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On 28 January 2018, Rodman made his debut for the {{wp|United States men's national soccer team}} in a friendly match against {{wp|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}, which ultimately ended in a 0-0 draw. However, it was not long that in the following friendly match against {{wp|Paraguay}}, Rodman soon made his mark on the national team when he proceeded to score his first two goals for his country, completing a 3-0 rout of their {{wp|Paraguayan}} opponents. Following this, on 20 November 2018, in a friendly match against {{wp|Italy}}, where the {{wp|United States}} initially looked set for a 0-1 defeat, Rodman proceeded to score his first hat-trick for the {{wp|United States}}, effectively overturning the results of the match, while also further strengthening his reputation among fans and supporters of the national team. Then, in the following year, Rodman participated in his first official tournament for the {{wp|United States}}, that being the {{wp|2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}, where early on, in the first group stage match against {{wp|Guyana}}, Rodman proceeded to score another hat-trick for the {{wp|United States}}. A consistent streak of victories against their opponents subsequently followed but initial aspirations of winning the tournament were ultimately quashed when the {{wp|United States}} suffered a narrow 0-1 loss to {{wp|Mexico}} in the finals, whose winning goal came at the 73rd minute from midfielder, {{wp|Jonathan dos Santos}}. | On 28 January 2018, Rodman made his debut for the {{wp|United States men's national soccer team}} in a friendly match against {{wp|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}, which ultimately ended in a 0-0 draw. However, it was not long that in the following friendly match against {{wp|Paraguay}}, Rodman soon made his mark on the national team when he proceeded to score his first two goals for his country, completing a 3-0 rout of their {{wp|Paraguayan}} opponents. Following this, on 20 November 2018, in a friendly match against {{wp|Italy}}, where the {{wp|United States}} initially looked set for a 0-1 defeat, Rodman proceeded to score his first hat-trick for the {{wp|United States}}, effectively overturning the results of the match, while also further strengthening his reputation among fans and supporters of the national team. Then, in the following year, Rodman participated in his first official tournament for the {{wp|United States}}, that being the {{wp|2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}, where early on, in the first group stage match against {{wp|Guyana}}, Rodman proceeded to score another hat-trick for the {{wp|United States}}. A consistent streak of victories against their opponents subsequently followed but initial aspirations of winning the tournament were ultimately quashed when the {{wp|United States}} suffered a narrow 0-1 loss to {{wp|Mexico}} in the finals, whose winning goal came at the 73rd minute from midfielder, {{wp|Jonathan dos Santos}}. | ||
Despite this setback, roughly two years later, Rodman would soon find his first major success with the {{wp|United States}} where in the {{wp|2019-20 CONCACAF Nations League}} tournament, the {{wp|United States}}, following up on a 3-0 victory over {{wp|Honduras}} in the semi-finals, then successfully dealt a crushing 5-2 victory over {{wp|Mexico}} to win the tournament outright. In that same year, Rodman also added onto the initial triumph by winning the {{wp|2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}, where they also dealt a defeat to neighbouring {{wp|Mexico}} to win the tournament as well. Then, in 2022, Rodman, having now served his national team for roughly four years long, participated in his first {{wp|World Cup}} tournament at the {{wp|2022 FIFA World Cup}} in {{wp|Qatar}}, where Rodman, as a regular starter for the {{wp|United States}}, quickly proved himself to be a worthy component of the national team when in the highly-anticipated group stage match against {{wp|England}}, Rodman contributed two goals to his side to deliver a shock 2-0 victory over their {{wp|English}} opponents. However, the national team's journey at the tournament would prove to be short-lived, when following a 0-0 draw with {{wp|Iran}}, a shock 2-4 defeat against the {{wp|Ukrainians}}, against whom Rodman initially dealt a double goal to give his side an early 2-0 lead, saw the {{wp|United States}} fail to advance to the knockout stages, with the {{wp|Ukrainians}} instead advancing further to the knockout stages along with {{wp|England}}. Soon afterwards, Rodman himself later described his national team's sudden exit from the tournament as "a trip down memory lane to 2018", in a reference to the {{wp|2018 FIFA World Cup}}, in which the {{wp|United States}} had otherwise failed to qualify for the tournament