Cristiano Roland

Cristiano Rocha Canedo Roland (born 4 October 1976), known simply as Cristiano, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a left-back.

Cristiano Roland
Personal information
Full name Cristiano Rocha Canedo Roland
Date of birth (1976-10-04) 4 October 1976
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1994–1995 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Vasco da Gama 14 (4)
1998 Grêmio 8 (5)
1998–2002 Beira-Mar 77 (7)
2002–2005 Benfica 24 (1)
2004–2005 → Belenenses (loan) 10 (0)
2005 Benfica B 2 (1)
2006 Juventude
2006–2007 Atromitos 9 (0)
2008 Hanoi FC
2008–2009 Beira-Mar 26 (1)
2009–2013 Hanoi FC 88 (6)
2015–2016 Beira-Mar 18 (0)
Total 276 (23)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He started at Grêmio and moved to Vasco da Gama in 1996, where he won the Brasileirão in 1997. In 1998, he signed with Beira-Mar winning a Portuguese Cup in 1999 and transferring to Benfica in 2002, where he won another Portuguese Cup in 2004. In 2007, he moved to the V-League, playing for Hanoi T&T on two different spells, winning three major titles.

Career

Born in Porto Alegre, Cristiano started at Grêmio in 1994, and spending two years in their youth system.[1] In 1996, he moved to Vasco da Gama and helped them win the Brasileirão in 1997.[1] After a short period back at Grêmio, Cristiano moved abroad and joined Beira-Mar in 1998. He was sparsely used in his first year, that ended with mixed results: relegation in the Primeira Divisão and the conquering the Portuguese Cup.[1] His influence grew in the following three seasons and he became known as free-kick specialist.[2][3] In 2001–02, Cristiano scored three league goals, two of them against Porto, and in both times, Beira-Mar won.[4][5]

In June 2002, Benfica signed him on a four-year deal, with Diogo Luís and Toni going in the other direction on loan deals.[6][7] From early on, Cristiano struggled with competition from Ricardo Rocha, and on occasions, Cabral.[8][9] He only made his debut on 3 November 2002 against Santa Clara,[10] but with the arrival of José Antonio Camacho, he began playing much more frequently, finishing the season with 14 appearances.[11] The following season, Cristiano was set to reunite with Jesualdo Ferreira at Braga, but the loan deal fell through.[12][13] Still, Cristiano started 8 league games in the first half of the season, until the arrival of Fyssas in January.[14] From then on, he became a bench player and never returned to the starting eleven.[15] In May, he added his second trophy in Portugal, after winning the 2003–04 Taça de Portugal.[16]

In July 2004, he was loaned to Belenenses for one year.[17][18] Initially, he was an undisputed starter playing six games in a row, but an injury in late October,[19][20] cause him to lost his place to Cabral and José Sousa.[21] In 2005–06, Cristiano could not find a team and was placed in Benfica B,[22][23] but mutually terminated his contract on late September 2005.[24] After Benfica, he spent some time at Juventude in the Série A, before moving to Atromitos in the Greek league.[1] He played for Hanoi T&T in 2007 and returned to Beira-Mar in July 2008, playing 26 games in the Liga de Honra.[25] In 2009, Cristiano moved back to Hanoi T&T and won the league in 2010 and 2013, retiring in 2013.[26] In August 2015, he came out of retirement for a third stint at Beira-Mar, after they were relegated to the Aveiro FA's second division.[27]

Honours

[28]

Vasco da Gama
Beira-Mar
Benfica
Hanoi T&T

References

General

  • Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Specific

  1. "Cristiano". Foradejogo. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. "Cristiano: "Ninguém sofre mais do que eu quando o Beira-Mar não vence"" [Cristiano: "Nobody suffers more than me when Beira-Mar doesn't win"]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 November 1999. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  3. "Livres continuam a ser mais valia" [Free-kicks continue to be an advtantage]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 October 2001. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  4. "Beira Mar-FC Porto, 2-0: Aveirenses cortaram asas ao dragão" [Beira-Mar-Porto, 2–0: Aveirenses cut the Dragon's wings]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 September 2001. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  5. "FC Porto-Beira-Mar: 2-3 (McCarthy 41, Paredes 81; Cristiano 27, Fary 52 e 85)". Record (in Portuguese). 23 February 2002. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  6. "Toni e Diogo Luís por Cristiano" [Toni and Diogo Luís in exchange for Cristiano]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 July 2002. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  7. "Parceria com Benfica" [Partnership with Benfica]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 July 2002. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  8. "Ricardo Rocha: "Não tive problemas"" [Ricardo Rocha: "I had no problems playing left-back"]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 September 2002. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  9. "Cristiano supera Cabral pela resistência física" [Cristiano surpasses Cabral in physical endurance]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 November 2002. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  10. "Simão Sabrosa: Um talento especial para as bolas paradas" [Simão Sabrosa: A special talent for free-kicks]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 November 2002. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  11. Tovar 2012, p. 601.
  12. "Cristiano aceita Braga" [Cristiano accepts Braga]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 July 2003. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  13. "Orgulho do líder com campeões" [Pride of champions]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 July 2003. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  14. Tovar 2012, p. 603-604.
  15. Tovar 2012, p. 604-606.
  16. Tovar 2012, p. 606-607.
  17. "Aquisição de lateral está iminente" [Signing of left-back imminent]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 July 2004. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  18. "Cristiano: "Clube dá-me confiança"" [Cristiano: "Belenenses gives me confidence"]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 July 2004. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  19. "Cristiano reavaliado hoje" [Cristiano reassessed]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 October 2004. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  20. "Cristiano ausente" [Cristiano absent]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 November 2004. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  21. "Cristiano fora dos convocados" [Cristiano outside of squad list]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 February 2005. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  22. "Goleada só apareceu frente aos dispensáveis" [Thrashing only appeared against demoted]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 September 2005. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  23. "Equipa B reforçada" [B-team strengthened]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 September 2005. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  24. "Cristiano rescinde por comum acordo" [Cristiano released by mutual agreement]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 September 2005. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  25. "Cristiano regressa a Aveiro" [Cristiano returns to Aveiro]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 July 2008. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  26. "Cristiano Rolanda". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  27. "Cristiano Roland garantido para a época 2015/16" [Cristiano Roland secured for 2015-16]. Banca Norte (in Portuguese). 13 August 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  28. "Cristiano". Sambafoot. Retrieved 28 October 2015.


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