If the captain is like Rodri (Photo: PTI)
Spain Captain Rodri: The Spanish team has won the FIFA World Cup 2026 title. By defeating Argentina in the final, it achieved the title of champion for the second time. Its captain Rodri played a big role in making Spain champion. Anyway, it is said that the real strength of a team can be determined by its leadership. Spain was led efficiently by its captain Rodri in the FIFA World Cup 2026. It would not be wrong to say that the captain should be someone like Rodri, who broke a 60-year-old record in the FIFA World Cup to make Spain the champion.
Rodri played double role very well
30 year old Rodri is the captain of Spain as well as the team’s midfielder. He played this dual role very well in the FIFA World Cup 2026. As a captain, he made the strategy for the team along with the coach, while as a midfielder, he ran the game on the field so well that now the result is in front of the whole world. Rodri’s team is world champion.
Rodri broke 60 years record
Rodri has made Spain champion for the second time, breaking the 60-year record in the FIFA World Cup. He is the player who has taken the maximum number of 910 touches in a World Cup, which is a record since the last 60 years i.e. 1966 till now. Earlier, the record of most touches in a World Cup was in the name of Brazil’s Dunga. Dunga had a total of 880 touches in the 1994 World Cup.
Even in giving the most accurate passes, Rodri has no competition in the FIFA World Cup 2026. He has made a total of 756 accurate passes in this World Cup. This many accurate passes have been seen in a single World Cup for the first time since 1966.
Rodri’s life has not been easy
However, the life of Rodri, who led Spain to the FIFA World Cup 2026 title under his captaincy, has not been so easy. His playing career has been full of injuries. He has suffered 8 injuries in the last 2 years alone. The injuries Rodri suffered from 2024 to 2026 were related to groin, knee, hamstring, ligament and his fitness. Due to these injuries, Rodri remained out of the playing field for 416 days. He missed 54 matches in 2024-2025 due to injury and has sat out 27 matches in 2025-26.
However, we have to praise Rodri whose path was repeatedly blocked by injuries but he did not let himself break. Rodri came back showing his courage and courage every time. Now see that he is a world champion captain. A captain who not only made his team the champion but also won the title of Player of the Tournament for him.
Example of Rodri’s success
Before becoming the Player of the Tournament in the FIFA World Cup 2026, Rodri has also become the Player of the Tournament in Euro 2024. Rodri is the second footballer after Zidane to become the Player of the Tournament in both these events. Rodri has also been awarded the Ballen d’Or in 2024. He has become the 11th footballer in the world who, apart from the Ballen d’Or, also has the World Cup and Champions League titles in his account.
