Born in Vigo, he began his career in 1907 at his hometown club Vigo FC, and in his first (and only) season with them he played a pivotal role in the club's greatest achievement, reaching the 1908 Copa del Rey Final, where they were beaten 1-2 by Madrid FC.
In Fortuna he stood out for his goal-scoring instinct, which earned him a move to FC Barcelona in 1910, making his debut on 1 May 1910, in the final of the 1910 Pyrenees Cup, despite having just landed and barely having time to meet his teammates, something that was not enough to stop him from scoring the winning goal in a 2–1 win over Real Sociedad.
[3] He was a member of the legendary Barcelona team of the early 1910s that also included the likes of Francisco Bru, Alfredo Massana, Enrique Peris, Carles Comamala and Charles Wallace, and together with them, he helped the club win a further two Pyrenees Cup titles in 1911 and 1912, netting once in the latter as Barça beat Stade Bordelais 5–3.
He played for Barcelona until 1912, scoring 59 goals in 62 games and winning two Catalan Championships (1910 and 1911), two Pyrenees Cups (1910 and 1911) and two Copa del Rey (1910 and 1912).
On 20 February 1912, Rodríguez went down in history as one of the eleven footballers who played in the first international game recognized by FIFA of the Catalonia national team in a friendly against France, that ended in a 0–7 loss.