Salomón Rondón
(José Salomón Rondón Giménez)
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Born
1989 (36 years old)
Caracas, VenezuelaPosition
Centre-Forward
Status
Active
Ethnicity
Hispanic
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Height
1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight
90 kg (198 lb)
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Agent
JM10 SPORT
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Sport
SoccerTeam
Pachuca
2nd Team
Venezuela
League
Mexican Primera League
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José Salomón Rondón Giménez (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 16 September 1989) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Pachuca, and captains the Venezuela national team.
After starting out at Aragua, Rondón went on to spend most of his career in Europe, appearing in La Liga with Málaga, the Russian Premier League with Rubin Kazan, Zenit Saint Petersburg (winning the 2015 national championship with the latter club) and CSKA Moscow, and the Premier League with West Bromwich Albion, Newcastle United and Everton. In 2023, he returned to the Americas, as he signed for the Argentine club River Plate, winning the Argentine Primera División title before joining a Mexican club Pachuca, four days after his departure from the club. While in Pachuca, he won the CONCACAF Champions Cup in his debut season, as well as finishing as the top scorer in the tournament.
A Venezuela international since 2008, Rondón has earned 120 caps and is the country's all-time top goalscorer with 48 goals. He represented his country in five Copa América tournaments, helping them to fourth place in 2011.
Season Stats
1 appearances in the current 2026-2027 Season
2 goals scored in the current 2026-2027 Season
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 Russian Premier League |  Zenit St Petersburg | 2014-2015 |
Milestones
 Copa America Player Of The Match | Venezuela | 2024-06-30 | |
| Copa America Player Of The Match | Venezuela | 2024-06-26 | |
| Copa America Player Of The Match | Venezuela | 2024-06-22 |
Former Youth Teams
 Aragua F.C. | 2005-2006 | Youth | - | - |
Former Senior Teams
| Aragua F.C. | 2006-2008 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Las Palmas | 2008-2010 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Malaga | 2010-2012 | Permanent | - | - | |
 FK Rubin Kazan | 2012-2014 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Zenit St Petersburg | 2014-2015 | Permanent | - | - | |
 West Brom | 2015-2019 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Newcastle | 2018-2019 | Loan | - | - | |
 Dalian Yifang | 2019-2021 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Everton | 2021-2023 | Permanent | - | - | |
 CSKA Moscow | 2021 | Loan | - | - | |
 River Plate | 2023-2024 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Real Oviedo | 2025 | Loan | - | - |
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Contracts
| Everton | 2021-2023 | - |
| River Plate | 2023-2025 | - |
 Pachuca | 2024-2025 | - |
 Pachuca | 2025-2027 | - |
| Real Oviedo | 2025-2026 | - |
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