Iván Rocha
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Iván Rocha Lima | ||
Date of birth | 14 January 1969 | ||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992 | São Paulo | ||
1992–1994 | Valladolid | 56 | (12) |
1994–1996 | Atlético Madrid | 13 | (2) |
1996 | → Valladolid (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1997 | → Logroñés (loan) | 5 | (0) |
1997 | Atlético B | 14 | (1) |
1998 | → Mallorca (loan) | 7 | (0) |
1998–1999 | Alavés | 24 | (0) |
1999–2000 | Numancia | 28 | (1) |
2000–2001 | Elche | 24 | (2) |
2003–2004 | União São João | ||
International career | |||
1985 | Brazil U17 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Iván Rocha Lima (born 14 January 1969), known as Rocha, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Football career
Rocha was born in São Paulo. During his career, he played almost exclusively in Spain: after a short spell with hometown's São Paulo Futebol Clube the 23-year-old joined Real Valladolid, which he helped promote from Segunda División in his first year – having played in only 21 matches the defender scored an impressive nine goals, second-best in the squad with José Emilio Amavisca.
After another season Rocha signed with fellow La Liga club Atlético Madrid, but played very rarely for the Colchoneros, also being loaned several times during his stint in Madrid (Valladolid again, CD Logroñés and RCD Mallorca) and being downed with consecutive injuries.
In the 1998 summer Atlético released Rocha, and he played three more seasons in the country, one apiece with Deportivo Alavés, CD Numancia and Elche CF, the latter in the second division. After two years of inactivity he returned to his country and appeared for modest União São João Esporte Clube, retiring for good at 35.
External links
- BDFutbol profile
- Iván Rocha – FIFA competition record
- Worldfootball profile
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Brazilian footballers
- Association football defenders
- São Paulo FC players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Real Valladolid footballers
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- CD Logroñés footballers
- Atlético Madrid B players
- RCD Mallorca players
- Deportivo Alavés players
- CD Numancia players
- Elche CF footballers
- Brazil youth international footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Brazilian expatriates in Spain