| 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) |
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*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.
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. In early 2013, De la Cruz was on trial in Colombian giant América de Cali (now in second division), but failed to sign.
He made his international debut for Equatorial Guinea in 2011.
Personal life
De la Cruz descends from Benkos Bioho, but this rebel slave was a native of the former Portuguese colony of Guinea-Bissau.
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.
References
- "Rolan de la Cruz: de los Montes de María a Guinea Ecuatorial". semana.com.
- ^ Rolan de la Cruz at National-Football-Teams.com
- "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.
- (in Spanish)
- (in Spanish)
- "De los goles a la coca: capturan al exfutbolista Rolan de la Cruz por narcotráfico".
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Tumaco
- Men's association football midfielders
- Equatoguinean men's footballers
- Equatorial Guinea men's international footballers
- Colombian men's footballers
- Equatoguinean people of Colombian descent
- Equatoguinean people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Colombian people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Categoría Primera A players
- Deportivo Cali footballers
- Deportivo Pasto footballers
- Independiente Santa Fe footballers
- Cortuluá footballers
- Liga Panameña de Fútbol players
- C.D. Árabe Unido players
- Colombian expatriate men's footballers
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Panama
- Expatriate men's footballers in Panama
- Naturalized citizens of Equatorial Guinea
- 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players
- The Panthers FC players
- Colombian prisoners and detainees
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