Carlos Roa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Ángel Roa | ||
| Date of birth | 15 August 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1993 | Racing Club | 109 | (0) |
| 1994–1997 | Lanús | 107 | (0) |
| 1997–2002 | Mallorca | 75 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Albacete | 53 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Olimpo | 27 | (0) |
| Total | 371 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992 | Argentina U23 | ||
| 1997–1999 | Argentina | 16 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Carlos Ángel Roa (born 15 August 1969) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Most of his professional career was spent with Racing Avellaneda and in Spain with Mallorca, winning one major trophy with the latter. During his career, he was a practising Seventh-day Adventist and followed a vegan (strictly vegetarian) diet.
Roa was first-choice for the Argentina national team at the 1998 World Cup.
Born in Santa Fe, Roa started playing professionally for Racing Club de Avellaneda, making his Primera División debut on 6 November 1988 at the age of 19. During a summer tour of Africa with the club he contracted malaria, but fully recovered. In 1994, he moved to Club Atlético Lanús, rarely missing a match with the Buenos Aires Province side as they achieved three consecutive third-place league finishes (one in 1995, two in 1996), and adding the Copa CONMEBOL in 1996.
Roa then signed with Spain's RCD Mallorca alongside Lanús teammate Óscar Mena, playing 25 La Liga matches as the Balearic Islands club finished fifth straight out of Segunda División and also reached the final in the Copa del Rey, lost against FC Barcelona on penalties.
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