Goal efficiency
How clinical and direct the player was in front of goal — volume, accuracy, and conversion.

Liga Profesional Argentina · Defender · #18 · Argentina · 32 yrs
L. Rodríguez is a defender. L. Rodríguez is a Argentine international, 32 years old, defender. L. Rodríguez wears shirt number 18. L. Rodríguez was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 1993-09-27. L. Rodríguez is 169 cm tall and weighs 66 kg. L. Rodríguez's Sportra profile tracks season statistics across CONMEBOL Libertadores, Liga Profesional Argentina, Liga MX, Primera Nacional, and other leagues. L. Rodríguez's page brings together career clubs, trophies, injury history, multi-competition stats, and related news headlines. On Sportra you can explore L. Rodríguez season statistics, transfer history, trophies, injury updates, and related news across every competition tracked in the profile.

Defender · #18
| Season | Team |
|---|---|
| 2026 | |
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 |
| Date | Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | Free agent | ||
| 2023-08-04 | N/A | ||
| 2023-01-13 | Free |
Season intelligence
Profile as Defender: defensive work. Archetype: Ball-winning midfielder. Season rating 6.6.
Scaled 0–99 from season output — map to fantasy, comparisons, or scouting cards.
Per-90 rates, efficiency ratios, and Sportra indices from season totals.
How clinical and direct the player was in front of goal — volume, accuracy, and conversion.
Playmaking output: assists, key passes, and custom chance-creation signals.
Isolation threat and progressive carrying — volume plus success rate.
How often they draw fouls and stay out of trouble with cards.
Tackles, duels, and off-ball defensive contribution.
Shot-stopping, goals conceded, and penalty saves.
Minutes, availability, and how central they were to the team.
Every tracked category for this league and season, grouped by Sportra.

James Rodriguez and Luis Diaz will continue to have Nestor Lorenzo as their coach, following his contract renewal with Colombia. Colombia confirmed that Nestor Lorenzo will continue as head coach of the men’s national team, closing the book on months of speculation about his future following the country’s run at the 2026 World Cup. The decision came after a meeting of the Colombian Football Federation’s (FCF) Executive Committee in Bogota on Thursday, July 23. The federation made the news official through an official statement: “The Executive Committee of the Colombian Football Federation announces, following the meeting held this Thursday, July 23, in the city of Bogota, the renewal of head coach Nestor Lorenzo’s contract at the helm of the Colombia men’s senior national team”. The communique didn’t specify an exact end date for the new deal, though it’s understood to run through the South American World Cup qualifiers for the 2030 edition, with the expectation that it could be extended further if Colombia reaches the centennial World Cup. The renewal gives Lorenzo, who took over the program in July 2022, a clear runway to build toward the next cycle with largely the same group of players that carried the team through this World Cup. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗼 𝗢𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹: 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼́𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗲́𝗰𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗡𝗲́𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗼🔗 https://t.co/mqIa6xbLCi#LaSeleNosUne🇨🇴 pic.twitter.com/QsxmHRSVJF— Selección Colombia (@FCFSeleccionCol) July 23, 2026 What the renewal means for James Rodriguez and Luis Diaz Lorenzo’s continuity is significant news for James Rodriguez in particular. The coach has consistently viewed the veteran playmaker as an important piece of his setup, calling him up regularly even during stretches when Rodriguez wasn’t producing his best form at club level. With Lorenzo staying on, the door remains open for Rodriguez to continue being part of the national team project going forward. Luis Diaz, meanwhile, faces no such uncertainty. The winger remains a fixture in Lorenzo’s plans and is currently regarded as Colombia’s best player, making him an obvious cornerstone as the team begins building toward the next World Cup cycle. Lorenzo’s numbers with Colombia Since taking charge, Lorenzo has restored Colombia to the top tier of South American football after a stretch on the margins of the region’s biggest competitions. His tenure includes a runner-up finish at the 2024 Copa America and a return to the World Cup stage, both marks of a program that had gone years without featuring prominently on the continental radar. Perhaps the clearest sign of that turnaround was a 28-match unbeaten run that stood as one of the best stretches in the national team’s history, a streak that only came to an end in the most painful way possible: a loss to Argentina in the 2024 Copa America final. Across his time in charge, Lorenzo has overseen 51 matches, winning 31, drawing 12 and losing just 8.
Néstor Lorenzo’s side face Switzerland in Vancouver on Tuesday and will be hoping for the same backing that has shocked opponents so farMexico City, Guadalajara, Miami, Kansas City – Colombia’s World Cup journey has gradually been heading north for three weeks. Thousands of their supporters now descend on Vancouver looking to see Néstor Lorenzo’s side try to reach their first quarter-final in 12 years when they face Switzerland on Tuesday. After Mexico and the United States, “yellow fever” is about to hit Canada.This sort of fan migration, which has filled host cities with vibrant colour and joy, has not been seen since that last quarter-final in 2014, when Colombia supporters travelled in massive numbers to Brazil, not only owing to its proximity but also to the fact that the selección had not qualified for a World Cup for almost a generation before. James Rodríguez, the breakout star of that tournament, addressed the fans before travelling to North America as captain this year as there had been trouble when Colombia were in the US for the 2024 Copa América. Continue reading...
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