Rolan de la Cruz

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]

Rolan de la Cruz
Personal information
Full name Rolan de la Cruz Biojó
Date of birth (1984-10-03) 3 October 1984
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

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. 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. (in Spanish)
  5. (in Spanish)
  6. "De los goles a la coca: capturan al exfutbolista Rolan de la Cruz por narcotráfico".
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