Leonardo Rolón

Leonardo Gabriel Rolón (born 19 January 1995) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a right winger or right full back for Kelantan.

Leonardo Rolón
Rolón with Deportes Iquique in 2018
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Gabriel Rolón
Date of birth (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Right winger / Right back
Team information
Current team
 Kelantan
Number 77
Youth career
Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Vélez Sarsfield 33 (2)
2015–2016 → Emelec (loan) 13 (0)
2016–2018 → Arsenal Sarandí (loan) 2 (0)
2017–2018 Arsenal Sarandí 27 (3)
2018 Deportes Iquique 15 (1)
2019 Audax Italiano 7 (0)
2019 Cafetaleros Tapachula 8 (0)
2020–2021 Quilmes 8 (0)
2022 Mitre 1 (0)
2023– Kelantan 9 (4)
International career
2015 Argentina U20 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 February 2023

Club career

Rolón played youth football and debuted professionally with Vélez Sarsfield in 2013, starting as right back in a 1–1 draw with All Boys.[1] He was an unused substitute in his team's victory over Arsenal de Sarandí in the 2013 Supercopa Argentina.

Rolón scored his first goal with Vélez in a 4–1 victory over Rosario Central for the 2014 Final, in which he started as right winger.[2] Upon Agustín Allione's departure from the club, Rolón saw more first team action as the team's right winger, playing 16 matches in the 2014 Argentine Primera División. In this tournament he also scored an olympic goal in the third fixture's 4–0 win over Independiente.

In July 2015, Rolón was sanctioned by Vélez with one week of salary after not showing to play for the reserve's team against Rosario Central. He was subsequently left out of the first team squad and loaned to Emelec in the Ecuadorian Serie A.[3]

International career

In 2015, Rolón was selected to play for the Argentina national under-20 football team in the South American Youth Championship.[4] He played six games (all as a starter) and scored once, helping his team to obtain the championship.[5]

Rolón also started in Argentina's three games in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Personal life

Leonardo's twin brother Maxi was also a professional footballer, who was his teammate for Arsenal de Sarandí and the Argentina under-20 team. Maxi and their 30-year-old brother Ariel died in a car crash in Casilda, Santa Fe Province on 14 May 2022.[6]

Honours
Vélez Sarsfield
Argentina U-20

References
  1. "Initial '13 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
  2. "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
  3. "Vélez decidió sancionar a Leonardo Rolón por sus actos de indisciplina" (in Spanish). Goal.com. 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  4. "¡Golazo olímpico de Leonardo Rolón ante el Independiente!". As (in Spanish). 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
  5. "Sudamericano Sub-20 '15 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
  6. "Dos hermanos que jugaban en la Liga Casildense murieron al chocar contra un árbol en la ruta 33" [Two brothers who played in the Liga Casildense died when they hit a tree on Route 33]. El Ciudadano (in Spanish). 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
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