The new Blue and White player, who arrives on a free transfer, has a contract for the upcoming three seasons. José Rodríguez passed the medical at Vithas Salud Rincón Medical Center Rosaleda, the Club’s official medical services provider, and will be presented at the ‘Juan Cortés’ Press Room at La Rosaleda Stadium next week.
Formed at Real Madrid CF
José Rodríguez Martínez (Alicante, 1994) is a young midfielder and, at the same time, very experienced. His technical profile, deployment and drive with the ball at his feet in midfield soon caught the attention of Real Madrid CF. Before joining La Fábrica, he was part of the Villajoyosa lower categories (2002-07) as well as Hércules CF (2007-09).
Between 2009 and 2012 he was part of Madrid’s youth ranks, and later with Real Madrid Castilla (2012-14). During his memorable debut with the first team at just 17 years of age, with José Mourinho at the helm, he scored a superb goal in the Copa del Rey against Alcoyano (1-4 in favour of Real Madrid, 12/13 season).
RC Deportivo, Málaga CF and four different countries
Rodríguez was loaned out by Madrid to RC Deportivo de la Coruña in the 2014/15 season. The following year he began a pilgrimage that would take him to various European leagues, starting with the Süper Lig with Galatasaray (2015/16) where he won the Cup and Turkish Super Cup. In 2016/17, after signing to Mainz 05 in the German Bundesliga, he played the second half of the season on loan to Málaga CF (6 matches in LaLiga, all 6 in the starting-11 and 452 minutes). The last two campaigns he was part of Israeli outfit Maccabi Tel Aviv (2017/18) and Dutch side Fortuna Sittard competing in the Eredivisie (2018/19), playing regularly for both teams.
International
José Rodríguez was an international with Spain’s youth teams between 2010 and 2015, in the U-17, U-19 and U-20 teams as well as the U-21 squad (6 times).
