Alex Rodman is one of the most popular and richest English footballer who was born on February 15, 1987 in Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom. Rodman signed for Tamworth on 30 May 2008 on a one-year contract with Nuneaton experiencing financial difficulties. He finished the 2008–09 season with 10 goals in 40 appearances as Tamworth won the Conference North title. In June 2009, he signed a new one-year contract ahead, of their return to the Conference Premier. Following his first season with Tamworth back in the Conference Premier, in which he scored two goals in 24 appearances, Rodman went on trial with League One club Notts County. After the trial came to an end Rodman signed a new one-year contract with Tamworth in July 2010. One of Rodman’s last matches for Tamworth was against Newport County on 11 January 2011, in which he scored a hat-trick, impressing County’s Aldershot Town-bound manager Dean Holdsworth.
Rodman made his England C debut on 26 May 2010 against the Republic of Ireland, coming on as an 89th-minute substitute. He made his second appearance on 15 September 2010 against Wales semi-pro, scoring the second goal in a 2–2 draw. Rodman was then picked for the squad that would play Belgium on 9 February 2011 but withdrew due to becoming a Football League player.
Rodman left Tamworth to join League Two club Aldershot Town on 26 January 2011 on a two-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He made his first appearance for Aldershot on 29 January 2011 after coming off the bench at Gillingham to replace Wade Small in the 49th minute. Rodman scored a late consolation goal in a 2–1 defeat with a 25-yard shot during stoppage time. He finished the season with five goals in 14 appearances for Aldershot. Rodman missed the rest of the 2011–12 season after being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism during January 2012, after tests showed he had three blood clots in his lungs. He had made 26 appearances and scored two goals for Aldershot up to that point in the 2011–12 season. He resumed training during the pre-season of 2012.
Rodman has represented England in futsal, making five appearances between 2006 and 2007, and had also been a member of the English and British Universities squad whilst studying Business at Nottingham Trent University.
Rodman was a schoolboy with Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers before playing in the youth teams of Arden Forest and Coleshill Town. He started his senior career after signing for Leamington in 2005. After one season he signed with Grantham Town, leaving them in 2007 before having spells with Lincoln United, Gainsborough Trinity and Nuneaton Borough. He signed for Tamworth in 2008, winning the Conference North title in his first season with the club. After a season-and-a-half of playing for them in the Conference Premier, Rodman signed for League Two club Aldershot Town in 2011. He had a loan spell with York City from 2012 to 2013 before joining Grimsby Town. He helped them to the Conference Premier play-offs before moving to Gateshead in 2014. After one season with them he joined Newport County of League Two in 2015.
Rodman signed for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Grantham Town at the start of the 2006–07 season, after an unsuccessful trial with Alfreton Town. Having finished the season with 33 appearances and two goals for Grantham, he signed for Lincoln United of the Northern Premier League Premier Division in July 2007 after Grantham’s relegation to the Northern Premier League Division One South. He scored five goals in 20 appearances for Lincoln before signing for Conference North club Gainsborough Trinity in November 2007, making his debut as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat at Burscough on 3 November. Having scored two goals in 12 appearances, he departed Gainsborough for league rivals Nuneaton Borough on 30 January 2008. He scored two goals in nine matches for Nuneaton.