itself. | Despite this setback, roughly two years later, Rodman would soon find his first major success with the {{wp|United States}} where in the {{wp|2019-20 CONCACAF Nations League}} tournament, the {{wp|United States}}, following up on a 3-0 victory over {{wp|Honduras}} in the semi-finals, then successfully dealt a crushing 5-2 victory over {{wp|Mexico}} to win the tournament outright. In that same year, Rodman also added onto the initial triumph by winning the {{wp|2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}, where they also dealt a defeat to neighbouring {{wp|Mexico}} to win the tournament as well. Then, in 2022, Rodman, having now served his national team for roughly four years long, participated in his first {{wp|World Cup}} tournament at the {{wp|2022 FIFA World Cup}} in {{wp|Qatar}}, where Rodman, as a regular starter for the {{wp|United States}}, quickly proved himself to be a worthy component of the national team when in the highly-anticipated group stage match against {{wp|England}}, Rodman contributed two goals to his side to deliver a shock 2-0 victory over their {{wp|English}} opponents. However, the national team's journey at the tournament would prove to be short-lived, when following a 0-0 draw with {{wp|Iran}}, a shock 2-4 defeat against the {{wp|Ukrainians}}, against whom Rodman initially dealt a double goal to give his side an early 2-0 lead, saw the {{wp|United States}} fail to advance to the knockout stages, with the {{wp|Ukrainians}} instead advancing further to the knockout stages along with {{wp|England}}. Soon afterwards, Rodman himself later described his national team's sudden exit from the tournament as "a trip down memory lane to 2018", in a reference to the {{wp|2018 FIFA World Cup}}, in which the {{wp|United States}} had otherwise failed to qualify for the tournament itself. In the meantime, {{wp|Ukraine}}, which last qualified for the {{wp|World Cup}} in 2006, went on to defeat the {{wp|Netherlands}} 4-2 via a penalty shootout in the round of 16, but otherwise fell 1-4 to the eventual victors, {{wp|Argentina}}, whom later dealt a memorable 4-2 victory over {{wp|2018 FIFA World Cup}} champions, {{wp|France}} via a penalty shootout after both sides were ultimately tied 3-3 at the end of the match. | ||
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| Full name | Charles Dennis Henry Rodman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | April 15, 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Los Angeles, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Manchester City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 - 2016 | Manchester City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 - | Manchester City | 194 | (199) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 - | United States | 101 | (55) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Dennis Henry Rodman (born 15 April 1994) is an American professional soccer player whom currently plays as a winger for Premier League club, Manchester City. Known for his aggressiveness, speed, and dribbling ability, Rodman is considered to be one of the best and most prolific wingers in the world. Among fans and supporters, Rodman is popularly known as the "Black Eagle", a nickname he came to adopt himself, and which was heavily inspired by the popular "Black Mamba" nickname used by the late American professional basketball player, Kobe Bryant. Moreover, due to his black ancestry and his position as a winger at Manchester City, Rodman was also a subject of intense comparison between himself and former Jamaican-born teammate, Raheem Sterling, whom played as a winger for the club as well from 2015 to 2022 before eventually departing for Chelsea.
The son of former American professional basketball player, Dennis Rodman and British royal, Catherine, Princess Royal, Rodman initially envisioned a career in basketball, thereby following in the footsteps of his relatively famous and successful father, but ultimately switched course towards association football, having been reportedly inspired by the historic success of the United States men's national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. To that end, in 2007, Rodman started off as a youth prospect at the Manchester City academy, where he would remain for roughly a decade or so before eventually gaining promotion to the senior team for Manchester City, with whom he has since been a regular starter for, including for the 2018-19 season, in which the club became the second Premier League side to achieve a domestic treble after Manchester United in the 2008-09 season. With 340 goals scored across all competition, Rodman is the club's all-time top goalscorer, as well as its leading player in terms of Premier League Golden Boot awards won, with Rodman so far having won six consecutive Golden Boots, as well as one European Golden Shoe and Ballon d'Or awards.
