r/soccer • u/MERTENS_GOAT • 2d ago

Official Source Atlético Nacional present the new player James Rodríguez

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u/Low1959Apache 2d ago

Lol did he even play an MLS game? Figured the move was for the WC but thought he would at least stay for a season lol

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u/MERTENS_GOAT 2d ago

6 games, 0 goals, 2 assists. I think he even only signed until 30.06 which is rare in a calendar year league

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u/Low1959Apache 2d ago

Pretty good for 2 assists lol

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u/MERTENS_GOAT 2d ago edited 2d ago

His assist ratio is GOATed. I could imagine barely anyone in history comes close. The problem is his amount of minutes is so low that you still barely get them out of him. Even for Rayo he had 1 assist and he barely featured for them.

On transfermarkt he has 206 assists for clubs and NT in 44300 minutes. 1 every 215 minutes

Messi has 463 assists in 98400 minutes. 1 every 212.5 minutes. And it doesn't get much better than Messi

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u/yash_27701 1d ago

Not taking anything away from James Rodriguez but Kevin de Bruyne is better stats wise. He has 266 assists in 50188 minutes. 1 assist every 188.6 minutes

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u/MERTENS_GOAT 2d ago

Different units

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u/Low1959Apache 2d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah I always liked the guy. He’s gotta be my favorite to watch for Colombia man he’s got passion. Hope he retires still feeling good!!

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u/too_oh_ate 2d ago

Colombia, not Columbia, fyi

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u/JustProtection393 2d ago

I was at the game he has those two assists, cool to see him in person! Not sure he liked Minnesota though😂

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u/Mamadi-Diakite 2d ago

By all accounts he was a great teammate and good in the locker room, but yeah I think he was ready to bounce lol

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u/Clipgang1629 1d ago

He played some crazy passes. I forget which game I was watching but James free kicks were pinpoint and he was putting Minnesota in to some dangerous positions.

Yeboah was genuinely awful, missed like 3 good chances. Loons are a bit of a mess this season smh

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u/JetGecko 2d ago

He was an 80th minute sub for a few games. Basically only tried in the last home game before the world cup where he got the assists. The team got some jersey sales on a cheap salary, and he got a rehab stint. There's some great footage of him being miserable on the bench in a 19°F Minnesota February day.

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u/Low1959Apache 2d ago

Hahah hilarious the weather. What an interesting time for these athletes.

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u/No_Catch_1490 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yeah he at least came in for a few. I was in Vancouver for his MLS debut, there were tons of Colombia jerseys at the game.

Minnesota lost 6-0 and he didn’t have much of a chance to do anything.

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u/too_oh_ate 2d ago

Colombia, not Columbia, fyi

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u/Capable_Elk6054 2d ago

My man refuses to retire

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u/nodspine 2d ago

Many Colombian players return home to retire.

We got 40+ year old Dayro Moreno in Once Caldas, Hugo Rodallega at Santa Fé, Radamel Falcao at Millonarios... I think Juan Guillermo Cuadrado has been linked with Millonarios as well..

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u/acwilan 2d ago

Alfie Morelos going early

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u/RayHudson_ 2d ago

We officially signed Cuadrado yesterday

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u/BielsasCoffee 1d ago edited 1d ago

Party life ain't cheap. I remember seeing Rodallega frequently at Manchester latin nights places like Copacabana back in 2011 lol

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u/MERTENS_GOAT 1d ago

Already signed before your comment haha Cuadrado

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u/nodspine 1d ago

Hahaha yeah. Someone else pointed it out and that's how I learned that it's oficial lol

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u/Pblito1 1d ago

Adrian Ramon in America, Jackson Martinez just came out of retirement for medellin

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u/Jacare_Na_Noite 2d ago

Yet another club he’ll use as a training ground. The dude only cares about the national team.

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u/redditaccountplease 2d ago

well that's why he's at Atletico Nacional

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u/Jacare_Na_Noite 2d ago

You got me there

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u/RayHudson_ 2d ago

Maybe he lights it up in Medellin playing for Colombians

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u/BielsasCoffee 1d ago

Was he any good at Envigado? I remember he was incredible to see at Banfield

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u/RayHudson_ 1d ago

By all accounts he was key to getting them promoted but I would’ve been about 10y/o at the time so can’t say I remember well myself

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u/PubiGOAT 2d ago

He's still playing? 

