Bio

José Salomón Rondón Giménez (born 16 September 1989) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Argentine Primera División club River Plate and the Venezuela national team. After starting out at Aragua, he went on to spend most of his career in Europe, appearing in La Liga with Málaga, the Russian Premier League with Rubin Kazan and Zenit Saint Petersburg (winning the 2015 national championship with the latter club) and the Premier League with West Bromwich Albion and Newcastle United. A Venezuela international since 2008, Rondón is the country's all-time top goalscorer with 31 goals, and he represented his country in four Copa América tournaments.