Patricio Julián Rodríguez
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Patricio Julián Rodríguez (born 4 May 1990 in Quilmes) is an Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 football midfielder. He currently plays as a winger forward for Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....

 at the Argentine Primera División. Although predominantly right-footed, he has been used on the left-wing on many occasions, especially during Antonio Mohamed
Antonio Mohamed
Antonio 'El Turco' Mohamed is a retired Argentine football striker, and soccer manager. He is given the nickname 'El Turco' due to his Syrian and Lebanese ethnicity. In Argentina the Arabs are usually mistakenly called Turks since they came to Argentina with Ottoman documents in the 1900s...

's coaching.

Patricio was born on Quilmes, a city of Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires is the generic denomination to refer to the megalopolis comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the conurbation around it, over the province of Buenos Aires—namely the adjacent 24 partidos or municipalities—which nonetheless do not constitute a single administrative...

. Due to his given name, his entire family and friends call him "Patito" (little duck). He completed his entire youth career at Independiente, and made his first appearance on the Argentine Primera División on February 2008.

Career

He played his first official match with Independiente aged 17, in a 1-0 away defeat to Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...

 on 10 February 2008. He scored his first two goals for the club in a 2-4 away win against Atlético Tucumán on 30 August 2009. Rodríguez scored his first international goal on January 25, 2011 for the 2011 Copa Libertadores
2011 Copa Libertadores
The 2011 Copa Libertadores de América was the 52nd edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier international club tournament. It was held from January 25 to June 22 of the same year...

 on a 2-0 win against Deportivo Quito. Ariel Wiktor was his trainer.

On June 2011 he scored a goal against Olimpo dribbling 3 players and the goalkeeper.

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