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.[1]
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.[2] In early 2013, De la Cruz was on trial in Colombian giant América de Cali (now in second division), but failed to sign.[3]
He made his international debut for Equatorial Guinea in 2011.[2]
Personal life
De la Cruz descends from Benkos Bioho,[4] but this rebel slave was a native of the former Portuguese colony of Guinea-Bissau.[5]
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.[6]
References
- ^ "Rolan de la Cruz: de los Montes de María a Guinea Ecuatorial". semana.com.
- ^ a b Rolan de la Cruz at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Rolan De la Cruz no actuará con América" [Rolan De la Cruz will not act with América] (in Spanish). 15 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ [1] (in Spanish)
- ^ [2] (in Spanish)
- ^ "De los goles a la coca: capturan al exfutbolista Rolan de la Cruz por narcotráfico".
