Luis Rodas

{{short description|Honduran footballer (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Luis Rodas | image = | fullname = Luis René Rodas Medina | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|1|3}} | birth_place = Tegucigalpa, Honduras | height = {{convert|1.71|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | position = Forward | currentclub = Mictlán | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1995– | youthclubs1 = Motagua B | years1 = –2006 | years2 = 2006–2007 | years3 = 2007–2008 | years4 = 2009–2010 | years5 = 2010–2011 | years6 = 2011– | clubs1 = Valencia | clubs2 = Hispano | clubs3 = Motagua | clubs4 = Suchitepéquez | clubs5 = Necaxa | clubs6 = Mictlán | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = | caps4 = 25 | caps5 = 0 | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = 13 | goals4 = 6 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2007–2008 | nationalyears2 = 2007 | nationalteam1 = Honduras U-23 | nationalteam2 = Honduras | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | medaltemplates = | pcupdate = 2008-09-11 | ntupdate = 2008-08-13 }}

{{family name hatnote|Rodas|Medina|lang=Spanish}} '''Luis René Rodas Medina''' (born 3 January 1985) is a Honduran football striker who plays for Mictlán.<ref>[http://www.kebuenajutiapa.com/2011_06_01_archive.html NOTICIAS DE MICTLAN]</ref>

==Club career== Nicknamed ''el Castor'' (the Beaver), he previously played for F.C. Motagua since he was 10 years old.

After Rodas and teammate Roy Posas were released by Motagua after a drink-driving incident which led to their arrest,<ref>[http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Deportes/Ediciones/2008/09/10/Noticias/Rodas-y-Posas-separados-del-Motagua-por-escandalo Rodas y Posas separados del Motagua por escándalo] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130702053907/http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Deportes/Ediciones/2008/09/10/Noticias/Rodas-y-Posas-separados-del-Motagua-por-escandalo |date=2 July 2013 }} – La Prensa {{in lang|es}}</ref> Rodas moved abroad to play for Guatemalan side Suchitepéquez where he was joined by compatriot José Güity in 2009.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130702044842/http://archivo.elheraldo.hn/content/view/full/149096 El “Baba” al Suchi…] – El Heraldo {{in lang|es}}</ref> He joined Necaxa for the 2010 Apertura championship<ref>[https://archive.today/20130702045405/http://old.latribuna.hn/2010/07/06/leonardo-isaula-y-dos-colombianos-a-necaxa/ Leonardo Isaula y dos colombianos a Necaxa] – La Tribuna {{in lang|es}}</ref> and returned to Guatemala to play the 2012 Clausura for Mictlán.<ref>[http://www.prensalibre.com/deportes/futbol_nacional/Mictlan-queda-portero-Paulo-Motta_0_613738776.html Mictlán se queda sin el portero Paulo Motta] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126041213/http://prensalibre.com/deportes/futbol_nacional/Mictlan-queda-portero-Paulo-Motta_0_613738776.html |date=26 January 2012 }} – Prensa Libre {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==International career== Rodas has played in every category of the Honduras national football team, making his debut for the senior side versus El Salvador. He also played at the 2008 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference|title=Luis Rodas Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/luis-rodas-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072951/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/luis-rodas-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|accessdate=2009-07-20}}</ref><ref>{{FIFA player|298650}}</ref>

==Honours and awards==

===Club=== ;F.C. Motagua *'''Copa Interclubes UNCAF (1):''' 2007

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://archive.today/20130702045334/http://old.latribuna.hn/2009/06/23/luis-rodas-hay-casos-de-homosexualismo-y-drogas-a-mi-me-castigaron-por-defenderme/ Luis Rodas: Hay casos de homosexualismo y drogas, a mi me castigaron por defenderme (Interview)] – La Tribuna {{in lang|es}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodas, Luis}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Tegucigalpa Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Honduran men's footballers Category:21st-century Honduran sportsmen Category:Honduras men's international footballers Category:Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic footballers for Honduras Category:Comayagua F.C. players Category:F.C. Motagua players Category:CSD Suchitepéquez players Category:Honduran expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala Category:Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Category:Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games