Leonardo Gabriel Rolón (born 19 January 1995) is an Argentine

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who plays as a

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for

Quilmes Atlético Club Quilmes Atlético Club () is an Argentine sports club based in the Quilmes district of Greater Buenos Aires. Established in 1887 (although the date of foundation is still under dispute), Quilmes is the oldest club of Argentina still competing i ...

Club career

Rolón played youth football and debuted professionally with Vélez Sarsfield in 2013, starting as right back in a 1–1 draw with

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. He was an unused substitute in his team's victory over

Arsenal de Sarandí An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

in the

2013 Supercopa Argentina The 2013 Supercopa Argentina Final was the 2nd edition of the Supercopa Argentina, an annual football match contested by the winners of the Primera División and Copa Argentina competitions. Vélez Sarsfield beat Arsenal 1–0 in San Luis San Lu ...

. Rolón scored his first goal with Vélez in a 4–1 victory over

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the English ...

for the 2014 Final, in which he started as right winger. Upon Agustín Allione's departure from the club, Rolón saw more first team action as the team's right winger, playing 16 matches in the

2014 Argentine Primera División The 2014 Torneo de Transición or Torneo Doctor Ramón Carrillo was the 124th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season was scheduled to start on August 1, 2014 but was postponed after the death of Julio Grondona, pres ...

. In this tournament he also scored an

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in the third fixture's 4–0 win over Independiente. In July 2015, Rolón was sanctioned by Vélez with one week of salary after not showing to play for the reserve's team against

. He was subsequently left out of the first team squad and loaned to Emelec in the

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International career

In 2015, Rolón was selected to play for the

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in the

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. He played six games (all as a starter) and scored once, helping his team to obtain the championship. Rolón also started in Argentina's three games in the

2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the twentieth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The competition took place for the first time in New Zealand, the third time on Oceanian soil after ...

Personal life

Leonardo's twin brother Maxi was also a professional footballer, who was his teammate for Arsenal de Sarandí and the Argentina under-20 team. Maxi and their 30-year-old brother Ariel died in a car crash in

Casilda Casilda is a city in the provinces of Argentina, province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe, Argentina. It is the head town of the Caseros Department, and lies about west of Rosario and 202 km south-southwest of the provincial capital Santa Fe, ...

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on 14 May 2022.

Honours

;Vélez Sarsfield *

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;Argentina U-20 *

South American Youth Football Championship The South American Youth Football Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and es, Torneo Juventudes de América, "Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 20" or pt, Juventude da América (English: "America's Youth") is a South American ...

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References

External links

Profile
at Vélez Sarsfield's official website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rolon, Leonardo Living people 1995 births Argentine twins Twin sportspeople Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers C.S. Emelec footballers Ecuadorian Serie A players Arsenal de Sarandí footballers Deportes Iquique footballers Audax Italiano footballers Chilean Primera División players Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Club Atlético Mitre footballers Argentina under-20 international footballers 2015 South American Youth Football Championship players Expatriate footballers in Chile Expatriate footballers in Ecuador Expatriate footballers in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Association football defenders Association football midfielders