Mon Rodríguez

Mon Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name	Ramón Luis Rodríguez Soto
Date of birth	5 November 1928
Place of birth	Tibás, San José, Costa Rica
Date of death	13 November 2006 (aged 78)
Place of death	Costa Rica
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Unión Deportiva Tibaseña
Senior career*
Years	Team
1949–1954	Orión
1954–1958	Irapuato
1958–1959	Dragón
1960	Águila
1961–1962	Luis Ángel Firpo
1963	Zelaya
1964	Progreso
International career
1953	Costa Rica
Managerial career
	Nicoya
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ramón Luis "Mon" Rodríguez Soto (5 November 1928 – 13 November 2006), also known as Mon Rodríguez, was a Costa Rican footballer who played professionally in the Mexican Primera División.

He also represented Costa Rica at international level.

Club career

Born in Tibás, San José, Rodríguez played as a forward. He began his career with local side Orión. He made his Costa Rican Primera División debut with Orión in 1949, scoring 13 goals in his first season.^[1]

Rodríguez began playing professional football with Mexican Primera División side Irapuato in 1954. Four seasons later, he moved to El Salvador to play for Dragón and Águila. Next, Rodríguez began a career as a player-manager, first with Luis Ángel Firpo, Zelaya and Progreso of Honduras.^[2] In 1965, he returned to Costa Rica where he retired from playing and managed local side Nicoya.^[3]

International career

Rodríguez scored two goals in three appearances for the Costa Rica national football team, helping the side win the 1953 CCCF Championship.^[1]

Personal life

Rodríguez worked for many years at the Banco Popular, retiring in 1990. He was married and had two children.^[2] He died in November 2006.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Calvo C., Rodrigo (16 November 2006). "Ramón Mon Rodríguez: El gol fue su gran compañero" [Ramón Mon Rodríguez: El gol fue su gran compañero] (in Spanish). La Nacion.
^ ^a ^b Ramón Mon Rodríguez: El gol fue su gran compañero (Obituary) - Nación (in Spanish)
^ ""Mon" Rodríguez en datos" ["Mon" Rodríguez in data] (in Spanish). La Nacion. 20 December 2004.
^ "Efemérides 13 de noviembre 2011" [Calendar 13 November 2011] (in Spanish). Cambio Politico. 13 November 2011.