- Carlos Roa
Football player infobox
playername = Carlos Roa
fullname = Carlos Ángel Roa
height = height|m=1.91
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1969|8|15
cityofbirth = Santa Fe
countryofbirth =Argentina
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1988-1993
1994-1997
1997-2002
2002-2004
2005-2006
clubs = Racing Club
Lanús
Mallorca
Albacete
Olimpo
caps(goals) = 109 (0)
107 (0)
75 (0)
53 (0)
27 (0)
nationalyears = 1997-1999
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 16 (0)pcupdate = August 28 2007
Carlos Ángel Roa (born
August 15 ,1969 in Santa Fe) is a retiredArgentine football goalkeeper. Roa wasnickname d "Lechuga" ("Lettuce") by his teammates because he follows a strict vegetarian diet.Roa started playing for
Racing Club de Avellaneda in 1988, where he played before transferring toClub Atlético Lanús in 1994. Three seasons later, and after winning theCopa CONMEBOL 1996, he moved toSpain to play withRCD Mallorca .He was the goalkeeper of the
Argentina national football team that participated in the1998 World Cup held inFrance . Roa didn't concede any goals in the group matches, and became a hero by saving a decisive penalty of the penalty shootout againstEngland national football team .With Mallorca, Roa played the 1997/1998 (winning the
Supercopa de España ), and 1998/1999 seasons as first goalkeeper. He was rumoured to be on his way to either Arsenal or Manchester United, but decided to take a religious retreat. After a year of charitable and religious work spent as a member of theSeventh-day Adventist Church that teach to respect the Sabbath from Fridays sundown to Saturday sundown, not working (or playing for work) to serve others and worshiping Jesus without distractions, therefore he refused to discuss a new contract with his team, Real Mallorca, because he understood the world was coming to an end pretty soon.cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7255311.stm|title=When football's final whistle blows|publisher=BBC|date=2008-03-19|accessdate=2008-03-19]A year later, "Lechuga" Roa returned to Mallorca for the 2000/2001 season, but didn't find continuity, playing only a few matches. He moved then to another Spanish team;
Albacete Balompié , but atesticular cancer forced him to stop playing and, after an operation, to spend an entire year between chemotherapy and rehabilitation. Then he trained with Spanish Third Division "Constancia de Inca", before returning to homeland Argentina to play forOlimpo de Bahía Blanca , where he retired from professional football.Cancer was not Roa's first health problem. While playing with Racing Club, he got
malaria during a summer-tour throughAfrica . After recovering, he moved to Lanús.References
External links
* [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050812/1/4b4z.html Carlos Roa's twists and turns]
* [http://www.lanus.com.ar/fr_idolos.php?id=12 Lanús' Idols] (Spanish)
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/327514.stm Millennium madness comes to UK]
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=13162 Career details] at National Football Teams
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