Lenny Rodrigues

Lenny Rodrigues
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-05-10) 10 May 1987
Place of birth Verna, Goa, India
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Pune City
Number 24
Youth career
2004–2006 Fransa-Pax
2006–2008 Salgaocar
2008–2009 Churchill Brothers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Churchill Brothers 71 (5)
2014– Pune City 29 (1)
2014–2016 → Dempo (loan) 18 (1)
2015- → Mohun Bagan (loan) 8 (1)
National team‡
2012– India 22 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:48, 23 April 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:43, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Lenny Rodrigues (born 10 May 1987 in Verna, Goa) is an Indian footballer who plays for Indian Super League club Pune City as a central midfielder.

Career

Lenny was born in Verna, Goa in Cortalim and turned professional at the age of 17 when he played for Fransa-Pax, a club who’s dissolving led Rodrigues to train with Salgaocar for a year and a half. Though he was offered a contract to play in the senior team for his new club, Rodrigues turned it down to wait for a move to Churchill Brothers, a club he supported as a boy, as an under-20 player. Passing through Churchill Brothers’ youth system, the midfielder won the I-League the year he joined the club, in the 2008–09 season. Rodrigues also played a role in his teams wins at the Durand Cup and 2009 IFA Shield and 2011 IFA Shield.[1]

On 20 March 2015, he signed a contract extension with Pune City.[2]

On 17 June 2015 Mohun Bagan confirmed the signing of Lennny Rodrigues on loan from Pune City for the 2015–16 I-League season [3]

International

Lenny made his senior international debut against Oman for India on 23 February 2012.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Rodrigues makes presence felt". Indian Express.
  2. ↑ "Transfer News". FC Pune City. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Noronha, Anselm (17 June 2015). "Lenny Rodrigues agrees to join Mohun Bagan". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "International Friendly: Oman 5-1 India". Goal.com.
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