Francisco Rotllán Zavala (born January 6, 1970) is a Mexican former

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who played as a

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. He began his career at

Irapuato Irapuato is a Mexican city (and municipality) located at the foot of the Arandas Hill (in Spanish: ''Cerro de Arandas''), in the central region of the state of Guanajuato. It lies between the Silao River and the Guanajuato River, a tributary of t ...

, moving to

Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...

in 1991. He made 15 appearances as Puebla reached the final in the 1991–92 season before losing to León.MedioTiempo
"Francisco Rotllán - Puebla"
. Retrieved on January 18, 2013. Rotllán scored 10 times the next season, but played progressively less in the following years. He played his last top-division match with Puebla in 1997. He was a member of the Mexico under-23 national team in the 1992 Olympics in

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. Rotllán started all three of Mexico's matches in the Olympics, scoring against

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and

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.FIFA
"FIFA Player Statistics: Francisco ROTLLAN"
Retrieved on January 18, 2013.

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1970 births Living people Footballers from Guanajuato People from Irapuato Irapuato F.C. footballers Association football forwards Olympic footballers of Mexico Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Mexican footballers {{Mexico-footy-forward-stub