Carlos Roa
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| Carlos Roa | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Ángel Roa | |
| Date of birth | August 15, 1969 | |
| Place of birth | Santa Fe, Argentina | |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1988-1993 1994-1997 1997-2002 2002-2004 2005-2006 |
Racing Club Lanús Mallorca Albacete Olimpo |
109 (0) 107 (0) 75 (0) 53 (0) 27 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1997-1999 | Argentina | 16 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Carlos Ángel Roa (born August 15, 1969 in Santa Fe) is a retired Argentine football goalkeeper. Roa was nicknamed Lechuga (Lettuce) by his teammates because he follows a strict vegetarian diet.
Roa started playing for Racing Club de Avellaneda in 1988, where he played before transferring to Club Atlético Lanús in 1994. Three seasons later, and after winning the Copa CONMEBOL 1996, he moved to Spain to play with RCD Mallorca.
He was the goalkeeper of the Argentina national football team that participated in the 1998 World Cup held in France. Roa didn't concede any goals in the group matches, and became a hero by saving a decisive penalty of the penalty shootout against England national football team.
With Mallorca, Roa played the 1997/1998 (winning the Supercopa de España), and 1998/1999 seasons as first goalkeeper. He was rumoured to be on his way to either Arsenal or Manchester United, but decided to take a religious retreat. After a year of charitable and religious work spent as a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church that teach to respect the Sabbath from Fridays sundown to Saturday sundown, not working (or playing for work) to serve others and worshiping Jesus without distractions. Carlos Roa, was a member of an apocalypse cult, the Argentinian national side's goalkeeper, refused to discuss a new contract with his team, Real Mallorca, because he believed the world was coming to an end.[1]
A year later, Lechuga Roa returned to Mallorca for the 2000/2001 season, but didn't find continuity, playing only a few matches. He moved then to another Spanish team; Albacete Balompié, but a testicular cancer forced him to stop playing and, after an operation, to spend an entire year between chemotherapy and rehabilitation. Then he trained with Spanish Third Division Constancia de Inca, before returning to homeland Argentina to play for Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, where he retired from professional football.
Cancer was not Roa's first health problem. While playing with Racing Club, he got malaria during a summer-tour through Africa. After recovering, he moved to Lanús.
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[edit] External links
- Carlos Roa's twists and turns
- Lanús' Idols (Spanish)
- Millennium madness comes to UK
- Career details at National Football Teams
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