Carlos Roca (footballer)

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Carlos Roca
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Roca playing for FC United of Manchester in 2011
Personal information
Full name Carlos Jose Roca [1]
Date of birth (1984-09-04) 4 September 1984 (age 39) [1]
Place of birth Manchester, [1] England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2003 Oldham Athletic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2004 Oldham Athletic [2] 7 (0)
2004–2005 Carlisle United [3] 10 (0)
2005 → Northwich Victoria [3] (loan) 3 (0)
2005–2007 Northwich Victoria
2007–2008 Stalybridge Celtic [4] 26 (5)
2008 Altrincham [5] 7 (0)
2008–2013 FC United of Manchester [6] 165 (33)
2013 Chorley [7] 2 (0)
2014 Rhyl [8] 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2014

Carlos Jose Roca (born 4 September 1984) is an English football midfielder who played in the Football League for Oldham Athletic.

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Career

Roca started his playing career at Oldham Athletic, and made his senior debut in August 2003 in the Division Two defeat at home to Brighton & Hove Albion. [2] After manager Iain Dowie moved on to Crystal Palace, Roca played little first-team football. He was released at the end of the season, and moved on to Carlisle United working under Paul Simpson. [9] Roca played regularly at first, [3] but was unable to force his way back into the first team after a knee injury. He spent time on loan at fellow Conference club Northwich Victoria, [10] and after Carlisle won promotion back to the Football League, he was released. [11]

He then joined Northwich on a permanent contract, and helped them win the 2005–06 Conference North title and reach the semi-final of the 2006–07 FA Trophy. [12] [13] Transfer-listed in July 2007, [12] he was expected to join Droylsden but instead signed for Stalybridge Celtic. [14] He moved on to Altrincham before the end of the season, [15] and then joined FC United of Manchester. Roca spent five years at FC United, making over 200 appearances for the club in all competitions. [6] After a brief spell at Chorley, [7] he spent the second half of the 2013–14 season in the Welsh Premier League with Rhyl. [8]

As of 2019, Roca was managing director of Pro Football Academy, [16] a football coaching and services provider that won the New Business of the Year Award at the 2019 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards. [17]

Personal life

Born in England, Roca is of Spanish descent through his father who is from Palma de Mallorca. [18]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Games played by Carlos Roca in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Games played by Carlos Roca in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Carlos Roca". Stalybridge Celtic F.C. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Games played by Carlos Roca in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  6. 1 2 "All time Players Statistics". FCUM in Russia. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016. Untick "including cup games" to see league-only stats.
  7. 1 2 Locke, Mark (23 August 2013). "Carlos Roca". Chorley F.C. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
    "Fixtures & results: Season 2013/14". Chorley F.C. Archived from the original on 13 September 2013.
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  9. ↑ Rowcroft, Lee (14 May 2004). "Roca in but Andrews stalls on United deal". News & Star. Carlisle. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Vics eye Steele in swap". Cheshire Live. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  11. ↑ Rowcroft, Lee (20 May 2005). "Play-off hero Murphy mulls over new contract". News & Star. Carlisle. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Roca transfer-listed by Northwich". BBC Sport. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  13. ↑ Pullen, Nick (19 March 2007). "Harriers heroes in wait for Wembley". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Stalybridge beat Bloods to Roca". BBC Sport. 17 August 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "Ex-Blues' Roca on move to Altrincham". News & Star. Carlisle. 4 March 2008. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "Junior Premier League partners with Pro Football Academy". Junior Premier League. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.[ dead link ]
  17. ↑ "2019 winners". National Business Awards. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  18. ↑ "15 Years of FC: The Carlos Roca Interview". FC United of Manchester. Retrieved 16 November 2023.


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