Rolando Manrique Blackburn Ortega (born 9 January 1990) is a Panamanian professional

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who plays as a

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for Primera División club FAS and the Panama national team.

Club career

Born in San Joaquín, Panamá,La historia de vida de Rolando el Toro Blackburn
- Prensa Libre he started his career at Tauro and had a spell abroad with Guatemalan side

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, before joining Chorrillo after financial troubles struck Juventud.

FK Senica

In January 2012, he joined Slovak club

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on loan from Chorrillo. Blackburn made his official debut for the club in 2–0 win over Slovan Bratislava in quarterfinals round of the

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, on 7 March 2012. He returned from loan after one and a half year in Europe.

Comunicaciones

Nicknamed ''el Toro'' (the Bull), he joined Guatemalan giants

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in 2014 and scored 10 goals in his first season.

International career

Blackburn made his debut for

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in a December 2010

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against Honduras. He represented his country at the

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and the

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. In May 2018, he was named in Panama's preliminary 35-man squad for the

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. However, he did not make the final 23.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Born to parents Rolando and Vanesa, Blackburn is married to Yarkanis. They have a daughter.http://digital.nuestrodiario.com/olive/ode/nuestrodiario/LandingPage/LandingPage.aspx?href=R05ELzIwMTQvMDgvMDk.&pageno=Mjg.&entity=UGMwMjgwMQ..&view=ZW50aXR5 - Nuestro Diario

Honours

References

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