C.D. Leganés and Real Sociedad agreed to the one-season-loan of the Portuguese international left-back Kévin Manuel Rodrigues, 25 years old. The French-Portuguese will play for the cucumber squad during the loan after having played the last two campaigns as txuri-urdin.
Rodrigues, native of Bayonne, formed at Toulouse FC, debuted being only 18 years in Ligue 1. After a season playing for Dijon, in the summer of 2015, he signed for Real Sociedad, playing two seasons in the San Sebastian B and debuting in First Division on January 2017 against Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabéu. In 2017/18 he became part of the first team, playing 22 games between LaLiga and Europa League and scoring a goal, in Anoeta against Real Madrid.
Last season he played seven matches with the Basque team, while in this campaign he participated in the first matchday with Imanol Alguacil's team in Mestalla against Valencia. Kevin Rodrigues was international in lower categories with France, achieving second place in the European U19 in 2013, although having dual nationality he decided to play with the Portuguese national team, playing in the U21 Euro-Cup in 2017 and debuting that same year with the national team in a friendly against Saudi Arabia. So far, he has played two more matches with the Portuguese team, a friendly against Scotland and a League of Nations match against Poland.
Rodrigues will wear number 24, and will be presented soon. The player will be immediately incorporated into the orders of Mauricio Pellegrino.
