Maximiliano Brian Rolón (19 January 1995 – 14 May 2022) was an Argentine professional

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who played as a

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. He spent several years at

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, where he played 24 games for the B-team before a move to

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in Brazil in 2016. With the Argentina under-20 team, he won the

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. He subsequently had brief spells in Argentina, Ecuador, Chile and Iraq before his death in a car crash at the age of 27.

Club career

Barcelona

Born in

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, Rolón started his youth career with local club Atlético Luján. In 2007, he joined

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's youth setup, but only moved to

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three years later. In 2013, he was loaned to

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due to his non-EU status, and returned to ''Barça'' the following January, being assigned to the ''Juvenil A'' squad. In May 2014 Rolón was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División. After being strongly linked to a possible loan move to

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in August, he remained at the club and made his debut as a professional on 4 October, replacing

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in the 74th minute of a 0–1 home loss against CD Lugo. On 20 September 2015, with the team now in

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, Rolón scored his first senior goal, the game's only away to

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for a first victory of the season. On 1 February of the following year, he rescinded his contract.

Santos

On 16 February 2016, Rolón agreed to a one-year deal with Brazilian club

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. He only signed his contract on 4 March, due to bureaucratic problems. Rolón made his debut for the club on 21 April 2016, coming on as a late substitute for

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in a 1–1 away draw against Santos-AP. On 6 July, after receiving very little playing time, he rescinded his contract.

Later career

On 31 January 2017, Rolón returned to Spain and its second level, after signing a six-month deal with Lugo. After only two games played, he left the club again at the end of his contract in June 2017. Rolón arrived in the

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for the first time in August 2017, signing for

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. The following February, he signed for

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. Released by his Chilean club in August 2018, Rolón returned to Spain and joined CE Pubilla Casas of the

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in November. He played two games for the club, scoring three goals, one of them a penalty. In January 2019, Rolón went back to South America, joining Fuerza Amarilla S.C. in the

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. His nine games for the team from

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included being

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on 13 July in a 4–1 home loss to C.S. Emelec. In August 2020, the 25-year-old moved to Al-Diwaniya SC in the

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. At the time of his death in 2022, Rolón was playing amateur football in

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International career

Rolón was called up for the Argentina under-20 team in August 2014, for the year's

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. He appeared regularly during the tournament, also playing against Barcelona in one of the matches. Rolón was part of the team that won the

2015 South American U-20 Championship The 2015 South American Youth Football Championship ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 "Juventud de América" Uruguay 2015, pt, Campeonato Sulamericano Sub-20 "Juventude da América" Uruguai 2015, region=BR) was the 27th edition of the biennia ...

in Uruguay. He scored the opening goal of a 2–0 win over

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on 1 February.

Personal life and death

Rolón's twin brother,

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, is also a footballer. A

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, he was a teammate at Arsenal de Sarandí. Rolón and his 30-year-old brother, Ariel, died when their car collided with a tree in Casilda on the morning of 14 May 2022.

Career statistics

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Honours

Barcelona *

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: 2013–14 Santos *

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: 2016 Argentina U20 *

References

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