On the international level, Rodman represents the United States, with whom he won the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League and the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Then, in 2022, Rodman made his World Cup debut for the national team at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, which saw the United States exit the tournament in the group stages following a shock 4-2 defeat to Ukraine.
Early Life
Born on 15 April 1994, Charles Rodman was the only son of the former American professional basketball player, Dennis Rodman and the British royal, Catherine, Princess Royal. Born as a result of a short-term romantic affair between his parents, Rodman initially grew up for roughly a year under his mother's care, until issues surrounding his parents' relationship compelled the latter to leave her son with her former partner. Following that, for the next few years or so, Rodman was otherwise raised single-handedly by his father until in April 1999, when following a breakdown in the marriage between his father and the American model, Carmen Electra, the younger Rodman was sent to live with his stepmother, whom duly took the five-year-old Rodman under her care. Meanwhile, through his father, Rodman is the half-brother of the American college basketball player, DJ Rodman and the American professional soccer player, Trinity Rodman. On the other hand, through his mother, he is also a first cousin of the United Kingdom's Queen Alexandra, former professional football player, William Smith, and the British Olympic swimmer, Princess Mary, Duchess of Sussex.
Career
Manchester City
In 2007, a thirteen-year-old Rodman, hoping to make a start in the Premier League, joined Manchester City's youth academy, where he would remain there for the next nine years or so, during which he showed considerable proficiency as a footballer, while also becoming known for his considerable pace, as well as his aggressiveness on the pitch, qualities that quickly landed him in the eyes of the club's administrators.
Eventually, in 2016, a now twenty-two-year-old Rodman finally gained his promotion to the Manchester City senior team. Soon enough, on 13 August 2016, Rodman made his debut as a substitute in the opening match of the 2016-17 season against Sunderland, in which he memorably scored a late goal at the 91st minute to complete a 3-1 rout of their opponents. Following this, it was not long until Rodman, whom was then included in the starting lineup in the match against West Ham United, where he would score his first hat-trick for Manchester City, with his hat-trick itself adding onto the three other goals by his teammates to establish a dominant 6-1 win over their opponents. In another instance, on 2 October 2016, Rodman's double goals in an away match against Tottenham Hotspur proved vital in avoiding an initial 0-2 defeat at the hands of their opponents, whom as a result, were forced to settle for a draw rather than an outright win. Then, a few further matches followed, and this time, in a home match against Middlesbrough, Rodman quickly netted his second hat-trick for the club, which for the match itself, proved more than enough to break the initial 1-1 deadlock, after a 43rd-minute goal by teammate, Sergio Agüero was evened out by a late 91st-minute goal from Middlesbrough midfielder, Marten de Roon, whose consolation goal otherwise proved not enough to overcome the huge Manchester City lead. By the end of it, with 31 goals scored across 30 league matches Rodman was featured in, he had quickly established himself as the leading club goalscorer for the season, while also winning his first Premier League Golden Boot award for himself as the league's leading goalscorer of the season. In the meantime, despite a promising start in the FA Cup, in which he scored a hat-trick in his first match for the competition to complete an 8-0 rout of West Ham United, the club itself ultimately fell short of winning the competition as a result of a narrow 2-1 loss to Arsenal, while in the EFL Cup, Rodman, despite scoring two consecutive hat-tricks to deal a 5-1 and a 3-1 blow to Swansea City and Manchester United respectively, saw his club exit the competition as a result of an unprecedented 1-4 loss to West Ham United. On the other hand, in the UEFA Champions League, Manchester City itself otherwise came close to winning the tournament for the first time ever but a 0-2 defeat to Real Madrid in the finals saw their ambitions ultimately cut short by the Spanish giants.
