Rolan de la Cruz

Rolan de la Cruz
Personal information
Full name Rolan de la Cruz Biojó
Date of birth (1984-10-03) 3 October 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Tumaco, Colombia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Deportivo Cali 26 (1)
2007 → Deportivo Pasto (loan) 6 (0)
2007 → Independiente Santa Fe (loan) 4 (0)
2008 → Cortuluá (loan) 12 (1)
2010 Árabe Unido 6 (1)
2011–2012 Fortaleza 21 (2)
2013 The Panthers
International career‡
2011–2012 Equatorial Guinea 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 January 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 January 2015

Rolan de la Cruz Biojó (born 3 October 1984) is a former footballer who played a midfielder. Born in Colombia, he capped for the Equatorial Guinea national team.[1]

Career

Born in Tumaco, Colombia, De la Cruz had played club football in Colombia and Panama for Deportivo Cali, Deportivo Pasto, Santa Fe, Cortuluá, Árabe Unido and Fortaleza.[2] In early 2013, De la Cruz was on trial in Colombian giant América de Cali (now in second division), but failed to sign.[3]

He made his international debut for Equatorial Guinea in 2011.[2]

Personal life

De la Cruz descends from Benkos Bioho,[4] but this rebel slave was a native of the former Portuguese colony of Guinea-Bissau.[5]

On 6 October 2023, De la Cruz was captured by the Joint Stabilization and Consolidation Task Force Hercules, together with the Specialized Anti-Drug Trafficking Directorate of the Prosecutor's Office and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration Agency (DEA), accused of being an important drug trafficker in his native Tumaco.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Rolan de la Cruz: de los Montes de María a Guinea Ecuatorial". semana.com.
  2. ^ a b Rolan de la Cruz at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "Rolan De la Cruz no actuará con América" [Rolan De la Cruz will not act with América] (in Spanish). 15 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. ^ [1] (in Spanish)
  5. ^ [2] (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "De los goles a la coca: capturan al exfutbolista Rolan de la Cruz por narcotráfico".
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