Ribair Rodriguez, the former Boca who sent River to B and is now dedicated to building houses

From sending to River with Cordoba Belgrain on June 26, 2011 and spend two seasons after for the last Mouth From Carl Bianchi to start making space in the construction world. And this is still valid in football. Such is the story of Ribair Rodriguez, the Uruguayan central midfielder who, at the age of 35, in addition to playing for the Danube club where he was born, has begun to devote hours to his other passion in his free time. What are you doing? Specialized in the construction of prefabricated houses.

In addition to being identified with Cordoba Belgrain AND MouthRodríguez also knew how to wear T-shirts from Tiger AND Newell’s. After suffering an Achilles tendon injury which kept him off the pitch for much of 2021, the experienced midfielder returned to action in May 2022 with his beloved team Danubewith which he managed to celebrate his promotion to the First Division.

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With a past in Mexican football (Black Lions and Saints of the Lagoon), Rodríguez had an interview with Uruguay’s Sport 80 reported by sports newspaper Olé. There he told why he decided to begin to internalize himself in a hobby that surely, once he has reattached his shoes to the nail, will be his new job for him.

“I’m already preparing for the day after the footballer. I have always liked the world of construction, since I was a child.. I loved the dry build thing. That’s why I decided to take the course”. For those who don’t know, this construction mechanism is based on the use of prefabricated elements without the need to use wet mixes. And Rodríguez has become a specialist in the field.

But that is not all. In addition to continuing to learn about the construction world, Rodríguez also wants to finish secondary school (the high school, as they call it in Uruguay) with the premise of having everything to be able to become a technical director once he retires.

“When I returned to Uruguay, I realized that I had a lot of free time and I had to invest it in something for the next day. While I was abroad, I didn’t learn about distance learning courses. I always said I would finish high school and luckily I am“, said the player who also played for Nacional and River de Uruguay.

Logically, he did not let the moment pass and referred to the happiest moments of his stay in Argentina, led by Ricardo Zielinski in Belgrano, the DT who gave him the possibility of becoming one of the historical executioners of the greatest fall in Fiume.

“Ricardo Zielinski is a great coach, he doesn’t let you down. He’s right, he speaks to you with the right words. With him I improved my career. It went great with him when we were in Belgrano“, praise.