Rolando Blackburn

Rolando Blackburn
Personal information
Full name Rolando Manrique Blackburn Ortega
Date of birth (1990-01-09) 9 January 1990
Place of birth San Joaquín, Panama
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 The Strongest
Number 9
Youth career
Tauro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Tauro 4 (0)
2010 Juventud Retalteca ? (3)
2011–2014 Chorrillo 40 (14)
2012–2013 → Senica (loan) 41 (15)
2014– Comunicaciones 44 (24)
2016–2017 → Deportivo Saprissa (loan) 27 (8)
2017 → Sporting Cristal (loan) 10 (4)
2017–2018 → Chorrillo (loan) 30 (14)
2018– The Strongest 8 (10)
National team‡
2010 Panama U-21 2 (1)
2011 Panama U-23 4 (3)
2010– Panama 26 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 December 2017

Rolando Manrique Blackburn Ortega (born 9 January 1990) is a Panamanian football player, currently playing for The Strongest.

Club career

Born in San Joaquín, Panamá,[1] he started his career at Tauro and had a spell abroad with Guatemalan side Juventud Retalteca,[2] before joining Chorrillo after financial troubles struck Juventud.

FK Senica

In January 2012, he joined Slovak club Senica on loan from Chorrillo.[3] Blackburn made his official debut for the club in 2–0 win over Slovan Bratislava in quarterfinals round of the Slovak Cup, on 7 March 2012.[4] He returned from loan after one and a half year in Europe.

Comunicaciones

Nicknamed el Toro (the Bull), he joined Guatemalan giants Comunicaciones in 2014 and scored 10 goals in his first season.[1]

International career

He made his debut for Panama in a December 2010 friendly match against Honduras and has, as of 1 May 2015, earned a total of 17 caps, scoring 3 goals. He represented his country at the 2013 Copa Centroamericana[5] and the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[6]

In May 2018 he was named in Panama’s preliminary 35 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[7] However, he did not make the final 23.[8]

International goals

Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
115 November 2011Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Dominica1–03–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
211 September 2012Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Canada1–02–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
31 June 2013Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Peru1–01–1Friendly match
48 September 2015Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz and San Felix, Venezuela Venezuela1–01–1Friendly match

Personal life

Born to parents Rolando and Vanesa, Blackburn is married to Yarkanis. They have a daughter.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 La historia de vida de Rolando el Toro Blackburn - Prensa Libre (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Rolando Blackburn la nueva generación de la selección panameña - DiarioPro (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Panamá: Rolando Blackburn buscará probar suerte en Eslovaquia 20.11.2011, goal.com
  4. ↑ Senica o krok bližšie k postupu 09.03.2012, profutbal.sk
  5. ↑ Nomina Oficial de la Seleccion de Panama para la Copa CA 2013 - UNCAF
  6. ↑ Final 2013 Gold Cup rosters revealed Archived 2015-01-10 at the Wayback Machine. - CONCACAF
  7. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  8. ↑ http://www.espn.co.uk/football/panama/story/3513736/panamas-final-world-cup-squad-includes-six-mls-players
  9. ↑ - Nuestro Diario


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