Jonathan Rodríguez Menéndez (born 9 July 1991), commonly known as Jony, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger.

Club career Early years Born in Cangas del Narcea, Asturias, Jony finished his youth career with FC Barcelona after a period with local Real Oviedo. He made his senior debut with the latter's reserves in the 2010–11 season, in the Tercera División.El Oviedo incorpora a la plantilla al centrocampista Jony (Oviedo add midfielder Jony to roster); El Comercio, 28 July 2010 (in Spanish)

In June 2011, Jony moved to Segunda División B club Marino de Luanco.El Marino ficha a Joni, perla de la cantera del Barcelona (Marino sign Joni, Barcelona's youth system gem); La Nueva España, 19 June 2011 (in Spanish) He continued competing at that level the following years, representing Getafe CF B,Jony firma por el Getafe B (Jony signs for Getafe B); El Comercio, 27 June 2012 (in Spanish) Real Avilés Industrial CFEl Avilés se refuerza con Jony y cede a Milio al Tuilla (Avilés bolster with Jony and loan Milio to Tuilla); La Nueva España, 1 February 2013 (in Spanish) and Sporting Atlético.El filial ficha al extremo del Avilés Jony (The reserves sign Avilés' winger Jony); La Nueva España, 2 July 2013 (in Spanish)

Sporting Gijón Jony signed a new two-year deal with the latter's first team on 7 May 2014.El extremo Jony firma como profesional del Sporting (Winger Jony signs as a professional of Sporting); Marca, 7 May 2014 (in Spanish) He played his first match as a professional three days later, starting and scoring the first goal in a 2–1 home win over Hércules CF in the Segunda División.Abelardo debuta con una sufrida victoria de los rojiblancos (Abelardo debuts with a hard-fought victory for the red-and-white); Marca, 10 May 2014 (in Spanish)

In the 2014–15 campaign, Jony contributed seven goals in 41 appearances as the Rojiblancos returned to La Liga after a three-year absence. He made his debut in the competition on 23 August 2015, starting the 0–0 home draw against Real Madrid.El Madrid sigue seco (Madrid are still dry) ; Marca, 23 August 2015 (in Spanish)

Jony scored his first goal in the Spanish top flight on 23 September, but in a 2–1 loss at Rayo Vallecano.El Rayo sabe contemporizar ante un valiente Sporting (Rayo know how to use time against a valiant Sporting); Marca, 23 September 2015 (in Spanish)

Málaga On 23 June 2016, Jony signed a four-year contract with fellow top-division club Málaga CF after his contract with Sporting expired.El Málaga CF se refuerza con Jony Rodríguez (Málaga CF bolster with Jony Rodríguez); Málaga CF, 23 June 2016 (in Spanish) On 12 January 2018, he returned to Sporting on loan until the end of the second-tier season.Jony jugará cedido en el Sporting el resto de temporada (Jony will play on loan at Sporting the rest of the season); Málaga CF, 12 January 2018 (in Spanish) In April, he was named Player of the Month for the previous month.

On 17 June 2018, following Málaga's top-flight relegation, Jony was loaned to Deportivo Alavés of the same division for one year.

Lazio Jony joined SS Lazio on 23 July 2019. His maiden Serie A appearance took place on 1 September, when he came on as a 78th-minute substitute in the 1–1 home draw with AS Roma.

On 20 September 2020, Jony moved to CA Osasuna on loan until 30 June 2021 with an option to buy. On 30 January 2022, he returned to Sporting on another loan; the move was extended at the latter in July for another year.

Cartagena On 1 September 2023, Jony signed a one-year contract with FC Cartagena after terminating his link with Lazio. The following January, having totalled just 66 competitive minutes, he was released.

Career statistics

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsOviedo2010–11Segunda División B1000——10Marino2011–12Segunda División B32520——345Getafe B2012–13Segunda División B81———81Avilés2012–13Segunda División B16000——160Sporting Gijón B2013–14Segunda División B318———318Sporting Gijón2013–14Segunda División5200—20722014–15Segunda División41711——4282015–16La Liga36500——365Total82141100208515Málaga2016–17La Liga24220——2622017–18La Liga5020——70Total292400000332Sporting Gijón (loan)2017–18Segunda División21500—21236Alavés (loan)2018–19La Liga36510——375Lazio2019–20Serie A2402060—320Osasuna (loan)2020–21La Liga22020——240Career total30339121604132442

Honours Lazio Supercoppa Italiana: 2019

Individual Segunda División Player of the Month: March 2018

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