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{{short description|Argentine footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Leonardo Rodríguez
| image = 
| full_name = Leonardo Adrian Rodríguez Iacobitti
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|8|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Lanús]], Argentina
| height = 1.80 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[Club Atlético Lanús|Lanús]]
| years1 = 1983–1988
| years2 = 1988–1989
| years3 = 1989–1990
| years4 = 1990–1991
| years5 = 1991–1992
| years6 = 1992–1993
| years7 = 1994
| years8 = 1995–1996
| years9 = 1997–1998
| years10 = 1998–2001
| years11 = 2001–2002
| years12 = 2002
| clubs1 = [[Club Atlético Lanús|Lanús]]
| clubs2 = [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]]
| clubs3 = [[Argentinos Juniors]]
| clubs4 = [[Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]
| clubs5 = [[Sporting Toulon Var|Toulon]]
| clubs6 = [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]]
| clubs7 = [[Borussia Dortmund]]
| clubs8 = [[Universidad de Chile (football club)|Universidad de Chile]]
| clubs9 = [[Club América]]
| clubs10 = [[Universidad de Chile (football club)|Universidad de Chile]]
| clubs11 = [[Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]
| clubs12 = [[Club Atlético Lanús|Lanús]]
| caps1 = 92
| caps2 = 29
| caps3 = 26
| caps4 = 27
| caps5 = 27
| caps6 = 30
| caps7 = 7
| caps8 = 55
| caps9 = 58
| caps10 = 83
| caps11 = 40
| caps12 = 11
| goals1 = 17
| goals2 = 4
| goals3 = 3
| goals4 = 6
| goals5 = 12
| goals6 = 2
| goals7 = 0
| goals8 = 16
| goals9 = 6
| goals10 = 20
| goals11 = 8
| goals12 = 2
| totalcaps = 485
| totalgoals = 96
| nationalyears1 = 1991–1994
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps1 = 28
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{ARG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1991 Copa América|1991 Chile]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[1993 Copa América|1993 	Ecuador]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[1992 King Fahd Cup|1992 Saudi Arabia]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1993 Artemio Franchi Cup|1993 Argentina]]|}}
}}

'''Leonardo ("Leo") Adrián Rodríguez Iacobitti''' (born 27 August 1966) is an Argentine former professional [[Association football|football]] [[midfielder]]. He played for nine different club sides in his career, and represented the [[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]] between 1991 and 1994.

==Club career==
Rodríguez was born in the city of [[Lanús]] in the [[Buenos Aires Province]] of Argentina. He started his career at [[Club Atlético Lanús]] in the [[Primera B Nacional|Argentine 2nd Division]] in 1983 and finished his career in 2002 at the same club.

In between this, he had two spells with [[Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]] and [[Universidad de Chile (football club)|Universidad de Chile]] as well as playing for [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]] and [[Argentinos Juniors]] in Argentina, [[Sporting Toulon Var|Toulon]] in France, [[Atalanta B.C.]] in Italy and [[Club América]] in Mexico and he also had a spell with [[Borussia Dortmund]] in Germany.

==International career==
Rodríguez played for the [[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]] between 1991 and 1994. He helped La Selección to win the [[Copa América]] in [[1991 Copa América|1991]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/arg-squad-sachamp.html | title = COPA AMÉRICA 1991 | date = 16 January 2009 | accessdate = 7 May 2013 | first = Héctor | website = [[RSSSF]] | last = Darío Pelayes}}</ref> and [[1993 Copa América|1993]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/arg-squad-sachamp.html | title = COPA AMÉRICA 1993 | date = 16 January 2009 | accessdate = 7 May 2013 | first = Héctor | website = [[RSSSF]] | last = Darío Pelayes}}</ref> and he was part of the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] squad.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/arg-squad-wc.html | title = WORLD CUP 1994 | date = 16 January 2009 | accessdate = 7 May 2013 | first = Héctor | website = [[RSSSF]] | last = Darío Pelayes}}</ref> He also helped Argentina win the 1992 Confederations Cup, in which he scored in the final itself, and also won the [[1993 Artemio Franchi Cup]] with the ''albicelestes''.

==Personal life==
His son, [[Thomas Rodríguez|Thomas]], is a professional footballer.<ref name="Son, Thomas">{{cite news|title=El hijo chileno del Leo Rodríguez que sueña con la Roja|url=http://www.cdf.cl/cdf/site/artic/20160210/pags/20160210200520.html|accessdate=8 April 2017|work=CDF|date=10 February 2016}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==
:''Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Rodríguez goal.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
|1
|20 October 1992
|[[King Fahd International Stadium|King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia
|{{fb|KSA}}
|style="text-align:center"|'''1'''–0
|style="text-align:center"|3–1
|[[1992 King Fahd Cup Final]]
|-
|2
|27 June 1993
|[[Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo|Estadio Monumental]], [[Guayaquil]], Ecuador
|{{fb|BRA}}
|style="text-align:center"|'''1'''–1
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|[[1993 Copa América]]
|-
|}

==Honours==
'''Universidad de Chile'''
* [[Primera División de Chile]]: [[1995 Primera División de Chile|1995]], [[1999 Primera División de Chile|1999]], [[2000 Primera División de Chile|2000]]
* [[Copa Chile]]: [[1998 Copa Apertura|1998]], [[2000 Copa Apertura|2000]]

'''San Lorenzo'''
* [[Copa Mercosur]]: [[2001 Copa Mercosur|2001]]
* [[Copa Sudamericana]]: [[2002 Copa Sudamericana|2002]]

'''Argentina'''
* [[Copa América]]: [[1991 Copa América|1991]], [[1993 Copa América|1993]]
* [[FIFA Confederations Cup]]: [[1992 FIFA Confederations Cup|1992]]
* [[CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions]]: [[1993 Artemio Franchi Cup|1993]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT player|12603}}
* {{BDFA|LEONARDO-ADRIAN-RODRIGUEZ-494}}

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