACAF.

Career

Born and raised in Uruguay, he moved to Nicaragua for the first time in early 2018, when he joined Real Estelí FC. After just a season and a half playing for them and shortly after signing for Paraguayan club Deportivo Santaní, he was naturalized by Nicaragua and made his international debut on 5 September 2019.