Rolando Jorge Pires da Fonseca

Rolando
Rolando (2015)
Personnel
Surname	Rolando Jorge Pires da Fonseca
birthday	August 31, 1985
place of birth	Sao Vicente ,  Cape Verde
size	189 cm
position	Central defense
Juniors
Years	station
	SC Campomaiorense
	Belenenses Lisbon
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2004-2008	Belenenses Lisbon	97 (7)
2008-2015	FC Porto	111 (7)
2013	→  SSC Napoli  (loan)	7 (0)
2013-2014	→  Inter Milan  (loan)	29 (4)
2015	→  RSC Anderlecht  (loan)	6 (0)
2015-2019	Olympique Marseille	90 (6)
2020–	Sporting Braga
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2006-2007	Portugal U21	7 (0)
2009–	Portugal	21 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of May 19, 2020 2 As of March 26, 2018

Rolando Jorge Pires da Fonseca , called Rolando (born August 31, 1985 in São Vicente ) is a Cape Verdean - Portuguese football player . He is under contract with the French first division club Olympique Marseille .

Career

societies

Rolando started his career in the youth department of Portuguese club SC Campomaiorense before moving to Belenenses Lisbon , where he made his Primeira Liga debut in 2004 .

In 2008 he switched to the Portuguese top team FC Porto , with whom Rolando won numerous national titles. However, his greatest success during his time at Porto was winning the UEFA Europa League in 2011 . In the final against Sporting Braga , the central defender was on the pitch for the full 90 minutes.

For the second half of the 2012/13 season Rolando was loaned to the Italian Serie A at SSC Napoli . A loan to Inter Milan followed in August 2013 . In February 2015 he was loaned to the Belgian RSC Anderlecht until the end of the season.

In the summer of 2015, Rolando signed a three-year contract with Olympique Marseille until June 2018.

National team

Born on the Cape Verde Islands , Rolando was granted Portuguese citizenship upon application. Since then he has played in both the U21 and the national team for Portugal.

With Portugal's U21s, he took part in the 2007 U21 European Championship in the Netherlands . For the 2010 World Cup in South Africa he was appointed to the squad by Carlos Queiroz , but was not used during the tournament.

successes

• UEFA Europa League : 2010/11
• Portuguese Championship : 2008/09 , 2010/11 , 2011/12
• Portuguese Football Cup : 2008/09 , 2009/10 , 2010/11
• Portuguese Football Super Cup : 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Web links

Commons : Rolando  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rolando Jorge Pires da Fonseca in the database of weltfussball.de
• Rolando Jorge Pires da Fonseca in the database of Transfermarkt.de
• Rolando Jorge Pires da Fonseca on the Portuguese Football Association website