United States men's national team
On 28 January 2018, Rodman made his debut for the United States men's national soccer team in a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which ultimately ended in a 0-0 draw. However, it was not long that in the following friendly match against Paraguay, Rodman soon made his mark on the national team when he proceeded to score his first two goals for his country, completing a 3-0 rout of their Paraguayan opponents. Following this, on 20 November 2018, in a friendly match against Italy, where the United States initially looked set for a 0-1 defeat, Rodman proceeded to score his first hat-trick for the United States, effectively overturning the results of the match, while also further strengthening his reputation among fans and supporters of the national team. Then, in the following year, Rodman participated in his first official tournament for the United States, that being the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, where early on, in the first group stage match against Guyana, Rodman proceeded to score another hat-trick for the United States. A consistent streak of victories against their opponents subsequently followed but initial aspirations of winning the tournament were ultimately quashed when the United States suffered a narrow 0-1 loss to Mexico in the finals, whose winning goal came at the 73rd minute from midfielder, Jonathan dos Santos.
Despite this setback, roughly two years later, Rodman would soon find his first major success with the United States where in the 2019-20 CONCACAF Nations League tournament, the United States, following up on a 3-0 victory over Honduras in the semi-finals, then successfully dealt a crushing 5-2 victory over Mexico to win the tournament outright. In that same year, Rodman also added onto the initial triumph by winning the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup, where they also dealt a defeat to neighbouring Mexico to win the tournament as well. Then, in 2022, Rodman, having now served his national team for roughly four years long, participated in his first World Cup tournament at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, where Rodman, as a regular starter for the United States, quickly proved himself to be a worthy component of the national team when in the highly-anticipated group stage match against England, Rodman contributed two goals to his side to deliver a shock 2-0 victory over their English opponents. However, the national team's journey at the tournament would prove to be short-lived, when following a 0-0 draw with Iran, a shock 2-4 defeat against the Ukrainians, against whom Rodman initially dealt a double goal to give his side an early 2-0 lead, saw the United States fail to advance to the knockout stages, with the Ukrainians instead advancing further to the knockout stages along with England. Soon afterwards, Rodman himself later described his national team's sudden exit from the tournament as "a trip down memory lane to 2018", in a reference to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, in which the United States had otherwise failed to qualify for the tournament itself. In the meantime, Ukraine, which last qualified for the World Cup in 2006, went on to defeat the Netherlands 4-2 via a penalty shootout in the round of 16, but otherwise fell 1-4 to the eventual victors, Argentina, whom later dealt a memorable 4-2 victory over 2018 FIFA World Cup champions, France via a penalty shootout after both sides were ultimately tied 3-3 at the end of the match.
Personal Life
In stark contrast to his father, Rodman has mostly lived a relatively private and secluded life, preferring not to position himself in the public spotlight as the former had done in the past. Nonetheless, in 2018, it was reported that Rodman had begun a relationship with the American model, Grace Elizabeth, whom later gave birth to a daughter, Nina Rodman on 5 December 2021.
During a 2019 interview with Sky Sports, Rodman revealed that despite his current allegiance to Manchester City, he had actually grown up as a "huge fan" of rivals, Manchester United. However, despite his childhood passion for the club, Rodman said that he ultimately decided against joining it as a senior player himself, stating, "In the end, no matter how well I might do at the club, the media will always be talking about William Smith, especially on how he did much better at the club and how he is probably a much better player than I am for the club itself, which is something that I wanted to avoid from the start so that I can go and forge my own legacy as a footballer, and not just live under someone else's shadow".
Honours
Manchester City
- Premier League: 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22
- FA Cup: 2018-19
- EFL Cup: 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21
Community Shield: 2018-19, 2019-20
United States
- CONCACAF Nations League: 2019-20
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2021