Pedro Rodriguez Biography, Career, Net Worth, Age, Market Value, Awards, Personal Life, Family and Many More

Spanish footballer Pedro Rodriguez Ledesma, famously known as just Pedro, currently plays as a forward for the English Premier League club Chelsea. Besides, he also makes regular appearances for the Spanish national team. A product of La Masia Academy, he proves himself as one of the best Spanish forward through his marvellous performance. He has made more than 320 appearances for the Catalan side and scored 99 goals between 2008 and 2015. He helped Barcelona to win 5 La Liga titles and 3 UEFA Champions League titles.

Pedro Rodriguez Biography

Pedro became the first player in history to score in six official tournaments in a single season in 2009-2010. Besides club career, he also proved himself as an asset of the Spanish brigade. He played more than 60 games for Spain till now and helped the side to achieve great successes. He represented his national side twice in both the FIFA World Cup and European Championships. After spending quite a time in his homeland, he joined the Blues in EPL in 2015.

Pedro Rodriguez Full Biography and Career

Pedro Rodriguez Early Career

In 2003, Pedro started his footballing journey with the youth academy system of CD San Isidro at the age of 16. After spending a single season there, he joined the La Masia Academy of Barcelona in 2004. He went through a rigorous training schedule and proved him worthy of the youth team of Barcelona. In 2005, he earned his promotion to the reserve Barcelona C team. After spending two seasons with the club, he again promoted to the B squad of Barcelona. He then helped the FC Barcelona B squad to achieve the Tercera División promotion while scoring 7 goals in 37 matches that he played.

Pedro Rodriguez Barcelona Career

Pedro made his debut for the Barcelona first team against Real Murcia on 12^th January 2008. He then played several pre-season friendlies for the squad and scored against Hibernian and the New York Red Bulls. He made his first start for Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round match against Wisła Kraków on 13^th August 2008. Shortly after, he made his Champions League debut against Sporting Clube de Portugal on 16^th September. After the impressive performance, he became the permanent member of the Barcelona first squad under one of the most successful football managers Pep Guardiola. Pedro scored his first competitive goal for the Catalan side in the domestic Supercup match against Athletic Bilbao in San Mamés stadium on 16^th August 2009.

He then signed his first professional contract with Barcelona having a buyout clause of £60 million the following week. Shortly after, he scored his first competitive European goal in the 2009 UEFA Super Cup match against FC Shakhtar Donetsk on 28^th August. He then went on to score his first UEFA Champions League goal against FC Dynamo Kyiv on 28^th September 2009. The same season, he scored his first FIFA Club World Cup goal against Atlante FC on 16^th December. With the help of that goal, he became the first footballer ever to score in six club competitions – three domestic cups, FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Champions League and Super Cup.

Pedro Rodriguez After-2011 Career in Barcelona

Pedro signed a contract extension with Barcelona on 5^th July 2011, with an increased buyout clause from €90m to €150m. He then scored his first hat-trick against Rayo Vallecano on 21^st September 2013. Shortly after, he scored another hat-trick against Getafe on 22^nd December. In the next season, he continued his hat-trick saga in a Copa del Rey Round of 32 match against Huesca at Camp Nou on 16^th December 2014. He then signed a four-year contract extension on 4^th June 2015. In the 2015 UEFA Super Cup match against Sevilla, he scored the winning goal in Tbilisi on 11^th August 2015.

Pedro Rodriguez club career

Pedro Rodriguez Chelsea Career

At the beginning of Season 2015-16, Pedro Signed a four-year contract with one of the richest football clubs Chelsea on 20^th August 2015. He earned a reported transfer fee of £19 million, which could rise up to £21.4 million after several performance bonuses. He then made his debut and scored a goal for the EPL side against West Bromwich Albion on 23rd August 2015. At the second half of the season, he scored his first brace against Newcastle United on 13^th February, followed by another against Aston Villa on 2^nd April 2016. Chelsea then assigned him the Number-11 jersey upon the exit of Alexandre Pato.

He earned praises all over the globe for the fastest goal of the season 2015-16. He achieved that feat for his goal he scored just 30 seconds after the starting whistle against one of the Premier League champions Manchester United on 23^rd October 2016. A month later, he earned the Premier League Goal of the Month his amazing score against Tottenham Hotspur on 26^th November 2016.

Pedro Rodriguez International Career

Spain’s manager Vicente del Bosque named him in the 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup on 20^th May 2010. He then made his debut in a friendly match against Saudi Arabia in Innsbruck, Austria, on 29^th May 2010. The next month, he scored his first international goal in an exhibition game against Poland at the Estadio Nueva Condomina on 8^th June 2010. He then helped the Spanish side to defend their continental crown at UEFA Euro 2012. On 12^th October 2012, he scored his first international hat-trick in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Belarus.

Pedro Rodriguez Spain Career

Pedro Rodriguez Personal Life

Born to his parents Monserrat Ledesma Encinoso and Juan Antonio Rodríguez, in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Pedro is of pure Spanish descent. He grew up in the coastal city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife playing football with his native boys. Pedro met his girlfriend Carolina Martin, who is 5 years older than him, when he was just 17 years old. He is currently living with his long-time partner Carolina. The couple had their first son Bryan Rodríguez Martín on 4^th April 2013.

Pedro Rodriguez Net Worth

The current market value of Pedro stands at €25 Million as of 2018. He reached his all-time highest market value of €30 Million in 2013. His current net worth is estimated to be around €8 Million as of now. He earns around €114,000 weekly wage from his current club Chelsea. Besides his footballing income, he also has €6 Million worth of investments under his name. Besides, he also made his fortune through his sponsorship deals with American Sports giant Nike.

Pedro Rodriguez Individual Awards

Pedro achieved the La Liga title with FC Barcelona five times in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013, and then again in 2015. He then helped Barca to achieve three Copa del Rey and UEFA Super Cup each. He held the UEFA Champions League trophy thrice in 2009, 2011 and 2015. Pedro helped Barcelona to win the Supercopa de España four times. He also won the FIFA Club World Cup twice in 2009 and 2011. With Chelsea, he became the English Premier League winner in the 2016-17 season. And with Spain, he held the FIFA World Cup trophy in 2010, followed by UEFA European Championship trophy in 2012. Besides, some of the individual awards that Pedro received till now are as follows:

• La Liga’s Breakthrough Player: 2009–10
• Premier League Goal of the Month: November 2016 and April 2017