Rodríguez also holds Spanish nationality, it made him unrestricted to be register as a player of Serie A club despite born outside the European Union.
[2] On 30 January 2011 Rodríguez was signed by Italian Serie A club Genoa for €44.12 million from Peñarol.
[3] In June 2011 he was swapped directly with Riccardo Meggiorini, both 50% registration rights were "valued" €3 million.
[6] On 21 June Bologna acquired Rodríguez for free and Robert Acquafresca outright from Genoa for €1.267 million.
[9] He has been capped by the Uruguay national under-20 football team for the 2011 South American Youth Championship and for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.