Héctor Rodas Ramírez (born 7 March 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender.

Héctor Rodas
Rodas with Levante in 2011
Personal information
Full name Héctor Rodas Ramírez[1]
Date of birth (1988-03-07) 7 March 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2005–2007 Levante
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Levante B 51 (5)
2009–2015 Levante 64 (1)
2012Elche (loan) 15 (2)
2015 Betis 5 (0)
2015–2017 Córdoba 61 (2)
2017–2018 Cercle Brugge 5 (2)
2018–2019 Alcorcón 13 (0)
2019–2021 Cultural Leonesa 45 (4)
2021–2022 Odisha 15 (2)
2022–2023 Atlético Saguntino 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:24, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Club career edit

Born in Valencia, Valencian Community, Rodas finished his development at local Levante UD, and made his senior debut with the reserves, spending several years with them in the lower leagues. On 30 May 2009, he appeared in his first official game with the first team, starting in a 1–0 home win over Rayo Vallecano in the Segunda División.[2]

In the 2009–10 season, Rodas played 22 matches for the Granotas, who returned to La Liga after a two-year absence.[3] He made his debut in the top flight on 28 August 2010, featuring the entire 1–4 home loss against Sevilla FC.[4]

After playing only once in the first half of the 2011–12 campaign, a 3–1 defeat at Deportivo de La Coruña in the Copa del Rey in which he was also sent off,[5] Rodas was loaned to neighbouring Elche CF in January 2012.[6] Returned to Levante, he made 21 competitive appearances in 2012–13, including eight in the team's round-of-16 run in the UEFA Europa League.[7][8]

On 28 January 2015, Rodas terminated his contract with the club,[8] and signed with Real Betis of the second tier two days later.[9] After appearing rarely,[10] he moved to Córdoba CF in the same league on 27 June.[11]

Rodas joined Cercle Brugge K.S.V. of the Belgian First Division B on a two-year contract on 11 July 2017.[12] He returned to his country after only one season, however, going on to represent AD Alcorcón[13] and Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.[14]

On 11 August 2021, Rodas signed a one-year deal with Indian Super League side Odisha FC.[15][16] He made his league debut on 24 November against Bengaluru FC in a 3–1 win,[17] scoring a brace the following week in the 6–4 victory over SC East Bengal.[18]

Career statistics edit

As of 4 March 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Levante 2007–08[19] La Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008–09[19] Segunda División 4 0 0 0 4 0
2009–10[19] 22 1 1 0 23 1
2010–11[19] La Liga 5 0 1 0 6 0
2011–12[19] 0 0 1 0 1 0
2012–13[19] 10 0 3 0 8[a] 0 21 0
2013–14[19] 16 0 1 0 17 0
2014–15[19] 7 0 3 0 10 0
Total 64 1 10 0 8 0 0 0 82 1
Elche (loan) 2011–12[19] Segunda División 15 2 15 2
Betis 2014–15[19] Segunda División 5 0 0 0 5 0
Córdoba 2015–16[19] Segunda División 33 0 0 0 2[b] 0 35 0
2016–17[19] 28 2 2 0 30 2
Total 61 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 65 0
Cercle Brugge 2017–18[20] First Division B 5 2 0 0 5 2
Alcorcón 2018–19[19] Segunda División 13 0 2 0 15 0
2019–20[19] 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Cultural Leonesa 2019–20[19] Segunda División B 24 2 1 0 1[b] 0 26 2
2020–21[19] 21 2 0 0 21 2
Total 45 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 47 4
Odisha 2021–22[21] Indian Super League 15 2 15 2
Career total 223 13 15 0 8 0 3 0 249 13
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in promotion play-offs

Honours edit

Betis

Cercle Brugge

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Rodas". Diario AS. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  2. ^ El Levante fulmina al Rayo (Levante obliterate Rayo); Marca, 30 May 2009 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El Elche ficha al central Héctor Rodas (Elche sign stopper Héctor Rodas); La Información, 18 January 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Sevilla see off new boys Archived 26 February 2014 at archive.today; ESPN FC, 28 August 2010
  5. ^ Riazor se toma la Primera (Riazor takes First ("Primera" in English)); Marca, 13 December 2011 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Héctor Rodas refuerza la defensa del Elche (Héctor Rodas bolsters Elche's defence); Marca, 17 January 2012 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ El Levante huele a octavos (Levante smell like last-16); Diario AS, 14 February 2013 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ a b Héctor Rodas se desvincula del Levante UD (Héctor Rodas cuts ties with Levante UD); Levante UD, 28 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Mel aprueba a Héctor Rodas (Mel approves Héctor Rodas); Marca, 30 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Héctor Rodas, el segundo (Héctor Rodas, the second one); El Día de Córdoba, 28 June 2015 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ Héctor Rodas nuevo jugador del CCF (Héctor Rodas new player of CCF) Archived 2 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Córdoba CF, 27 June 2015 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ OFFICIEEL: Cercle stopt maar niet, volgende aanwinst wordt voorgesteld (OFFICIAL: Cercle keep going, next addition announced); Voetbal Primeur, 11 July 2017 (in Dutch)
  13. ^ Héctor Rodas ficha dos temporadas por el Alcorcón (Héctor Rodas signs for two seasons with Alcorcón); La Vanguardia, 20 August 2018 (in Spanish)
  14. ^ Locura de cambios en la Cultural (Market craze at Cultural); Diario de León, 2 September 2019 (in Spanish)
  15. ^ "Spanish defender Hector Rodas joins Odisha FC". Odisha FC. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Odisha FC announced the name of footballers and captains for ISL". Kolkata Football. 3 November 2021. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  17. ^ "ISL 2021–22: Odisha FC boss Bengaluru FC to seal historic win". International Olympic Committee. 24 November 2021. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  18. ^ "ISL: Odisha FC come from behind to beat SC East Bengal in 10-goal thriller". Hindustan Times. 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Héctor Rodas at BDFutbol
  20. ^ Héctor Rodas at WorldFootball.net
  21. ^ a b Héctor Rodas at Soccerway
  22. ^ "The lowdown on Real Betis 2014/15". La Liga. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

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