Carlos Roca (footballer)

Carlos Jose Roca (born 4 September 1984) is an English football midfielder who played in the Football League for Oldham Athletic.

Carlos Roca
Roca (left) playing for FC United of Manchester in 2011
Personal information
Full name Carlos Jose Roca[1]
Date of birth (1984-09-04) 4 September 1984[1]
Place of birth Manchester,[1] England
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2003 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2014

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 time on loan at fellow Conference club Northwich Victoria,[10] and after Carlisle won promotion back to the Football League, he was released.[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]

As of 2019, Roca was managing director of Pro Football Academy,[16] a football coaching and services provider that won the New Business of the Year Award at the 2019 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards.[17]

References
  1. "Carlos Roca". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  2. "Games played by Carlos Roca in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. "Games played by Carlos Roca in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. "Carlos Roca". Stalybridge Celtic F.C. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. "Games played by Carlos Roca in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  6. "All time Players Statistics". FCUM in Russia. Retrieved 13 August 2016. Untick "including cup games" to see league-only stats.
  7. Locke, Mark. "Carlos Roca". Chorley F.C. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  8. "C. Roca". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  9. Rowcroft, Lee (14 May 2004). "Roca in but Andrews stalls on United deal". News & Star. Carlisle. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  10. "Vics eye Steele in swap". Cheshire Live. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  11. Rowcroft, Lee (20 May 2005). "Play-off hero Murphy mulls over new contract". News & Star. Carlisle. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  12. "Roca transfer-listed by Northwich". BBC Sport. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  13. Pullen, Nick (19 March 2007). "Harriers heroes in wait for Wembley". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  14. "Stalybridge beat Bloods to Roca". BBC Sport. 17 August 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  15. "Ex-Blues' Roca on move to Altrincham". News & Star. Carlisle. 4 March 2008. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  16. "Junior Premier League partners with Pro Football Academy". Junior Premier League. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  17. "2019 winners". National Business Awards. Retrieved 18 May 2020.


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