Jorge Roldán
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Roldán Popol | ||
| Date of birth | 16 January 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1973 | Aurora FC | ? | (111) |
| 1972 | Hércules CF | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1961–1973 | Guatemala | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1974–1975 | Aurora FC | ||
| 1976–1978 | Once Municipal | ||
| 1979–1982 | Aurora FC | ||
| 1985–1986 | Aurora FC | ||
| 1988 | Guatemala U-20 | ||
| 1988–1989 | Guatemala | ||
| 1992–1993 | Aurora FC | ||
| 1994–1995 | Aurora FC | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 March 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 March 2010 |
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Jorge Roldán Popol (born 16 January 1940), known popularly as El Grillo ("cricket") is a Guatemalan football coach and former midfielder.
Roldán played almost his entire career for the local team Aurora FC, being perhaps the most emblematic individual ever to represent the club. He also became a member and later captain of the Guatemala national team, being part of the squad that won the 1967 CONCACAF Championship, and participating in the 1968 Olympic Games and in two World Cup qualifying campaigns.
Roldán has managed clubs in Guatemala for over three decades, and has coached the national team at all levels. He is the last Guatemalan coach to win the domestic league title.
Roldán debuted in the Guatemalan Liga Mayor with Aurora in 1958, at the age of 18, under coach Rubén Amorín. He helped Aurora win three national league titles in four years, in the 1964, 1966, and 1967-68 seasons, the first three championships ever won by the club. He played for Aurora from 1958 to 1973, and went on to become their captain; he scored 111 goals in all competitions for the club, being their highest goalscorer ever.
He helped Aurora reach the final of the 1972 Copa Fraternidad against Deportivo Saprissa, where in the first leg in Guatemala he scored via a penalty kick to equalize 1-1 which was the final score. In the second leg in Costa Rica, Aurora lost 0-1 which gave the title to Saprissa.
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