Rolando Zárate
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rolando David Zárate Riga | ||
Date of birth | (1978-08-06) 6 August 1978 (age 45) | ||
Place of birth | Haedo, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Vélez Sarsfield | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2006 | Vélez Sarsfield | 102 | (44) |
1998 | → Terrassa (loan) | 2 | (0) |
1999–2000 | → Real Madrid B (loan) | 33 | (21) |
1999–2000 | → Real Madrid (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2001 | → Murcia (loan) | 21 | (6) |
2001–2002 | → Ciudad Murcia (loan) | 34 | (12) |
2002–2003 | → Livingston (loan) | 33 | (9) |
2004 | → Ittihad (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2006 | Tigres | 7 | (0) |
2007 | Monterrey | 10 | (1) |
2007 | River Plate | 7 | (1) |
2008 | Barcelona SC | 23 | (5) |
2009–2010 | Vélez Sarsfield | 27 | (5) |
2010–2011 | Huracán | 34 | (6) |
2011–2012 | Defensa y Justicia | 5 | (1) |
Total | 345 | (112) | |
International career | |||
2005 | Argentina | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rolando David Zárate Riga (born 6 August 1978) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a centre forward, and is a sports agent.
Club career
Born in Haedo, Buenos Aires Province, Zárate spent most of his career for Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield, representing the club in two different spells. He made his professional debut in 1997, playing in only 17 Primera División games in his first two seasons combined.
Zárate moved to Spain in 1998, going on to remain in that country for the following four years, always on loan: he started out at Terrassa FC in the third division, joining Real Madrid Castilla in the same level the following year. His impressive scoring form prompted Real Madrid boss Vicente del Bosque to promote him to the main squad, and he scored three official goals for them (one in La Liga and two in the Copa del Rey);[1][2] between 2001 and 2002 he represented Ciudad de Murcia and its neighbours Real Murcia, respectively in divisions three and two.
Zárate played with Livingston in the 2002–03 season, still owned by Vélez.[3] He netted twice on his debut in the Scottish Premier League, a 3–2 home win against Motherwell,[4] and eventually proved instrumental as the Livi Lions retained their division status.
Zárate's last loan would be with Ittihad FC in Saudi Arabia. Again with Vélez, he scored 13 times in the 2004 Clausura Tournament, adding eight in the following year's Apertura. In the subsequent Clausura, Roly netted seven goals as his team won the national championship for the first time in seven years.[5]
In the following years, Zárate played in Mexico for two teams, also representing Club Atlético River Plate without any impact. On 25 July 2009, he re-signed with Vélez on a free transfer after a period of trial, from Ecuador's Barcelona Sporting Club, but was released during that year due to injury to his spinal cord; he returned to training in early 2010 and, eventually, signed a new one-year deal.[6]
For 2010–11, 32-year-old Zárate joined Club Atlético Huracán in the top flight, for free.[7] At the end of the campaign, the side were tied with Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata for the second-to-last position in the relegation ranking, and thus needed to play a tiebreaker, losing it 2–0.[8]
Following Huracán's relegation, Zárate's contract at the Parque Patricios ended and he signed with another club in the second division, Defensa y Justicia, again on a free transfer. After his retirement he became a football agent, representing Maximiliano Romero among others and arranging his December 2017 transfer of Romero from Vélez to PSV Eindhoven.[9]