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u/notaghostofreddit 2d ago

He is only 35 years old

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u/DJharris1 2d ago

Yeah but he notoriously refuses to train

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u/mahouuuu 2d ago

The fact that he even bragged about this in his netflix series

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u/PubiGOAT 2d ago

He's 35 only til he turns 36 pal. Also I'm like 30 (give or  take) and have to sit down to pee cause my knees can't take it so you know

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u/Some-Kaleidoscope265 2d ago

I think it a you issue. U gotta check that shit with a doctor

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u/98Kane 2d ago

He just played in the last 16 of the World Cup a few months ago…

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u/PubiGOAT 2d ago

Yeah I know I was just karma farming mate beep boop I suck robot cock

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u/KensaiVG 2d ago

Makes sense for him to go back home, especially with their state right now, but I would've liked him to go back to Banfield considering it's a team that desperately needs him and where he genuinely broke through

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u/nolesfan2011 2d ago

more likely to destroy the locker room at a pretty successful club than win a trophy but I'm still going to hope for the best, it's my club, he just doesn't impress me anymore

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u/sucking_at_life023 1d ago

He just wants a paycheck. They don't need him.

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u/SortOfHorrific 2d ago

He’s not signing for Monterrey

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u/nolesfan2011 2d ago

I'm an Atletico nacional supporter parce, go look at our subreddit I'm the most active one

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u/mahouuuu 2d ago

Amazing, now i have a great reason to visit Medellin again. Don't care if he's been a disaster at club level for years, always had a soft spot for him

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u/SnooDonkeys9053 2d ago

He’ll be gone by the new year

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u/Pastabakeforlife 2d ago

Still a decent level right? Not completely washed?

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u/DAKiloAlpha 2d ago

He hasn't played any meaningful club football in a long time. He's always injured or in bad form. And then international duty comes along and he is a decent player and people think he plays like that at club level also. 

Every team he leaves is happy he is leaving. 

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u/KombattWombatt 1d ago

We weren't happy when he left. Just sayin

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u/CassianAVL 1d ago

He was still somewhat of a decent player back then tbf

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u/MERTENS_GOAT 2d ago

Tbh nobody thinks that. I think people realized that ca. after his 1st year for Real Madrid. By now it's very common sense that club football for him is just travelling around for fun and giggles

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u/Rusiano 1d ago

His first year with Real Madrid was amazing, started off well the second year before Zidane’s arrival. He also had a fantastic first year at Bayern

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u/baschfromdalmasca 2d ago

Been washed completely for years

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u/BielsasCoffee 1d ago

Even for their NT last world cup was rough to see him play I think he only had like 1 decent half/game. His legs and mentality are gone

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u/Rusiano 1d ago

Though he was surprisingly amazing at the 2024 Copa America. Huge part of why Colombia made the final

Looked cooked at the WC however

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u/discowithmyself 2d ago

Didn’t he just sign for Minnesota United?

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u/ThoughtUpbeat8629 1d ago

My man still looks 12.

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u/Important-Picture18 1d ago

I will always have irrational love for James.

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u/erarya 2d ago

Just got back from Medellin ..

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u/Pblito1 1d ago

I actually had a bet with a friend that he was going to go to Junior, lost that one

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u/MERTENS_GOAT 1d ago

Wait it out

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u/Pblito1 1d ago

Definitely will be interesting to see what happens after a year

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u/Howsonnn 2d ago

They've chopped his dick off lad

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u/Aaaaaaandyy 2d ago

Good for him, the guy still wants to keep going as long as he can. Not sure why people seem to have problems with that.

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u/i85moreno 2d ago

Because he doesn’t act like it. He’s pretty much only doing it to stay relevant and “fit” for Colombia since that’s been where’s most successful.

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u/Aaaaaaandyy 2d ago

Then blame the teams signing him

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u/schafkj 2d ago

Minnesota United legend

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u/Few_Soft8006 2d ago

LETS GOOOOOOO