Rolando García (Paraguayan footballer)

Rolando García
Personal information
Full name	Rolando García Guerreño
Date of birth	10 February 1990 (age 28)
Place of birth	San Estanislao, Paraguay
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Lanús
Number	23
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 16:04, 25 February 2018 (UTC);

Last updated February 19, 2019

Rolando García Guerreño (born 10 February 1990 in Asunción, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Argentine Primera División side Lanús.^[1]^[2]

The Primera División, named Superliga Argentina since the 2017–18 season, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the homonymous entity, that is administrated independently and has its own statute. Nevertheless, the Superliga is contractually linked with the main football body, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) that organized all the championships from 1893 to 2017.

Club Atlético Lanús is an Argentine sports club from the Lanús district of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División (football) and Liga Nacional de Básquet (basketball). In football, Lanús has won six major championships in its history: the 1996 Copa CONMEBOL, the 2007 Apertura, the 2013 Copa Sudamericana, the 2016 Argentine Primera División, the 2016 Bicentenario national cup and the 2017 Supercopa Argentina.

Career

Club

Rolando García started his career in 2009 with Paraguayan club 2 de Mayo, his stay with the club was short as he left a year later to join Primera B Nacional team Defensa y Justicia; his debut for Defensa y Justicia came on 6 February 2010 against San Martín de Tucumán.^[1]^[2] It wasn't until the 2011–12 season that García scored his first goal for the club, in a 3–0 home win over Chacarita Juniors in August 2011. In his following and final season with the club, 2012–13, he scored 4 goals in 32 appearances as they finished sixth. He departed Defensa y Justicia in 2013 and subsequently joined Ascenso MX club Lobos BUAP. He remained with the Mexicans for one season before leaving as he made 21 league appearances and scored two goals.^[1]

Club Sportivo 2 de Mayo is a football (soccer) club from the city of Pedro Juan Caballero, department of Amambay in Paraguay. The team got promoted to the first division of the Paraguay 2nd division in 2005.

Primera B Nacional is the second division of the Argentine football league system, made up of 25 teams in the 2017–18 season.

Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia, commonly known as Defensa y Justicia or simply Defensa, is an Argentine football club from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in the Primera División, the top division of the Argentine football league system. Home games are played at the Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello which has a capacity of approximately 18,000.

Godoy Cruz became his fourth club in 2014 but, after four months and 15 games/1 goal, García left to join another Argentine team, Unión Santa Fe. His first match for his latest team came on 15 February 2015 against Huracán.^[1]^[2]

Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is an Argentine sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system.

Club Atlético Unión is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded in April 15, 1907 and plays in the Argentine Primera División.

Club Atlético Huracán is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is notable for its football team, that currently plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system. Its home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.

International

García has represented Paraguay once at international level, with his only cap so far coming with the Paraguay U20s when he was called up for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and played once; versus South Korea U20s.^[1]

Paraguay national under-20 football team represents Paraguay in international football competitions such as FIFA U-20 World Cup and South American Youth Football Championship.

The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th U-20 tournament, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October, in the cities of Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Suez and Ismaïlia. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10–31 July, however the 2009 Confederations Cup was played mid year resulting in both the Under 20 World Cup and the Under 17 World Cup being played towards the end of the year. The cup was won by Ghana after they defeated Brazil on penalties in the final, becoming the first African team to have won the tournament.

The Korea Republic national under-20 football team represents South Korea in international youth football competitions.

Career statistics

As of match played on 24 February 2018^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Defensa y Justicia	2009–10	Primera B Nacional	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	2010–11		20	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
	2011–12		26	1	0	0	0	0	26	1
	2012–13		32	4	1	0	0	0	33	4
	Total		87	5	1	0	0	0	88	5
Lobos BUAP	2013–14	Ascenso MX	21	2	3	0	0	0	24	2
Godoy Cruz	2014	Argentine Primera División	15	1	0	0	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	16	1
Unión Santa Fe	2015	Argentine Primera División	26	1	2	0	0	0	28	1
	2016		13	1	4	0	0	0	17	1
	2016–17		13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
	Total		52	2	6	0	0	0	58	2
Lanús	2016–17	Argentine Primera División	9	0	0	0	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	12	0
	2017–18	Argentine Primera División	9	0	1	0	9^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	19	0
	Total		18	0	1	0	12	0	32	0
Career totals			193	10	11	0	13	0	217	10

↑ Appearance in Copa Sudamericana
↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
↑ Eight appearances in Copa Libertadores, One appearance in Torneos de Verano

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References

1 2 3 4 5 "Rolando García profile". Soccerway. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
1 2 3 "Leonel Di Plácido profile". ESPN FC. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
↑ Rolando García at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

External links

Profile at BDFA (in Spanish)
Rolando García at Soccerway

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[4] Appearance in Copa Sudamericana

[5] Appearances in Copa Libertadores

[6] Eight appearances in Copa Libertadores, One appearance in Torneos de Verano

[Soccerway_profile-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Rolando García profile". Soccerway. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[ESPN_FC_profile-2] 1 2 3 "Leonel Di Plácido profile". ESPN FC. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[3] Rolando García at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2018.