International career
Zárate made his debut for Argentina on 9 March 2005, a friendly match with Mexico in which the former only fielded players from the domestic league. He scored in a 1–1 draw, in Los Angeles.[10]
Also in that year, Zárate made his second and last appearance, playing 15 minutes in a 2–1 win in Bolivia for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[11]
International goals
- Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Zárate goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 9 March 2005 | Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States | Mexico | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | [10] |
Personal life
Zárate has three brothers, all footballers: younger Mauro and older Sergio and Ariel, with the first two eventually representing the Argentina national team.[12] Rolando's son, Tobías, also became a professional footballer.[13]
Honours
Vélez Sársfield
Individual
- Argentine Primera División: Top scorer 2004 Clausura (13 goals)
References
- ^ Torres, Diego (13 February 2000). "Del Bosque alaba a la defensa y dice que Zárate debe esforzarse más" [Del Bosque praises defense and says Zárate must work harder]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ "Zárate: goles argentinos para las penas del Real Madrid" [Zárate: Argentine goals for Real Madrid's aches]. La Nación (in Spanish). 16 February 2000. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ "Livi chase four signings". BBC Sport. 15 July 2002. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ "Livi hold off Well comeback". BBC Sport. 3 August 2002. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ Czyz, Fernando (13 August 2009). "Roly Zárate: "Todos los equipos le van a jugar a muerte a Vélez"" [Roly Zárate: "Every team is going to play Vélez to the death"]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ "Roly Zárate, en primera persona" [Roly Zárate, in the first person]. El Gráfico (in Spanish). 7 April 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ "El Roly Zárate jugará en Huracán" [Roly Zárate will play in Huracán]. Clarín (in Spanish). 30 June 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
- ^ "Huracán – Un descenso anunciado" [Huracán – Relegation foretold]. Clarín (in Spanish). 23 June 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "PSV heeft goede zaken gedaan: 'Liever Europese club dan topclub in ons land'" [PSV made a good deal: 'Rather a European club than a top club in our country'] (in Dutch). Voetbal Primeur. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Cualquiera pudo ganar" [Anybody could have taken it] (in Spanish). ESPN. 10 March 2005. Retrieved 23 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Bolivia 1–2 Argentina... 32 años después, ganan pamperos en La Paz" [Bolivia 1–2 Argentina... 32 años later, pamperos win in La Paz] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. 26 March 2005. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ "Extorsionan a una familia de futbolistas y les balean una casa" [A family of footballers is blackmailed and has house shot at]. Clarín (in Spanish). 10 August 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
- ^ "Vélez: Debutó otro Zárate en Vélez 32 años después". Marca. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
External links
- Vélez Sarsfield official profile (in Spanish)
- "Argentine League statistics" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- Rolando Zárate at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Rolando Zárate at BDFutbol
