Rodri (footballer, born 1996)

**Rodrigo Hernández Cascante** (born 22 June 1996), known as **Rodri** or **Rodrigo**, is a Spanish professional footballer. He currently plays for  club Manchester City and the Spanish national team. He is considered one of the best defensive midfielders in the world.

In 2024, he won the Ballon d'Or. This made him the second male Spanish player to win the award after Luis Suárez won it in 1960. He was also the first Manchester City player to win the award.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Villarreal B|2014–15|Segunda División B|7|0|—|—|—|—|7|0|||||
|2015–16|Segunda División B|32|1|—|—|—|2|1|34|2||||||
|rowspan="4"|Villarreal|2015–16|La Liga|3|0|3|0|—|0|0|—|6|0|||
|2016–17|La Liga|23|0|4|0|—|4|1|—|31|1|||||
|2017–18|La Liga|37|1|4|0|—|6|0|—|47|1|||||
|Atlético Madrid|2018–19|La Liga|34|3|4|0|—|8|0|1|0|47|3|||
|rowspan="8"|Manchester City|2019–20|Premier League|35|3|4|0|4|1|8|0|1|0|52|4|
|2020–21|Premier League|34|2|4|0|5|0|10|0|—|53|2||||
|2021–22|Premier League|33|7|2|0|0|0|10|0|1|0|46|7|||
|2022–23|Premier League|36|2|4|0|3|0|12|2|1|0|56|4|||
|2023–24|Premier League|34|8|4|0|0|0|8|1|4|0|50|9|||
|2024–25|Premier League|3|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|4|0|8|0|||
|2025–26|Premier League|5|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|—|7|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Spain|2018|4|0|
|2019|7|0|||
|2020|6|1|||
|2021|13|0|||
|2022|9|0|||
|2023|9|0|||
|2024|9|3|||
|2025|2|0|||

- _Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Rodri goal_

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|17 November 2020|La Cartuja, Seville, Spain|17||3–0|6–0|2020–21 UEFA Nations League A|||||||||||
|2|26 March 2024|Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain|49|rowspan="2"|style="text-align: center;"|1–0|3–3|Friendly|||||||||||
|3|3–2|||||||||||||||||
|4|30 June 2024|RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany|53||1–1|4–1|UEFA Euro 2024|||||||||||

## Honours

**Atlético Madrid**
- UEFA Super Cup: 2018

**Manchester City**
- Premier League: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- FA Cup: 2022–23; runner-up: 2023–24
- EFL Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21
- FA Community Shield: 2019
- UEFA Champions League: 2022–23; runner-up: 2020–21
- UEFA Super Cup: 2023
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2023

**Spain U19**
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2015

**Spain U21**
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2017

**Spain**
- UEFA European Championship: 2024
- UEFA Nations League: 2022–23; runner-up: 2020–21

**Individual**
- Ballon d'Or: 2024
- UEFA Champions League Player of the Season: 2022–23
- UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2022–23
- Premier League Goal of the Month: November 2021
- UEFA Nations League Finals Player of the Tournament: 2023
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2015
- PFA Team of the Year: 2022–23 Premier League, 2023–24 Premier League
- FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2023
- IFFHS Men's World Team: 2023, 2024
- IFFHS Men's UEFA Team: 2024
- IFFHS World's Best Player: 2024
- Globe Soccer Awards Best Midfielder of the Year: 2023
- _The Athletic_ Premier League Player of the Season: 2023–24
- _The Athletic_ Premier League Team of the Season: 2023–24
- _The Athletic_ European Men's Team of the Season: 2023–24
- UEFA European Championship Player of the Tournament: 2024
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2024
- FIFPRO Men's World 11: 2024
- The Best FIFA Men's 11: 2024

## Other websites

- Profile at the Manchester City F.C. website

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Rodri
- **image**: RODRI - SWE vs ESP - UEFA EURO 2020 QUALIFIERS - 2019.10.15 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Rodri playing for Spain national football team, Spain in 2019
- **full name**: Rodrigo Hernández Cascante
- **birth place**: Madrid, Spain
- **height**: 1.90 m
- **position**: Defensive midfielder
- **currentclub**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **clubnumber**: 16
- **youthyears1**: 2006–2007
- **youthclubs1**: CF Rayo Majadahonda, Rayo Majadahonda
- **youthyears2**: 2007–2013
- **youthclubs2**: Atlético Madrid
- **youthyears3**: 2013–2015
- **youthclubs3**: Villarreal CF, Villarreal
- **years1**: 2015–2016
- **clubs1**: Villarreal CF B, Villarreal B
- **caps1**: 39
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 2015–2018
- **clubs2**: Villarreal CF, Villarreal
- **caps2**: 63
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2018–2019
- **clubs3**: Atlético Madrid
- **caps3**: 34
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 2019–
- **clubs4**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **caps4**: 180
- **goals4**: 22
- **nationalyears1**: 2012
- **nationalteam1**: Spain national under-16 football team, Spain U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2015
- **nationalteam2**: Spain national under-19 football team, Spain U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 8
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2017
- **nationalteam3**: Spain national under-21 football team, Spain U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 6
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalyears4**: 2018–
- **nationalteam4**: Spain national football team, Spain
- **nationalcaps4**: 59
- **nationalgoals4**: 4
- **club-update**: 17:58, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 21:53, 7 September 2025 (UTC)