Biography
At an early age, Salomon Rondon tried himself in different sports, but stopped on football. He did not lose and managed to achieve success in his career, remembering the professional game and spectacular goals.Childhood and youth
José Salomon Rondon was born on September 16, 1989 in the Venezuelan city of Caracas. He was a middle child in the family of chemistry teacher and housewife.
The career of a professional football player the boy was predied before birth. When his mother was pregnant, she watched matches with the participation of Diego Maradona, and Salomon was kicking every time the player hit the ball.
In the early years, the biography of Rondon considered Ronaldo ("Zubstiki") and Michael Jordan, taking off between football and basketball. But on the Council of the Father, the basketball court traded on a football field.
At first, the boy was engaged in the San José de Kalasans school, and then began to play for the amateur club "Deportivo Gulima". The athlete managed to show himself and had already signed the first professional contract for 16 years, he replenished the ranks of Aragua. Because FC was located in Maracaye, the parents took the Son daily to workout on the car. The road ranked 1.5 hours in one direction, but this allowed Rondon to stay in a family house for a long time before he went to free swimming.
Football
After the 2007/2008 season, Salomon recognized the best young player of the Venezuela championship, representatives of European clubs were paid to him. During the family meeting, it was decided that the football player would better go to Spain. So he entered the team "Las Palmas".The termination of the contract with Aragua was not required, since the document was signed by the Father of the Rondon even before its majority and has lost legal force. But the leadership of the Venezuelan FC still created obstacles to the transition of an athlete, which managed to cope only after appeal to the FIFA arbitration. The court decision was made in favor of the Spanish Club.
In the same 2008, Salomon made his debut as a player of the Venezuela national team. In the future, he repeatedly entered the national team, but it was not possible to bring it to victory at international competitions.
After 2 years spent in Las Palmas, Rondon moved to Malaga. Although he demonstrated impressive game statistics, the leadership had to sell a football player due to financial difficulties. The star was interested in representatives of the Kazan "Rubin". The shuttle service cost € 10 million, which made Salomon the most expensive Venezuelan player in the history of football.
The athlete quickly mastered in a new country for himself and soon began to score the first goals for the team. But in 2013, the footballer received a serious injury - a fracture of a tie bone, because of which he was forced to spend 2 months on recovery. After returning to the field, the player participated in 3 matches of the Europa League group stage, where he marked with 2 clogged balls.
Already in January next year, Rondon replenished the ranks of St. Petersburg Zenit. Together with this team, the footballer became the champion of Russia and the owner of the Super Cup of this state. In the 2014/2015 season, he demonstrated a spectacular game in a pair with Khalkom (Zayer de Supis), and at the end of September, he was recognized as the best player.
But due to the tightening of the limit on foreign athletes, Salomon had to leave Zenit and move to the English "West Bromwich Albion". Although at first the performance of the star declined, he managed to adapt and repeatedly brought the team benefit during participation in the Championship of England. Especially bright was the goal of "Liverpool", scored on the 88th minute of the match on April 21, 2018, which allowed his FC to compose an account.
In the summer of the same year, Venezuelets moved to Newcastle United, where he spent a year. After that, he became a player of the Dalian Ifan team, his salary in China was € 9.3 million per year. Salomon again showed a spectacular game and already in the 2nd season was recognized as one of the best superliga scorers.
Personal life
The athlete has gained happiness in his personal life, marrying his beloved by Valery. Soon she gave the star Rodrigo's son, and then daughter Rafael.
In 2019, there was information that the spouses are waiting for a child. The first photo of the kid Romeo Instagram-account followers saw next year in October. On the occasion of Halloween, the celebration of which was always a significant event for a football player, the whole family was changed into costumes of the characters "Alice in Wonderland."
Salomon weighs about 91 kg with a height of 186 cm.
Salomon Rondon now
In February 2021, it became known that the player for rental rights replenished the ranks of Moscow CSKA.This news Rondon confirmed on the Twitter page, where he wrote in Russian that wearing a Team T-shirt for him. Now the athlete continues to train hard to conquer new victories.
Achievements
- 2008 - Woster Venezuela Cup with Aragua
- 2008 - Best Young Venezuela Championship player
- 2014 - the best player of the month of RFPL in September
- 2015 - Champion of Russia with Zenit
- 2015 - Winner of the Super Cup of Russia with Zenit
- 2019 - Player of the Year at the Newcastle Uniyted Club