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James Rodriguez

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Soccer Player

The Resume

    (July 12, 1991- )
    Born in Cucuta, Colombia
    Often billed merely as 'James'
    Signed a five-year contract with AS Monaco keeping him at the club until 2018, for a record €79.5m (Sept. 2014)
    5 ft 11 in (5,11 m)
    Birth name is James David Rodríguez Rubio
    Plays Attacking Midfielder and Winger
    Nicknames include 'El Diez' (the Ten), 'El Bandito' (The Bandit), 'El Nuevo Pibe' (the New Kid), 'El Nino Genio' (the Genius Kid) and 'The Cannon'
    Played for Envigado (Colombia, 2007-2008), Banfield (Argentina, 2008-2010), Porto (Brazil, 2010 - 2013), Monaco (France, 2013 - 2014), and Real Madrid (Spain, 2014 - )
    Played for the U-17 team with the Colombian National Team (FCF), from 2007-11
    Captained the U-20 team for the FCF, including during the 2011 FIFA World Cup (2011 - )
    Played for FCF's 23-man Squad in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, losing in the Quarter Finals to Brazil (Jul. 2014)
    Pursued a degree in engineering at the Universidad Nacional Abierta

Why he might be annoying:

    He is a pretty boy.
    He was rejected by Manchester United twice.
    He is shy when talking to the press and relies on social media as a result.
    He saw a speech therapist as a teenager to treat his stuttering problem.
    His name is often mangled by English-speaking journalists, who either mispronounce his name as 'Humus' or Hamas (when they aren't pronouncing in generic Anglo-Saxon).
    He pulled a David Beckham by launching his own personalized brand of underwear, appearing in suggestive ads for his J10 line of briefs on television and the internet.
    His professional start was controversial - he was recruited for Envigado by an assistant to Pablo Escobar, Gustavo Lopez, who also happened to be a shareholder in the team.
    A prank of him and his teammates jumping out from behind a curtain to scare the hell out of teammate Pablo Armero in his hotel room went viral on Youtube.
    He emotionally wept on the field after losing to Brazil in the World Cup Quarter-Final, famously having to be consoled by both his teammates and by the opposition.
    After scoring his second winning goal against Uruguay in the World Cup qualifiers, an elated Adrian Healey blurted out 'watch out Shakira! There's a new number one in Colombia!' (like they do even remotely the same thing...)
    He idolizes Cristiano Ronaldo.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is active with Children's Hospitals & Charities throughout Colombia.
    He was named after James Bond (good call - he was later nicknamed 'the James Bond of Banfield').
    He became the youngest player/scorer in the Argentine League (2009).
    He became the youngest foreigner to win the FIFA Goal of the Tournament in Brazil, with a total of six goals (2010).
    He is Colombia's best-ever World Cup scorer, and the country's most expensive player.
    He skyrocketed to fame after single handedly firing Colombia to the World Cup quarter-finals with five goals.
    He kisses the tattoo of his daughter's name on his right arm as a good luck charm.
    Despite Colombia's elimination in the quarter-finals, his goal scoring earned him the 2014 Golden Boot Award.
    You wanna talk 'bend it like Beckham' - his five goals topped the goalscoring charts, breaking records previously set not only by Beckham, but also Messi, Muller, and Neymar.
    He is a huge basketball fan and his favorite player is LeBron James, who tweeted his praises and called James 'his favorite player' during the World Cup qualifiers (Jun. 28 2014).
    He fractured a metatarsal in his foot during a Sevilla match, preventing him from playing indefinitely (Feb. 4, 2015).
    He has over 25 million followers on Facebook and more than 6 million Twitter followers, over 3-4 times as many as those of the most followed American Football players on social media .

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 22.22% Annoying