Carlos Roca (footballer)
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Roca (left) playing for FC United of Manchester in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Jose Roca[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 September 1984[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester,[1] England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2003 | Oldham Athletic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2004 | Oldham Athletic[2] | 7 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Carlisle United[3] | 10 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Northwich Victoria[3] (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Northwich Victoria | ||
| 2007–2008 | Stalybridge Celtic[4] | 26 | (5) |
| 2008 | Altrincham[5] | 7 | (0) |
| 2008–2013 | FC United of Manchester[6] | 165 | (33) |
| 2013 | Chorley[7] | 2 | (0) |
| 2014 | Rhyl[8] | 14 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2014. | |||
Carlos Jose Roca (born 4 September 1984) is an English football midfielder who played in the Football League for Oldham Athletic.
Career
Roca started his playing career at Oldham Athletic, and made his senior debut on August 2003 in the Division Two defeat at home to Brighton & Hove Albion.[2] After manager Iain Dowie moved on to Crystal Palace, Roca played little first-team football. He was released at the end of the season, and moved on to Carlisle United working under Paul Simpson.[9] Roca played regularly at first,[3] but was unable to force his way back into the first team after a knee injury. He spent a month on loan at fellow Conference club Northwich Victoria, and after Carlisle won promotion back to the Football League, he was released.[10][11]
He then joined Northwich on a permanent contract, and helped them win the 2005–06 Conference North title and reach the semi-final of the 2006–07 FA Trophy.[12][13] Transfer-listed in July 2007,[12] he was expected to join Droylsden but instead signed for Stalybridge Celtic.[14] He moved on to Altrincham before the end of the season,[15] and then joined FC United of Manchester. Roca spent five years at FC United, making over 200 appearances for the club in all competitions.[6] After a brief spell at Chorley,[7] he spent the second half of the 2013–14 season in the Welsh Premier League with Rhyl.[8]
References
- 1 2 3 "Carlos Roca". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Games played by Carlos Roca in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Games played by Carlos Roca in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ "Carlos Roca". talybridge Celtic F.C. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ "Games played by Carlos Roca in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- 1 2 "All time Players Statistics". FCUM in Russia. Retrieved 13 August 2016. Untick "including cup games" to see league-only stats.
- 1 2 Locke, Mark. "Carlos Roca". Chorley F.C. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- 1 2 "C. Roca". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ Rowcroft, Lee (14 May 2004). "Roca in but Andrews stalls on United deal". News & Star. Carlisle. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ Rowcroft, Lee (22 February 2005). "United loan star shines for Vics". News & Star. Carlisle. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ Rowcroft, Lee (20 May 2005). "Play-off hero Murphy mulls over new contract". News & Star. Carlisle. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Roca transfer-listed by Northwich". BBC Sport. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ Pullen, Nick (19 March 2007). "Harriers heroes in wait for Wembley". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ "Stalybridge beat Bloods to Roca". BBC Sport. 17 August 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ "Ex-Blues' Roca on move to Altrincham". News & Star. Carlisle. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
