Rolan de la Cruz
Rolan de la Cruz Biojó (born 3 October 1984) is a former footballer who played a midfielder. Born in Colombia, he capped for the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Career
Born in Tumaco, Colombia, De la Cruz had played club football in Colombia and Panama for Deportivo Cali, Deportivo Pasto, Santa Fe, Cortuluá, Árabe Unido and Fortaleza. In early 2013, De la Cruz was on trial in Colombian giant América de Cali (now in second division), but failed to sign.

He made his international debut for Equatorial Guinea in 2011.

Personal life
De la Cruz descends from Benkos Bioho, but this rebel slave was a native of the former Portuguese colony of Guinea-Bissau.

On 6 October 2023, De la Cruz was captured by the Joint Stabilization and Consolidation Task Force Hercules, together with the Specialized Anti-Drug Trafficking Directorate of the Prosecutor's Office and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration Agency (DEA), accused of being an important drug trafficker in his native Tumaco.

References

1984 births
Living people
Footballers from Tumaco
Men's association football midfielders
Equatoguinean men's footballers
Equatorial Guinea men's international footballers
Colombian men's footballers
Equatoguinean people of Colombian descent
Equatoguinean people of Bissau-Guinean descent
Colombian people of Bissau-Guinean descent
Categoría Primera A players
Deportivo Cali footballers
Deportivo Pasto footballers
Independiente Santa Fe footballers
Cortuluá footballers
Liga Panameña de Fútbol players
C.D. Árabe Unido players
Colombian expatriate men's footballers
Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Panama
Expatriate men's footballers in Panama
Naturalized citizens of Equatorial Guinea
2012 Africa Cup of Nations players
The Panthers FC players
Colombian prisoners and detainees