Andrés Felipe Roa

Andrés Felipe Roa Estrada (born May 25, 1993) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a left winger for Al-Batin in the Saudi Professional League.

Andrés Felipe Roa
Roa with Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name Andrés Felipe Roa Estrada
Date of birth (1993-05-25) May 25, 1993
Place of birth Sabanalarga, Colombia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Al-Batin
Number 10
Youth career
Deportivo Cali
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2020 Deportivo Cali 107 (10)
2013 → Uniautónoma (loan) 41 (6)
2014 → Unión Magdalena (loan) 24 (4)
2018–2019 → Huracán (loan) 16 (4)
2019–2020 → Independiente (loan) 21 (2)
2021–2022 Independiente 61 (6)
2022–2023 Argentinos Juniors 18 (1)
2023– Al-Batin 11 (3)
International career
2015– Colombia 2 (0)
2016 Colombia Olympic 7 (0)
Honours
 Colombia
Copa América Centenario
Bronze medal – third place2016 United States
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:09, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Career

He was crowned champion of Colombia with Deportivo Cali in 2015. He is known for his flair and pace as a creative midfielder. He impressed in his first Copa Libertadores campaign despite his side's poor showing and managed to score against Racing Club.

In July 2019, Roa joined Argentine Primera División club Independiente on a one-year loan deal with a purchase option on 1,3 million dollars until 31 January 2020.[1] In December 2019 it was reported, that Independiente was ready to trigger the option.[2] However, the clubs never reached a final agreement, but instead extended the duration of the loan in June 2020 until the end of the year, once again with a purchase option.[3] On 30 December 2020, Independiente finally paid the purchase option and signed Roa on a permanent deal.[4] In July 2022, Roa moved to fellow league club Argentinos Juniors.[5]

On 7 January 2023, Roa joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Batin.[6]

Honours

Deportivo Cali

Colombia

References
  1. Así fue el negocio entre Deportivo Cali e Independiente por Andrés Felipe Roa, futbolete.com, 12 July 2019
  2. Independiente hará uso de la opción de compra por Andrés Felipe Roa, caracol.com.co, 15 December 2019
  3. Cali confirma un nuevo préstamo de Andrés Roa a Independiente, colombia.as.com, 2 July 2020
  4. Se terminó la novela de Andrés Felipe Roa: Independiente pagó la opción de compra a Deportivo Cali, gol.caracoltv.com, 30 December 2020
  5. Argentinos Juniors, el equipo que formó a Maradona, confirmó al colombiano Andrés Roa como su nuevo jugador, infobae.com, 12 July 2022
  6. "الباطن يعزز صفوفه بخدمات روا ولوبيز".
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