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

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who plays as a winger for Estonian

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club

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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 Arsenal Fútbol Club (), usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí , or simply Arsenal, is an Argentine sports club from the Sarandí district of Avellaneda Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The football team currently plays in Primera Nacional, t ...

in the 2013 Supercopa Argentina. Rolón scored his first goal with Vélez in a 4–1 victory over

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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

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. 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

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on 14 May 2022.

Honours

;Vélez Sarsfield *

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;Argentina U-20 *

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References

External links

Profile
at Vélez Sarsfield's official website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rolon, Leonardo Living people 1995 births Argentine twins Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's 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 Malaysia Super League players Kelantan F.C. players Meistriliiga players JK Narva Trans players Argentina men's under-20 international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Argentine sportsmen