Rodolfo Gilbert Pizarro Thomas (born 15 February 1994) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga MX club Mazatlán.
[4] On 19 February 2013, during a Copa MX group stage match against Dorados de Sinaloa, he would score his first goal in a 5–2 loss.
[3] Pizarro, along with fellow youth system teammates Hirving Lozano and Érick Gutiérrez, proved to be vital in Pachuca's winning of the Clausura 2016 championship.
[7][8] On 7 January 2017, Pizarro made his debut against Club Universidad Nacional, playing the whole match in which Guadalajara won 2–1.
[18] As Guadalajara went on to win the finals following a penalty shoot-out victory of 4–2,[19][20] Pizarro won the Best Young Player award[21] and was listed on the Best XI of the tournament.
[27] This made Pizarro alongside teammate Angel Zaldívar the first players to win the tournament in back–to–back years with two different teams.
[30] On 14 December, following Monterrey's 3–2 quarter-final victory over Al Sadd at the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, he was named Man of the Match.
[31] At the end of the month, he would win the Apertura championship against América, with Pizzaro being handed a starting berth in both legs of the final.
[33] The following day, despite not officially being announced as a signing for the club, Pizarro scored the first goal for Miami in a 2–1 preseason friendly loss to Philadelphia Union.
[46] On 18 September 2015, Rodolfo Pizarro was selected by coach Raúl Gutiérrez to play in the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.
[48] On 7 July 2016, Pizarro was named in Mexico's 18-man squad that would participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
[52] On 29 January 2014, Pizarro made his senior national team debut in a friendly game against South Korea, playing all 90 minutes.
[61][62] In March 2019, Pizarro declared that it was a motivating gesture that Martino treated the domestic league players with the same importance and opportunity as those based in Europe.
[65] Prior to the start of the Gold Cup, he picked up a minor injury and did not appear in the tournament until the final group stage match against Martinique,[66][67] coming on as a half-time substitute and contributing an assist to Raúl Jiménez for Mexico's second goal in a 3–2 victory.