Rolando Adrián Carlen (born 11 November 1966) is an Argentine football

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and former player who played as a

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Playing career

Carlen was born in Santa Fe, and made his senior debut with hometown side

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. After playing for

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, he moved to Canada in 1991, and joined America United. Carlen subsequently represented Toronto International also in Canada before moving back to his home country in 1993 with

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. He retired in 1996 with the latter club, aged 30.

Managerial career

Carlen started his managerial career with Ateneo Inmaculada in 1997. He was subsequently in charge of Atlético Pilar from 1999 until 2001, and later became

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's assistant at Colón in 2005. Carlen returned to managerial duties in February 2006, after being appointed in charge of

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. He resigned in February 2008, and subsequently returned to Colón as a manager of the youth setup. In 2011, Carlen was Mario Sciacqua's assistant at Colón. He moved to

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in 2012 to work in Pizzi's staff, and remained with the manager in the following years, at

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, León, the Chile national team and the Saudi Arabia national team. Both returned to San Lorenzo in 2019. On 12 January 2021, Carlen was presented as manager of Uruguayan club Cerro. He subsequently managed

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and Ben Hur in his home country, before taking over

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side

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on 21 March 2024. Carlen resigned from San José on 12 August 2024, and took over fellow league team Guabirá on 26 December. On 26 May 2025, he resigned from the latter.

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