Rolando Zárate
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| Rolando Zárate | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rolando David Zárate Riga | |
| Date of birth | August 6, 1978 | |
| Place of birth | Haedo, Argentina | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Barcelona SC | |
| Number | 11 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Vélez Sársfield | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997-1998 1998 1999-2000 2000 2000-2001 2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004 2004-2006 2006-2006 2006-2007 2007 2008- |
Vélez Sársfield Terrassa FC Vélez Sársfield Real Madrid Vélez Sársfield Real Murcia B Ciudad de Murcia Livingston F.C. Vélez Sársfield Al-Ittihad Vélez Sársfield UANL Tigres Monterrey River Plate Barcelona SC |
5 (0) 2 (0) 12 (3) 6 (1) 6 (0) 21 (6) 24 (12) 33 (9) 32 (19) 1 (0) 47 (21) 7 (0) 10 (1) 7 (1) 5 (3) |
| National team | ||
| 2005 | Argentina | 2 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Rolando David Zárate, nicknamed Roly, is an Argentine football player who plays for Barcelona Sporting Club in Serie A in Ecuador. He was born August 6, 1978 in Haedo in Morón Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. He has been one of the top strikers in Argentine football in recent years.
Zárate has played most of his career for Vélez Sársfield in Argentina, but he has also had spells for several clubs in Spain including Real Madrid and Real Murcia, for Livingston F.C. in Scotland and Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia, where he was loan to play just one game.
His most notable personal achievement in football so far was being the topscorer in the Clausura 2004 Tournament with 13 goals. He was also runner up in the Apertura 2004 with 8 goals. In the Clausura 2005 Roly scored 7 goals for Vélez helping his team to win the national championship after 7 years.
Rolando's younger brother Mauro is currently playing for Birmingham City. One older brother, former international Sergio Zárate, played for Necaxa and Club America in Mexico in the 1990s as well as Hamburg and FC Nürnberg in Germany.[1] Another older brother, Ariel, currently plays for All Boys in the Primera B Metropolitana.[2]
He played for the Argentina national football team and scored his first and only international goal against Mexico in 2005.[3] Later that year he also played against Bolivia for the World Cup qualifying.
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- Vélez Sársfield Clausura 1998
- Vélez Sársfield Clausura 2005
- Argentinian league top scorer Clausura 2004
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