- Rolando Zárate at National-Football-Teams.com
- Rolando Zárate – FIFA competition record (archived)
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- 1891: Archer
- 1892
- 1893: Leslie
- 1894: Gifford
- 1895: (No records)
- 1896: Allen / Anderson
- 1897: Stirling
- 1898: Allen
- 1899: Hooton
- 1910: Watson Hutton
- 1911: Malbrán / E. Lett / Piaggio
- 1912: Ohaco
- 1912 FAF: Colla
- 1913: Ohaco
- 1913 FAF: Dannaher
- 1914: Ohaco
- 1914 FAF: Carabelli
- 1915: Ohaco
- 1916: Hiller
- 1917: Marcovecchio
- 1918: Zabaleta
- 1919: Garasino / Martín
- 1919 AAmF: Marcovecchio
- 1920: Lucarelli
- 1920 AAmF: Carreras
- 1921: Dannaher
- 1921 AAmF: Zabaleta
- 1922: Clarke / Tarasconi
- 1922 AAmF: Seoane
- 1923: Tarasconi
- 1923 AAmF: Barceló
- 1924: Tarasconi
- 1924 AAmF: Lucarelli / Ravaschino
- 1925: Gaslini
- 1925 AAmF: Bellomo
- 1926: Cherro
- 1926 AAmF: Seoane
- 1927: Tarasconi
- 1928: Cherro
- 1929: Cortese / Seoane
- 1940: Benítez Cáceres / Lángara
- 1941: Canteli
- 1942: Martino
- 1943: Arrieta / Labruna / Frutos
- 1944: Mellone
- 1945: Labruna
- 1946: Boyé
- 1947: Di Stéfano
- 1948: Santos
- 1949: Simes / Pizzuti
- 1950: Papa
- 1951: Vernazza
- 1952: Ricagni
- 1953: Pizzuti / Benavídez
- 1954: Berni / Conde / Borello
- 1955: Massei
- 1956: Castro / Grillo
- 1957: Rob. Zárate
- 1958: Sanfilippo
- 1959: Sanfilippo
- 1960: Sanfilippo
- 1961: Sanfilippo
- 1962: Artime
- 1963: Artime
- 1964: Veira
- 1965: Carone
- 1966: Artime
- 1967 Met: Acosta
- 1967 Nac: Artime
- 1968 Met: Obberti
- 1968 Nac: Wehbe
- 1969 Met: Machado
- 1969 Nac: Fischer / Bulla
- 1970 Met: Más
- 1970 Nac: Bianchi
- 1971 Met: Bianchi
- 1971 Nac: Obberti / Luñiz
- 1972 Met: Brindisi
- 1972 Nac: Morete
- 1973 Met: Más / Curioni / Peña
- 1973 Nac: Gómez Voglino
- 1974 Met: Morete
- 1974 Nac: Kempes
- 1975 Met: Scotta
- 1975 Nac: Scotta
- 1976 Met: Kempes
- 1976 Nac: Eresuma / L. Ludueña / Marchetti
- 1977 Met: C. Álvarez
- 1977 Nac: Letanú
- 1978 Met: Maradona / Andreucci
- 1978 Nac: Reinaldi
- 1979 Met: Maradona / Fortunato
- 1979 Nac: Maradona
- 1980 Met: Maradona
- 1980 Nac: Maradona
- 1981 Met: Chaparro
- 1981 Nac: Bianchi
- 1982 Nac: M. Juárez
- 1982 Met: Morete
- 1983 Nac: Husillos
- 1983 Met: Ramos
- 1984 Nac: Pasculli
- 1984 Met: Francescoli
- 1985 Nac: Comas
- 1985–86: Francescoli
- 1986–87: Palma
- 1987–88: J. L. Rodríguez
- 1988–89: Dertycia / Gorosito
- 1989–90: Cozzoni
- 1990–91: E. González
- 1991 Ap: Díaz
- Cl 1992: Scotto / Latorre
- 1992 Ap: Acosta
- 1993 Cl: Da Silva
- 1993 Ap: Martínez
- 1994 Cl: Espina / Crespo
- 1994 Ap: Francescoli
- 1995 Cl: Flores
- 1995 Ap: Calderón
- 1996 Cl: A. López
- 1996 Ap: Reggi
- 1997 Cl: Martínez
- 1997 Ap: Da Silva
- 1998 Cl: Sosa
- 1998 Ap: Palermo
- 1999 Cl: Calderón
- 1999 Ap: Saviola
- 2000 Cl: Fuertes
- 2000 Ap: Ángel
- 2001 Cl: Romeo
- 2001 Ap: Cardetti
- 2002 Cl: Cavenaghi
- 2002 Ap: Silvera
- 2003 Cl: Figueroa
- 2003 Ap: Farías
- 2004 Cl: Rol. Zárate
- 2004 Ap: L. López
- 2005 Cl: Pavone
- 2005 Ap: Cámpora
- 2006 Cl: Vargas
- 2006 Ap: M. Zárate / Palacio
- 2007 Cl: Palermo
- 2007 Ap: Denis
- 2008 Cl: Cvitanich
- 2008 Ap: Sand
- 2009 Cl: Sand
- 2009 Ap: Silva
- 2010 Cl: Boselli
- 2010 Ap: Stracqualursi / Silva
- 2011 Cl: Cámpora / Gutiérrez
- 2011 Ap: Ramírez
- 2012 Cl: Luna
- 2012 In: F. Ferreyra / Scocco
- 2013 Fi: Gigliotti / Scocco
- 2013 In: Pereyra
- 2014 Fi: M. Zárate
- 2014 Tr: Pratto / M. Rodríguez / Romero
- 2015: Ruben
- 2016: Sand
- 2016–17: Benedetto
- 2017–18: García
- 2018–19: L. López
- 2020: Borré / Romero
- 2021: J. Álvarez
- 2022: Retegui
- 2023: Santos / Vegetti