Rolan de la Cruz

Rolan de la Cruz

Personal information
Full name	Rolan de la Cruz Biojó
Date of birth	(1984-10-03) 3 October 1984
Place of birth	Tumaco, Colombia
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	Deportivo Cali	26	(1)
2007	→ Deportivo Pasto (loan)	6	(0)
2007	→ Independiente Santa Fe (loan)	4	(0)
2008	→ Cortuluá (loan)	12	(1)
2010	Árabe Unido	6	(1)
2011–2012	Fortaleza	21	(2)
2013	The Panthers
International career‡
2011–2012	Equatorial Guinea	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 January 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 January 2015

Rolan de la Cruz Biojó (born 3 October 1984) is a former footballer who played a midfielder. Born in Colombia, he capped for the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Career

Born in Tumaco, Colombia, De la Cruz had played club football in Colombia and Panama for Deportivo Cali, Deportivo Pasto, Santa Fe, Cortuluá, Árabe Unido and Fortaleza. In early 2013, De la Cruz was on trial in Colombian giant América de Cali (now in second division), but failed to sign.

He made his international debut for Equatorial Guinea in 2011.

Personal life

De la Cruz descends from Benkos Bioho, but this rebel slave was a native of the former Portuguese colony of Guinea-Bissau.

On 6 October 2023, De la Cruz was captured by the Joint Stabilization and Consolidation Task Force Hercules, together with the Specialized Anti-Drug Trafficking Directorate of the Prosecutor's Office and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration Agency (DEA), accused of being an important drug trafficker in his native Tumaco.