Rolando Escobar | |
Fullname: | Rolando Emilio Escobar Batista |
Birth Date: | 1981 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Panama City, Panama |
Height: | 1.850NaN0 |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 2000–2003 |
Caps1: | 66 |
Goals1: | 14 |
Years2: | 2004–2006 |
Clubs2: | Municipal Chorrillo |
Caps2: | 55 |
Goals2: | 11 |
Years3: | 2006–2007 |
Clubs3: | Tauro |
Caps3: | 40 |
Goals3: | 8 |
Years4: | 2007–2008 |
Clubs4: | Deportivo Táchira |
Caps4: | 29 |
Goals4: | 5 |
Years5: | 2008–2009 |
Clubs5: | Caracas |
Caps5: | 33 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Years6: | 2009 |
Clubs6: | San Francisco |
Caps6: | 15 |
Goals6: | 3 |
Years7: | 2010 |
Clubs7: | Deportivo Lara |
Caps7: | 16 |
Goals7: | 2 |
Years8: | 2011 |
Clubs8: | Sporting San Miguelito |
Caps8: | 10 |
Goals8: | 1 |
Years9: | 2012–2015 |
Clubs9: | Deportivo Anzoátegui |
Caps9: | 104 |
Goals9: | 31 |
Years10: | 2015 |
Clubs10: | FC Dallas |
Caps10: | 12 |
Goals10: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2003– |
Nationalteam1: | Panama |
Nationalcaps1: | 40 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Pcupdate: | 03:21, 22 September 2015 (UTC) |
Ntupdate: | 31 March 2015 |
Rolando Emilio Escobar Batista (born 24 October 1981) is a football midfielder who currently plays for Mineros de Guayana of the Venezuelan Primera División.
A much-travelled midfielder, he has played for several teams in his native Panama as well for 4 different clubs in Venezuela. He won a league title with Deportivo Táchira,[1] then moved to Caracas[2] and played for Deportivo Lara and Deportivo Anzoátegui.[3]
In May 2015, Escobar joined compatriot Blas Pérez at Major League Soccer outfit FC Dallas.[4] Escobar was released in January 2016.[5]
Escobar made his debut for Panama in an August 2003 friendly match against Bolivia and has, as of 10 June 2015, earned a total of 40 caps, scoring 1 goal. He represented his country in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2007,[6] 2009[7] and 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cups.
Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.