Rodney Strasser | |
Fullname: | Rodney Strasser |
Birth Date: | 30 March 1990 |
Birth Place: | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Height: | [1] |
Position: | Defensive midfielder |
Currentclub: | Cattolica |
Youthyears1: | 2006–2007 |
Youthclubs1: | Kallon |
Youthyears2: | 2007–2010 |
Youthclubs2: | Milan |
Years1: | 2009–2010 |
Caps1: | 2 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Clubs1: | Milan |
Years2: | 2010–2011 |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Clubs2: | Genoa |
Years3: | 2010–2011 |
Caps3: | 5 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Clubs3: | → Milan (loan) |
Years4: | 2011–2013 |
Caps4: | 2 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Clubs4: | Milan |
Years5: | 2011–2012 |
Caps5: | 13 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Clubs5: | → Lecce (loan) |
Years6: | 2013 |
Caps6: | 2 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Clubs6: | → Parma (loan) |
Years7: | 2013–2017 |
Caps7: | 0 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2013–2014 |
Caps8: | 22 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Clubs8: | → Reggina (loan) |
Years9: | 2015 |
Caps9: | 2 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Clubs9: | → Livorno (loan) |
Years10: | 2015–2016 |
Caps10: | 16 |
Goals10: | 1 |
Clubs10: | → Lupa Castelli Romani (loan) |
Years11: | 2016 |
Caps11: | 12 |
Goals11: | 0 |
Clubs11: | → NK Zagreb (loan) |
Years12: | 2016–2017 |
Caps12: | 13 |
Goals12: | 0 |
Clubs12: | → Gil Vicente (loan) |
Years13: | 2018–2019 |
Caps13: | 14 |
Goals13: | 0 |
Clubs13: | Villafranca |
Years14: | 2020–2021 |
Caps14: | 9 |
Goals14: | 0 |
Clubs14: | TPS |
Years15: | 2021–2022 |
Caps15: | 6 |
Goals15: | 0 |
Clubs15: | Cattolica |
Years16: | 2023– |
Clubs16: | FAVL Cimini |
Nationalyears1: | 2010– |
Nationalcaps1: | 13 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 1 November 2023 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 1 November 2023 |
Rodney Strasser (born 30 March 1990) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[2]
Born in Freetown, Strasser began his career at local club Kallon, before moving to Italy to join Milan in 2007. During his time in Milan's youth system, he was a member of the under-20 side, who won the 2009–10 Coppa Italia Primavera.[3] He made his first-team debut on 21 December 2008, in a 5–1 win against Udinese, coming on as a substitute for Kakha Kaladze in the 82nd minute.[4] [5]
On 20 July 2010, Milan announced that half of the rights to Strasser had been purchased by Genoa for €2.25 million,[6] as part of the deal that saw defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos move to Milan.[7] Strasser, however, would stay at Milan on loan,[8] joining the first-team squad permanently. His first appearance of the season was in a UEFA Champions League group stage 2–0 win against Auxerre – which also marked his debut in European club competition – on 23 November.[9] He went on to score his first professional goal in a 1–0 league win over Cagliari, on 6 January.[10]
In May 2011, his co-ownership was dissolved in favour of Milan for the same price and renewed his contract to June 2016.[11] [12] (with Papastathopoulos moved back to Genoa),[13] but Strasser subsequently joined Lecce on loan.[14] He appeared in 13 games and scored one goal for his new team, before suffering a broken ankle in a game against Juventus on 9 January and subsequently being called back to Milan to undergo rehabilitation.[15] He made his return on 10 April, coming on as a substitute in the second half of a game against Chievo, which Milan won 1–0.[16] At the start of the following season, Strasser sustained another injury which would rule him out for three months.[17] After recovering he struggled to get playing time, making only one Coppa Italia appearance before being loaned out to Parma during the January transfer window.[18]
On 27 July 2013, Strasser joined Genoa on a permanent deal for €3.5 million, as part of Kévin Constant's co-ownership resolution in favour of Milan for €6 million.[19] Strasser was loaned out to Serie B team Reggina in August 2013.[20] As of January 2019, Strasser played for the Serie D team Villafranca.https://allafrica.com/stories/201901090164.html
Strasser made his international debut for the Sierra Leone national team on 5 September 2010, in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Egypt.[21] [22]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental1 | Other2 | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Milan | 2008–09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
2009–10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
2010–11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | |||
2011–12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
2012–13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
Lecce (loan) | 2011–12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 1 | |||
Parma (loan) | 2012–13 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup.
2Other tournaments include none to date.
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Sierra Leone national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2010 | 2 | 0 |
2011 | 4 | 0 |
2012 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | 2 | 0 |