The Uruguayan Rodrigo Zalazarof the Sporting Braga, He was elected the best midfielder in the highest category of Portuguese football in the month of January, the first time he has received this honor. Rodrigo Zalazar is brother of the player Córdoba CF Kuki Zalazar, both born in Albacete, although with dual nationality. In fact, Rodrigo is now an absolute international with the Uruguayan team under the command of Marcelo Bielsa and before reaching Sporting Braga He also played in the Bundesliga, specifically in the Schalke 04. He also played for Eintracht Frankfurt and St. Pauli, in addition to having a short adventure at Polish club Korona Kielce. Both he and his brother Kuki trained at Málaga.
Best midfielder of January
Rodrigo Zalazar received 18.52% of the votes cast by the coaches of the participating teams and beat the Portuguese Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting, with 17.04%) and João Neves (Benfica, with 15.56%), the League reported yesterday Tuesday in a statement provided to the media.
According to the championship organization, the 24-year-old Uruguayan «“It is being decisive in the campaign carried out by Braga,” where it has become «a key piece in the midfield of the team led by Artur Jorge», which is fourth. In January he scored a goal and an assist in four league games played, and in all competitions he now has four goals and eight assists.
Zalazar has Uruguayan nationality, but he was born in Albacete (Spain), where his father, José, played for Albacete Balompié in the 90s and where years later the Uruguayan midfielder took his first steps until he joined the Málaga youth team.
landed on the Panty at the beginning of the season from German Schalke 04quickly became a fixture of the group that recently proclaimed itself champion of the Portuguese League Cup.
Rodrigo Zalazar In January he joins Diogo Costa (Porto) and Gonçalo Inácio as best goalkeeper and best defender, respectively.