var playerInfo={"BFA4903D06441BD5032C18CFE9B50683":"<STRONG><U>CLUB<BR><\/U><\/STRONG><BR><STRONG>VfL Wolfsburg<\/STRONG><BR>DFB-Pokal: 2014&#8211;15<BR>DFL-Supercup: 2015<BR><BR><STRONG><U>INTERNATIONAL<BR><\/U><\/STRONG><BR><STRONG>Switzerland<\/STRONG><BR>FIFA U-17 World Cup: 2009<BR><BR><STRONG><U>INDIVIDUAL<BR><\/U><\/STRONG><BR><STRONG>FC Zurich Fans&#39; Player of the Season: <BR><\/STRONG>2011&#8211;12<BR><BR><STRONG>Swiss Footballer of the Year:<\/STRONG> <BR>2014","C94C0D651EC157BC":"77kg","46F0C72A3415188ABA1E996C06156FBC05C24372D6636D63":"1","46F0C72A3415188A868170E78E72CF24":"3500000.00","C403D9D9F071ACF5":"93522","4039037DD85D60421E356E7B3EA31BE5":"AC Milan,PSV Eindhoven[on loan],VfL Wolfsburg,Zurich,FC Zurich U21","BA50BEB0DB40F3ADF7C4575FF4221F17":"","FAF88D97B63B269A":"180cm","411CCFA197052F93":"Ricardo Ivan Rodriguez Araya","D41F91B0720932DCFCEBDA572EB68D71":"1992-8-25","797F91F0051E8E7502912D1DDA7DF5C1":"Switzerland,Chile","99B9FE00554E753D0BC6E1E16DA9F791":"AC Milan","8025E7E497D77CF6":"Torino","6A0E980854EFD8AD1B424574AD15DF0D":"2020-9-1","BCB817AACBF8A2A6870B9B82788BC0CB":"2","94D0847B815EE9D1AA49123A5072B2C7":"<P>Ricardo Ivan Rodriguez Araya (born 25 August 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Torino and the Switzerland national team.<BR><BR>Born to a Spanish father and a Chilean mother of Basque descent, Rodr&#237;guez began his professional career at local club FC Zurich in 2010, having spent eight years in the youth setup. After breaking through into the first team at Zurich, Rodr&#237;guez was sold to VfL Wolfsburg in January 2012 for &#163;7.5 million. He played 184 games across all competitions for Wolfsburg, scoring 22 goals and winning the DFB-Pokal and DFL-Supercup in 2015. In 2017, he signed for A.C. Milan.<BR><BR>Rodriguez has earned caps at every level of the Swiss national team setup, winning the FIFA U17 World Cup in 2009. A full international for Switzerland since 2011, Rodr&#237;guez has earned eighty caps for the country. He was part of the Swiss team at the 2012 Olympics, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In 2014, he was voted Swiss Footballer of the Year.<BR><BR>Due to his wide range of skills, Rodriguez is known for being equally adept at defending as he is going forward. Although usually a left-back, his size and physique have also seen him be deployed as a centre-back on occasion. Experts consider him as an accomplished defender and note his strong heading ability, as well his personality. He is also considered a continual attacking threat, and has been noted by analysts for his exceptional stamina and pace, which allow for his constant, buccaneering runs up the wing; he has also drawn praise from pundits for rarely conceding careless fouls. Conversely, he has been criticised for giving too much room to opposition attackers, taking up poor positioning and lacking in defensive discipline, while other analysts have criticised his concentration.<BR><BR>Possessing good technique and distribution, he has become known for his pinpoint crossing and accurate left foot, which have earned him comparisons with Everton and England left back Leighton Baines. He is also noted for his speciality in dead ball situations, such as corner kicks, direct free kicks, and indirect free kicks, as well as for his excellent penalty taking abilities, emerging as Wolfsburg&#39;s first-choice penalty taker during the 2013&#8211;14 season. In 2014, his manager Dieter Hecking praised Rodriguez as &quot;the best left-back in the Bundesliga&quot;.<\/P>","60DC9D976694DF52":"1","BDC97245F9A52F8B":"77","2134628892B06B90":"Ricardo Ivan Rodriguez Araya","EABD711929A60B526AB9CD802EC5F0A7":"13","e_index":9};