Legendary forward! He once beat Messi and has a career span of twenty years of championship reincarnation

Now that I mention the name Rodalega again, many fans will probably feel unfamiliar. But for old Premier League fans and those who are familiar with American football, this Colombia striker still leaves a lot of deep impression on everyone. Especially not long ago, the 40-year-old "old" striker once again attracted attention after leading the team to win the Colombian domestic league championship.

This scorer who has played for the Premier League in the Wigan Athletics and Fulham has won only two championships in total, both of which are Colombia League champions, one in 2005 and the other in 2025. The reincarnation of Rodaleega's career spans twenty years, which is really amazing!

Twenty years ago, the 20-year-old Rodalega followed the Colombian Cali Sports team, won the domestic league championship, and won the Golden Boot with 12 goals. Twenty years later, at the age of 40, he helped Bogota Santa Fe Independent win the domestic league championship and won the Golden Boot again. Rodalega joined the Bogota Santa Fe Independence team of Colombia in 2023, and has played 118 times for the team so far and has scored 50 goals. It has to be said that the 40-year-old Rodaleega is still very scary. In addition to winning the second championship trophy and the second Golden Boot in his career spanning 20 years, Rodaleega's career has another achievement that fans talk about. That was the 2005 South American U20 Championship. Rodalegga, who was only 20 years old at the time, shining in that competition. Not only did he score a free kick in the final, helping Colombia win the championship again after 18 years, he was also crowned the Golden Boot of the South American U20 Championship with 11 goals. You know, in that event, there was an Argentine young player named Messi who scored only 5 goals in the end and could only watch Colombia reach the top and become the background board behind Rodalega.

Then, with the halo of South American genius, Rodalega started his foreign league battle journey. He first came to Mexico to hone his skills, and went to Monterrey, Necasa and other teams, and finally successfully attracted the attention of the Premier League with his 25-goal performance in 51 games. In the winter window of 2009, Wigan Athletic spent 4.9 million euros to bring Rodaleega to the Premier League. At Wigan Athletics, the Colombia striker was crowned the team's Premier League scorer with 24 goals. Then he went to Fulham, but the 88 games with 20 goals and 14 assists could not stop the team from sinking.

Now this 40-year-old Colombia striker continues his legendary career on the green field.