Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ramón Luis Rodríguez Soto | ||
Date of birth | 5 November 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Tibás, San José, Costa Rica | ||
Date of death | 13 November 2006 | (aged 78)||
Place of death | Costa Rica | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Unión Deportiva Tibaseña | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1949–1954 | Orión | (45) | |
1954–1958 | Irapuato | ||
1958–1959 | Dragón | ||
1960 | Águila | ||
1961–1962 | Luis Ángel Firpo | ||
1963 | Zelaya | ||
1964 | Progreso | ||
International career | |||
1953 | Costa Rica | 3 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
Nicoya | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ramón Luis "Mon" Rodríguez Soto (5 November 1928 – 13 November 2006), also known as Mon Rodríguez, was a Costa Rican footballer who played professionally in the Mexican Primera División.
He also represented Costa Rica at international level.
Born in Tibás, San José, Rodríguez played as a forward. He began his career with local side Orión. He made his Costa Rican Primera División debut with Orión in 1949, scoring 13 goals in his first season. [1]
Rodríguez began playing professional football with Mexican Primera División side Irapuato in 1954. Four seasons later, he moved to El Salvador to play for Dragón and Águila. Next, Rodríguez began a career as a player-manager, first with Luis Ángel Firpo, Zelaya and Progreso of Honduras. [2] In 1965, he returned to Costa Rica where he retired from playing and managed local side Nicoya. [3]
Rodríguez scored two goals in three appearances for the Costa Rica national football team, helping the side win the 1953 CCCF Championship. [1]
Rodríguez worked for many years at the Banco Popular, retiring in 1990. He was married and had two children. [2] He died in November 2006. [4]