Rodrigo Goldberg

Rodrigo Goldberg
Personal information
Full name	Rodrigo Alejandro Goldberg Mierzejewski
Date of birth	9 August 1971 (age 51)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1997	Universidad de Chile
1992–1993	→ Santiago Wanderers (loan)
1997–2003	Maccabi Tel Aviv
1998–1999	→ Universidad Católica (loan)
2005–2006	Santiago Morning
Total
International career
1995–2001	Chile
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated July 10, 2023

Rodrigo Alejandro Goldberg Mierzejewski (born August 9, 1971) is a Chilean former international football player. As a player, he gained national notoriety in Israel for his talented play with Maccabi Tel Aviv and good use of the Hebrew language.^[1]

Time in Israel

Goldberg was an integral part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv squad that took back to back cup titles and a league championship thereafter.^[2] He had a strained relationship with club captain Avi Nimni and verbally criticized him in the Israeli media before returning to Chile.^[3]

Return to Chile

After playing for four seasons in Israel, Goldberg returned to Chile to play for Santiago Morning. During a club match against Palestino, he was subjected to anti-Semitic abuse from the oppositions supporters because of his Polish and German Jewish background.^[4] Goldberg is, however, a Catholic, as a result of the conversion of his grandparents.^[5]

After football

Goldberg graduated as a Industrial Civil Engineer at the San Sebastián University.^[6]

Since 2006, he has worked as a football commentator and analyst in both radio and TV media such as Canal del Fútbol,^[7] Fox Sports ^[8] and Radio Cooperativa. In addition to this, he worked for TVN during the 2011 Copa América.^[7] Also, he has worked for print media such as Publimetro ^{[ es ]} and La Tercera.^[9]

From 2019 to 2021, Goldberg worked as Sports Director of Universidad de Chile alongside his former fellow footballer Sergio Vargas.^[10]

Honours

Player

Universidad de Chile

Primera División de Chile (2): 1994, 1995

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Israel State Cup (2): 2001, 2002
Israeli Premier League (1): 2002–03

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References

↑ Sagi, Miki (2006-04-19). רודריגו גולדברג: "קראו לי בצ'ילה יהודי זבל" (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth . Retrieved 2007-05-21.
↑ Sagi, Miki (2006-04-19). "They called me Jewish garbage". Yedioth Ahronoth . Retrieved 2007-05-21.
↑ Zenzifer, Nadav (2003-03-10). נמני: "גורמים במכבי הסיתו שחקנים נגדי" (in Hebrew). Iton Tel Aviv. Archived from the original on February 23, 2006. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
↑ AFP (2006-04-18). "Insultos antisemitas en torneo chileno" (in Spanish). Univision.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
↑ Eskenazi, Gerald (20 March 2012). "Chile's 'Jewish' soccer star" . Retrieved 25 January 2014. I'm not Jewish. The only Hebrew word I knew was 'shalom.' My grandparents were German and Polish Jews, and they converted because in this country, it was easier to be Catholic
↑ Alegrete, Lucía (29 June 2018). "Rodrigo Goldberg "Invertir con plata es re fácil, pero cuando no la tienes es súper complejo"" (in Spanish). Revista Valora. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
1 2 "Rodrigo Goldberg" (in Spanish). Revista Qué Pasa. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
↑ "Rodrigo Goldberg asume conducción de noticiero de Fox" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
↑ Rodrigo Goldberg on LinkedIn
↑ Parker, Matías (29 April 2021). "Sergio Vargas y Rodrigo Goldberg, los primeros cortados por los nuevos dueños de Azul Azul" (in Spanish). La Tercera . Retrieved 12 July 2022.

External links

Profile and statistics of Rodrigo Goldberg on One.co.il (in Hebrew)
Rodrigo Goldberg at BDFA (in Spanish)

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[1] Sagi, Miki (2006-04-19). רודריגו גולדברג: "קראו לי בצ'ילה יהודי זבל" (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth . Retrieved 2007-05-21.

[2] Sagi, Miki (2006-04-19). "They called me Jewish garbage". Yedioth Ahronoth . Retrieved 2007-05-21.

[3] Zenzifer, Nadav (2003-03-10). נמני: "גורמים במכבי הסיתו שחקנים נגדי" (in Hebrew). Iton Tel Aviv. Archived from the original on February 23, 2006. Retrieved 2007-05-21.

[4] AFP (2006-04-18). "Insultos antisemitas en torneo chileno" (in Spanish). Univision.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved 2007-05-21.

[5] Eskenazi, Gerald (20 March 2012). "Chile's 'Jewish' soccer star" . Retrieved 25 January 2014. I'm not Jewish. The only Hebrew word I knew was 'shalom.' My grandparents were German and Polish Jews, and they converted because in this country, it was easier to be Catholic

[6] Alegrete, Lucía (29 June 2018). "Rodrigo Goldberg "Invertir con plata es re fácil, pero cuando no la tienes es súper complejo"" (in Spanish). Revista Valora. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[quepasa-7] 1 2 "Rodrigo Goldberg" (in Spanish). Revista Qué Pasa. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[8] "Rodrigo Goldberg asume conducción de noticiero de Fox" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[9] Rodrigo Goldberg on LinkedIn

[10] Parker, Matías (29 April 2021). "Sergio Vargas y Rodrigo Goldberg, los primeros cortados por los nuevos dueños de Azul Azul" (in Spanish). La Tercera . Retrieved 12 July 2022.

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