Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante has been awarded the Ballon d’Or 2024 in an especially surprising move given the favorite position that Vinícius had had in recent months. He is the second Spanish man to receive the award for the best player in the world, after Luis Suárez in 1960.
The Madrid native, during the 2023/2024 season, took three titles with Manchester City: the Premier League, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup. Furthermore, with the Spanish team, he was crucial in achieving La Roja’s fourth Euro Cup.
This is Rodri Hernández
“A normal boy, with values, who studies, who tries to do things well, who does not pay attention to stereotypes…” This is how Rodri described himself after winning the Ballon d’Or, the long-awaited award that recognizes him as the best player in the world during the 2023/2024 season for his Manchester City and the Spanish national team.
The march of Sergio Busquets It has barely been noticed in La Roja, since Rodri Hernández has managed to take control of the midfield. At 28 years old, the footballer Manchester City He has more than demonstrated his solvency on the field of play.
In this way, the man from Madrid was one of the key footballers for La Roja to be proclaimed winner of the UEFA Nations League for the first time in history. However, despite its popularity, Rodri has always preferred to stay away from the media and, therefore, he has chosen not to have any account on social networks.
Rodri’s time at the university
The City footballer is not at all conventional. Unlike other teammates, the Spaniard has always tried to combine his sporting career with studies. Thus, when he was active as a youth player he decided continue with the Baccalaureate.
When this stage ended, being a Villarreal first team player, Rodri enrolled in the Degree in Business Administration and Management at the Jaime I University of Castellón. Despite his sporting commitments, the footballer managed graduate when he was already settled in Manchester.
Without social networks and without desire for prominence
“Fame doesn’t satisfy me. I don’t like to be extravagant“said Rodrigo Hernández in an interview where he also pointed out that he had never had any interest in showing his life through social networks.
In this way, of his family it is only known that his father’s name is Antonio and he is an engineer; his mother, Elena, marketing director. The footballer has two brothers: Gonzalo and Álvaro. Anonymity has also come to Rodri’s girlfriend, Laura, with whom he has had a relationship since his university days.
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