{"id":495169,"date":"2025-10-13T03:47:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/495169\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T03:47:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:47:20","slug":"joe-rodon-is-now-just-two-games-short-of-matching-incredible-leeds-united-record-set-by-mateusz-klich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/495169\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rodon is now just two games short of matching incredible Leeds United record set by Mateusz Klich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Leeds United centre-back Joe Rodon has been a crucial part of the defence under Daniel Farke since joining the club from Tottenham Hotspur. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/joe-rodon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Rodon<\/a> joined Leeds at the start of the 2023\/24 season and has been a mainstay in their defence ever since, making his move permanent at the end of his first year with the club. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/news\/welsh-media-share-clear-verdict-on-leeds-uniteds-joe-rodon-after-england-beat-wales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rodon was one of the bright spots<\/a> in Wales\u2019 recent defeat against England, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/daniel-farke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Farke<\/a> will be hoping that he comes through their second game of the international break unscathed. <\/p>\n<p>The Welshman\u2019s form has been so impressive that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/news\/leeds-united-headache-as-slovenian-media-share-verdict-on-jaka-bijols-display-vs-kosovo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slovenian international Jaka Bijol<\/a> and fellow summer signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/opinion\/daniel-farke-wanted-him-for-years-but-now-new-leeds-united-star-is-surely-regretting-elland-road-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sebastiaan Bornauw have both been unable to force<\/a> their way into the Leeds starting line-up in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> this season. <\/p>\n<p>Now, Rodon stands on the verge of setting a new record for Leeds, as he closes in on a mark set by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/mateusz-klich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mateusz Klich<\/a> during Leeds\u2019 last promotion campaign. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2230952652-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Rodon in action for Leeds.\" class=\"wp-image-110308\" \/>Photo by James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty ImagesJoe Rodon closing in on Mateusz Klich record for Leeds United<\/p>\n<p>According to a post from LUFCData on the social media site X (formerly Twitter), by starting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/match-coverage\/leeds-united-player-ratings-vs-tottenham-calvert-lewin-and-gudmundsson-mistakes-costly-but-8-10-star-great\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds\u2019 defeat against Tottenham<\/a>, Rodon made his 90th consecutive league appearance under Farke. <\/p>\n<p>If he comes through Wales\u2019 game against Belgium unscathed and starts the game against Burnley, Rodon will move to within one of the incredible run of league appearances set by Klich. <\/p>\n<p>Having looked set to leave Leeds before the start of the 2018\/19 season, Klich made a scarcely believable 92 consecutive league appearances under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/marcelo-bielsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcelo Bielsa<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most consecutive league appearances for Leeds United<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>Mateusz Klich \u2013 92<\/li>\n<li>Joe Rodon \u2013 90*<\/li>\n<li>Gordon Strachan \u2013 81<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That run only came to an end when Klich sat out Leeds\u2019 trip to Derby County at the end of the 2020 season, after Leeds had already clinched the league title.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk\/sport\/football\/leeds-united\/why-its-time-to-talk-about-leeds-uniteds-mateusz-klich-and-his-ever-present-marcelo-bielsa-record-daniel-chapman-1889283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Yorkshire Evening Post<\/a>, Klich passed the previous record set by Leeds legend Gordon Strachan, who made 81 consecutive appearances during his time with the club.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1417101733-1024x751.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds United v Chelsea FC - Premier League\" class=\"wp-image-83217\" \/>Photo by Visionhaus\/Getty ImagesWho has the most consecutive appearances for Leeds?<\/p>\n<p>Although Rodon, Klich and Strachan\u2019s respective runs of consecutive games are hugely impressive, they fall some way short of the longest run of consecutive games for the club. <\/p>\n<p>According to an article on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.com\/en\/news\/jon-howe-trevor-cherry-the-front-runner-in-leeds-uniteds-400-club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Leeds United website<\/a>, that record is held by title-winning Leeds goalkeeper John Lukic, who was a mainstay of the side <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/throwbacks\/howard-wilkinson-kicked-off-his-reign-as-leeds-united-manager-with-a-win-at-an-indifferent-elland-road\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under former boss Howard Wilkinson<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>However, Lukic set his record in his first spell with Leeds United, having made his debut for the club in 1979. <\/p>\n<p>Lukic\u2019s debut was the first game of 146 consecutive appearances, which was only broken when Lukic requested a transfer and joined Arsenal in 1983.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United centre-back Joe Rodon has been a crucial part of the defence under Daniel Farke since joining&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,742,1860,10839,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-495169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-joe-rodon","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-mateusz-klich","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115364814257682228","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}