Rodney Strasser

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Rodney Strasser
Personal information
Full name Rodney Strasser
Date of birth (1990-03-30) 30 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) [1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cattolica
Youth career
2006–2007 Kallon
2007–2010 Milan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 Milan 2 (0)
2010–2011 Genoa 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Milan (loan) 5 (1)
2011–2013 Milan 2 (0)
2011–2012 → Lecce (loan) 13 (1)
2013 → Parma (loan) 2 (0)
2013–2017 Genoa 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Reggina (loan) 22 (0)
2015 → Livorno (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2016 → Lupa Castelli Romani (loan) 16 (1)
2016 → NK Zagreb (loan) 12 (0)
2016–2017 → Gil Vicente (loan) 13 (0)
2018–2019 Villafranca 14 (0)
2020–2021 TPS 9 (0)
2021–2022 Cattolica 6 (0)
2023– FAVL Cimini
International career‡
2010– Sierra Leone 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023

Rodney Strasser (born 30 March 1990) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. [2]

Contents

Club career

Milan

Born in Freetown, Strasser began his career at local club Kallon, before moving to Italy to join Milan in 2007. [3] 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. [4] 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. [5] [6]

Genoa

On 20 July 2010, Milan announced that half of the rights to Strasser had been purchased by Genoa for €2.25 million, [7] as part of the deal that saw defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos move to Milan. [8] Strasser, however, would stay at Milan on loan, [9] 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. [10] He went on to score his first professional goal in a 1–0 league win over Cagliari, on 6 January. [11]

Milan return

In May 2011, his co-ownership was dissolved in favour of Milan for the same price and renewed his contract to June 2016. [12] [13] (with Papastathopoulos moved back to Genoa), [14] but Strasser subsequently joined Lecce on loan. [15] 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. [16] 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. [17] At the start of the following season, Strasser sustained another injury which would rule him out for three months. [18] 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. [19]

Genoa return

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. [20] Strasser was loaned out to Serie B team Reggina in August 2013. [21] As of January 2019, Strasser played for the Serie D team Villafranca.

International career

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. [3] [22]

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 July 2013. [23] [24]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinental1Other2Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Milan 2008–09 100000–10
2009–10 100000–10
2010–11 310020–51
2011–12 100000–10
2012–13 001000–10
Total6110200091
Lecce (loan) 2011–12 12110––131
Parma (loan) 2012–13 20–––20
Career total202202000242

1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup.
2Other tournaments include none to date.

International

As of 3 October 2013. [25]
Sierra Leone national team
YearAppsGoals
201020
201140
201200
201320

Honours

Milan

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