Rodolfo Bodipo

Rodolfo Bodipo Díaz (born 25 October 1977) is a naturalized Equatoguinean footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña in the Spanish second division, as a striker.

Club career

Bodipo was born in the Spanish city of Dos Hermanas, Seville, in a biracial background (his father being Equatoguinean and his mother Spanish). After having started with lowly CD Isla Cristina, he played for several clubs in the country, with moderate netting success: Recreativo de Huelva (three second division seasons), Racing de Santander and Deportivo Alavés (in both cases, helping his side achieve top level promotion); with the latter, he had his best statistical season in 2004–05, as he netted 16 times (fifth in the league) in 39 matches, with the Basque ranking third.

In 2006–07, he joined Deportivo de La Coruña,^[2] where was usually fourth-choice during his first two campaigns, although he spent his first down due to a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury.^[3]

However, in a 2008–09 fortnight starting in December 2008, Bodipo managed to score three goals for Depor, including one against AS Nancy in the UEFA Cup group stage (1–0 home win),^[4] and another at Getafe CF in a 2–1 success, while also gaining a penalty kick which was converted by Sergio.

After an unassuming 2009–10 - 15 matches (none complete), no goals - Bodipo, aged nearly 33, was loaned for one season to Liga I side FC Vaslui, in Romania. Just one month after, however, he rescinded his contract and returned to Spain,^[5] being sparingly used by Elche CF in the second division.

International career

Through parentage, Bodipo opted to represent the Equatorial Guinea national football team, as Benjamín and Javier Balboa. His first two caps, aged 26, came against Togo, playing in both legs of 2006 World Cup qualification's first round.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	29 March 2006	Estadio Internacional, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Benin	1–0	2–0	Friendly
2	3 September 2006	Estadio Internacional, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Liberia	2–1	2–1	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3	21 November 2007	Nuevo Estadio, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Niger	1–1	1–1	Friendly
4	6 September 2008	National Stadium, Freetown, Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	1–2	1–2	2010 World Cup qualification

References

External links

• Deportivo official profile (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• Rodolfo Bodipo at National-Football-Teams.com
• Rodolfo Bodipo – FIFA competition record
• Transfermarkt profile

v t e Equatorial Guinea squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Danilo 2 Evuy 3 Kily 4 Rui 5 Kamissoko 6 Juvenal 7 De la Cruz 8 Randy 9 Bodipo 10 Bolado 11 Balboa 12 Fidjeu 13 Ndongo 14 Konaté 15 Doe 16 Sipo 17 Ekanga 18 Ellong 19 Fabiani 20 Ekedo 21 Pensy 22 Ovono 23 Colin Coach: Gílson Paulo