Cristiano Roland
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristiano Rocha Canedo Roland | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left-back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Beira-Mar | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| 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) |
| 2007–2008 | Hanoi T&T | ||
| 2008–2009 | Beira-Mar | 26 | (1) |
| 2009–2013 | Hanoi T&T | 88 | (6) |
| 2015– | Beira-Mar | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 October 2015. |
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Cristiano Rocha Canedo Roland (born 4 October 1976), known simply as Cristiano, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as left-back for Beira-Mar.
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.
Born in Porto Alegre, Roland started at Grêmio in 1994, and spending two years in their youth system. In 1996, he moved to Vasco da Gama and helped them win the Brasileirão in 1997. After a short period back at Grêmio, Roland 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. His influence grew in the following three seasons and he became known as free-kick specialist. In 2001–02, Roland scored three league goals, two of them against Porto, and in both times, Beira-Mar won.
In June 2002, Benfica signed him on a four-year deal, with Diogo Luís and Toni going in the other direction on loan deals. From early on, Roland struggled with competition from Ricardo Rocha, and on occasions, Cabral. He only made his debut on 3 November 2002 against Santa Clara, but with the arrival of José Antonio Camacho, he began playing much more frequently, finishing the season with 14 appearances. The following season, Cristiano was set to reunite with Jesualdo Ferreira at Braga, but the loan deal fell through. Still, Roland started 8 league games in the first half of the season, until the arrival of Fyssas in January. From then on, he became a bench player and never returned to the starting eleven. In May, he added his second trophy in Portugal, after winning the 2003–04 Taça de Portugal.
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