Rodri, The Best Player Of Euro 2024

Rodri has been named the Euro 2024 Player of the Year (Instagram/@rodrihernandezbr).

JAKARTA - Full name Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante, who would have thought he was currently an important figure for Spanish football.

Rodri has just been named the Euro 2024 Player of the Year. UEFA's technical observer team at Euro 2024 agreed to award the title to the 28-year-old midfielder.

There were 12 UEFA technical observers consisting of top coaches to top footballers in their era.

They are Fabio Capello, Ioan Lupescu, Michael O'Neill, David Moyes, Aljosa Asanovic, Rafael Benitez, Avram Grant, Packie Bonner, Frank de Boer, Ole Gunnar Solskj wrongr, Aitor Karanka, and Jean-Francois Domergue.

They have the same view this time, namely Rodri is indeed the best in Europe.

Referring to his appearance throughout Euro 2024, he was appointed by Luis de la Fuente to start in six of Spain's seven matches.

He was only absent in the last match of Group B against Albania due to card accumulation.

The partnership in midfield with Fabian Ruiz has a big influence on La Roja. Despite emerging from the second line, Rodri was even able to score one goal throughout Euro 2024.

The only goal was created when La Roja slaughtered Georgia 4-1 in the round of 16.

However, Rodri was forced to leave in the first half in a win in the Euro 2-1 final against England.

However, he is the key player who brought Spain to make history as the most successful team at the Euros with four titles.

"This is probably the best day of my career. We are European champions, no matter how difficult it is. We have been the most successful national team in Europe."

"We have made history, defeating four former world champions in the process. We made it through the most difficult draw and it shows the mentality of the team," said Rodri.

Rodri became the center of attention of technical observers. He filled all the criteria columns, from individual appearances, influence on the team, whether playing with a positive attitude, to respect for the opponent.

Rodri became the seventh player to win the title of Euro Player of the Year or third for Spain, since he first arrived in the 1996 edition.

Physically Underestimated

Rodri was born in Madrid on June 22, 1996. He moved from Rayo Majadohanda at the age of 11 and joined the young Atletico Madrid team.

However, Atletico unexpectedly evicted him because he was considered less in physical strength. As a result, in 2013, he decided to move to Villarreal.

Together with the Yellow Submarine, Rodri's talent is well honed. Just two years since his arrival, the midfielder has entered the reserve team and made his senior level debut as a substitute in his 3-1 away win against RCD Espanyol B at Segunda Division B.

Villarreal then saw great potential in Rodri. In the end, he got a starting place 15 days after debuting in a 2-0 win against Real Zaragoza B.

Rodri's career skyrocketed. Villarreal gave confidence that joining the first team was still the same year.

His debut began on December 17, 2015 when Villarreal crushed SD Huesca 2-0 in the Copa del Rey. However, his first La Liga appearance only took place on April 17, 2016, when he entered as a substitute in the second half in a 1-2 away defeat to Rayo Vallecano.

A year later, he was solid with Villarreal. Rodri renewed his professional contract until 2022. From there his name has started to become the center of attention.

Atletico Madrid, who had 'jened' when he was at junior level, became the team that insisted on getting Rodri the most in May 2018, three months after he scored his first goal in La Liga.

It's just that, he's only a season with Los Corchoneros. Manchester City understands Rodri's great talent best.

The Citizens recruited him in the summer of 2019. Rodri dipoles Pep Guardiola has become an important figure in the team's midfield.

Rodri helped Manchester City win many titles, such as four consecutive Premier League champions, two FA Cups, two Carabao Cups, one Community Shield, one Champions League, one UEFA Super Cup, and one Club World Cup.

In addition, his increasingly mature appearance gave birth to many individual titles both at the club level and the national team.

For the 28-year-old player, the Euro 2024 trophy is his first major tournament title with Spain. Another trophy is the UEFA Nations League (2022/2023).

He certainly holds many other titles with La Roja in the future.

Rodri Statistics At Euro 2024

Playminutes: 521Gol: 1 Assist: 0Operan: 439Operan Sukses: 411 Accuracy Operan: 92.84 %

The Winner of the Euro Player of the Year

1996: Matthias Sammer (Germany)2000: Zinedine Zidane (France)2004: Theodoros Zagorakis (Yunani)2008: Xavi Hernandez (Spain)2012: Andres Iniesta (Spain)2016: Antoine Griezmann (France)2020: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy)2024: Rodri (Spain)