Rolando Zárate

Football player infobox
playername = Rolando Zárate


fullname = Rolando David Zárate Riga
height = height|m=1.85
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|8|6
cityofbirth = Haedo
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub = Barcelona SC
clubnumber = 11
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = Vélez Sársfield
years = 1997-1998
1998
1999-2000
2000
2000-2001
2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004
2004-2006
2006-2006
2006-2007
2007
2008-
clubs = Vélez Sársfield
Terrassa FC
Vélez Sársfield
Real Madrid
Vélez Sársfield
Real Murcia B
Ciudad de Murcia
Livingston F.C.
Vélez Sársfield
Al-Ittihad
Vélez Sársfield
UANL Tigres
Monterrey
River Plate
Barcelona SC
caps(goals) = 05 0(0)
02 0(0)
12 0(3)
06 0(1)
06 0(0)
21 0(6)
24 (12)
33 0(9)
32 (19)
01 0(0)
47 (21)
07 0(0)
10 0(1)
07 0(1)
23 0(5)
nationalyears = 2005
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 02 0(1)
pcupdate = 15 October 2007

Rolando David Zárate, nicknamed "Roly", is an Argentine football player who plays for Barcelona Sporting Club in Serie A in Ecuador. He was born August 6, 1978 in Haedo in Morón Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. He has been one of the top strikers in Argentine football in recent years.

Zárate has played most of his career for Vélez Sársfield in Argentina, but he has also had spells for several clubs in Spain including Real Madrid and Real Murcia, for Livingston F.C. in Scotland and Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia, where he was loan to play just one game.

His most notable personal achievement in football so far was being the topscorer in the Clausura 2004 Tournament with 13 goals. He was also runner up in the Apertura 2004 with 8 goals. In the Clausura 2005 "Roly" scored 7 goals for Vélez helping his team to win the national championship after 7 years.

Rolando's younger brother Mauro is currently playing for S.S. Lazio. One older brother, former international Sergio Zárate, played for Necaxa and Club America in Mexico in the 1990s as well as Hamburg and FC Nürnberg in Germany. [ [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=15379 Sergio Zárate player profile on National Football Teams] ] Another older brother, Ariel, currently plays for All Boys in the Primera B Metropolitana. [cite news
title=Extorsionan a una familia de futbolistas y les balean una casa
url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2006/08/10/policiales/g-04801.htm
publisher=Clarín
date=2006-10-08]

He played for the Argentina national football team and scored his first and only international goal against Mexico in 2005. [ [http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~nfm24/football/2005ic.html www.srcf.ucam.org] ] Later that year he also played against Bolivia for the World Cup qualifying.

Titles

*Vélez Sársfield Clausura 1998

*Vélez Sársfield Clausura 2005

*Argentinian league top scorer Clausura 2004

References

External links

* [http://www.rolandozarate.com.ar Personal website]
* [http://www.cariverplate.com.ar/tplen.php?cat=en&url=ficha-jugador.php&id=126 Player profile at River´s website]