Rodrigo Tello
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Tello playing for Beşiktaş in 2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rodrigo Álvaro Tello Valenzuela | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1979 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | Colo-Colo | |||||||||||||
| 1995–1999 | Universidad de Chile | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Universidad de Chile | 53 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 2001–2007 | Sporting CP | 113 | (8) | |||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Beşiktaş | 87 | (15) | |||||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Eskişehirspor | 79 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2014 | Elazığspor | 14 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Şanlıurfaspor | 29 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Audax Italiano | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Total | 385 | (37) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Chile U23 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2000–2010 | Chile | 36 | (3) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Rodrigo Álvaro Tello Valenzuela (born 14 October 1979) is a Chilean former professional footballer. He operated mainly as a left midfielder, but could also appear in the middle and as an attacking left back.
He spent the better part of his early professional career in Portugal with Sporting, where he arrived at only 21. In 2007, he moved to Turkey where he remained several years, notably representing Beşiktaş and Eskişehirspor.
A Chilean international for a full decade, Tello represented the country at the Olympic Bronze Medalist in Sydney 2000, 2010 World Cup and the 2007 Copa América, He is currently a player representative at RC Sports Management.