From sending
River
to relegation with
Belgrano de Córdoba on June 26, 2011 and spending two seasons later with
Carlos Bianchi
's
last
Boca
to beginning to make a space for himself in the world of construction.
And that is still valid in football.
This is the story of
Ribair Rodríguez
, the Uruguayan central midfielder who, at the age of 35, in addition to playing for Danubio, the club where he was born, began to dedicate hours to his other passion in his free time.
What does he do?
He specialized in prefab construction
.
In addition to being identified with
Belgrano de Córdoba
and
Boca , Rodríguez also knew how to wear
Tigre
and
Newell's
shirts
.
After suffering an Achilles tendon injury, which kept him off the pitch for much of 2021, the seasoned midfielder returned to the pitch in May 2022 with his beloved Danube, with whom he managed to celebrate his promotion
to
the First division.
Ribair and his beloved Danube.
Photo: Twitter @RIBAIRRODRIGUEZ
With a past in Mexican soccer (
Leones Negros and Santos Laguna
), Rodríguez had a talk with Sport 80 from Uruguay that was picked up by the sports newspaper Olé.
There he told why he decided to start internalizing a hobby that surely, once he hangs up his booties, will be his new job.
"I am already preparing for the day after the footballer.
I always liked the world of construction, since I was a child
. I loved dry construction. That's why I decided to take the course." For those who don't know, this mechanism construction is based on the use of prefabricated elements without the need to use wet mixes, and Rodríguez became a specialist in the field.
Rodríguez and Cata Díaz, receiving instructions from Bianchi.
Photo: GUSTAVO ORTIZ.
But that is not all.
In addition to continuing to learn about the world of construction, Rodríguez also wants to finish secondary school (the high school, as they call it in Uruguay) under the premise of having everything in order to be able to become, once he retires, a director technical.
"When I returned to Uruguay, I realized that I had a lot of free time and I had to invest it in something for the day after. When I was abroad, I didn't find out about the distance courses. I always said that I was going to finish high school and luckily I am doing
it
"said the player who also wore the Nacional and River de Uruguay shirts.
Logically, he did not let the moment go by and made references to the happiest moments in his time in Argentina, being led by Ricardo Zielinski in Belgrano, the DT who gave him the chance to become one of the historic executioners of the biggest fall in River.
The day Ribair Rodríguez was the executioner of River.
Photo: Alexander Pagni.
"Ricardo Zielinski is a great coach, he doesn't let you down. He's right, he speaks to you with the right words. I enhanced my career with him. It went wonderfully
with him when we were in Belgrano
," he praised.
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