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Rolando Gonçalves

Rolando Gonçalves

Portuguese footballer (1944–2022)

José Rolando Andrade Gonçalves, (11 June 1944 - 4 February 2022), known as José Rolando, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a centre back.

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During his career, Rolando played for five different teams in which he spent the majority of his career with Porto.[1][2]

Rolando made his debut for the Portugal national football team on 11 December 1968 in a 4–2 away loss against Greece in a 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying match.[3] He went on to gain a further seven more caps, of which his last national team appearance came on 29 March 1972 against Cyprus in a 4–0 home victory.

Death

Rolando died on 4 February 2022 at the age of 77 of undisclosed causes.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Rolando" (in Portuguese). Estrelas do FC Porto Blogspot. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Rolando" (in Portuguese). Memória Azul Blogspot. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Football PLAYER: Rolando". EU Football. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  4. [4]
    "FC Porto - Notícias - Faleceu Rolando".


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