Rodrigo Burgos

Rodrigo Roman Burgos (born 21 July 1989) is a Paraguayan professional football who plays as a defensive midfielder for Boca Unidos in the Argentine Torneo Federal A.

At Talleres de Córdoba, Burgos first achieved ascension from Argentina's Torneo Federal A to the Primera B Nacional, and then to the Primera División Argentina. Burgos has amassed 17 Copa Libertadores appearances and 1 Copa Sudamericana appearance. He was runner-up with Paraguay at the 2009 South American Youth Championship.

Club career Cerro Porteño 2006 In 2006, Burgos first appeared in Cerro Porteño's first-team list.

2007 In 2007, Burgos formed part of Cerro Porteño's first-team, which included experienced players as 1998 FIFA World Cup Paraguay national team striker Cesar Ramirez and 2006 FIFA World Cup Paraguay national team defender Jorge Nuñez, among other players. In November 2007, Burgos played in his first superclasico for Cerro Porteño's first-team.

2008 Burgos remained in the first-team for the 2008 season, also with several other youth team graduates as Julio Santa Cruz, Celso Ortiz, Ivan Piris and Luis Caceres.

2011 In 2011, Burgos reached the Copa Libertadores semi-final for Cerro Porteño against Brazilian club Santos.

3 de Febrero 2014 Primera División Paraguaya season, Burgos formed part of an experienced team at 3 de Febrero, with goalkeeper Antony Silva, Jorge Salinas, César Llamas and Brazilian player Diego Balbinot. He appeared in 14 league games for the season.

Talleres de Córdoba 2015 In 2015, Burgos signed with Argentine club Talleres de Córdoba, earning ascension from the Argentine third league to the country's second league. His teammates included Uruguayans Diego Martiñones, Julio Mozzo and Nicolás Schenone. Burgos made a total of 28 league appearances for Talleres in the 2015 Argentine third league season.

2016–17 In the 2016–17 Primera División Argentina season, Burgos made four league appearances for Talleres. Burgos made 19 appearances for Brown de Adrogué.

12 de Octubre In March 2020, Burgos was approached by Talleres' rivals, Belgrano de Córdoba, that he rejected out of respect to Talleres. In July 2020, D10 reported that Burgos wanted to return to Olimpia Asunción.

Resistencia On 5 January 2021, Diario HOY announced that Burgos had joined Resistencia in the División Intermedia, Paraguay's second-tier. With Burgos, in the team at Resistencia was Julian Benitez.

Boca Unidos In January 2022, Burgos returned to Argentina, after signing with Torneo Federal A side Boca Unidos.

International career Under-20 national team In 2007, he played for the Paraguay Under-20 team. In September 2009, and following a Hexagonal Tournament played in Venezuela and two friendly matches against the Uruguay U20 team, Burgos was selected in the final list for the Paraguay U20 team to play in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt. The team included players as Federico Santander, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Luis Fernando Paez, Hernan Perez, Celso Ortiz, Ronald Huth, Ivan Piris and Rolando Garcia.

Adult national team He made his first full international appearance for Paraguay in 2009.

Personal life Whilst at Talleres de Córdoba in Argentina, Burgos studied and graduated to become a chef, wanting to give the pride to his mother, who worked as a cook.