Barcelona mourn their former star Francis Rodriguez “Rodrigo”, the historic defender of the Catalan team between 1958 and 1966, who died today, Tuesday, at the age of 88.
Born on March 8, 1934 in Barcelona, the defender played 236 games for Barcelona’s first team and wore the Spanish national team jersey four times.
The death of the footballer Francesc Rodríguez, more known as “Rodri”, played by the first team between 1958 and 1966 and changed the skin of the technically azulgrana body until the decade of the ascension pic.twitter.com/iGHi37OtQN
– FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) 17 May 2022
Rodrigo, along with Fran Oliola and Siegfried Gracia, became one of the mainstays of the team, coached by Helenio Herrera between 1958 and 1960.
Rodrigo has been injured since 1963 and retired in 1966 at the age of 32.
Faced with the Catalan team winning the European Cup seasonally (1959/60 and 1965/66), the Spanish league title winning the season (1958/59 and 1959/60) and the season winning cup (1958/59 and 1962). 63).
Upon his retirement, he joined the Barcelona coaching staff, where he coached youth teams from 1966-70, then from 1970 to 1976 as an assistant to Vick Buckingham, Marinos Michels, Hans Wesweiler and Loriano Ruiz.
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