Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Rocha ya sami lambar farko ta kasa a 2007, ya lashe mita 5000 a gasar zakarun Turai ta Portugal. Ya zo na goma a Portugal Half Marathon, kasancewarsa na biyu na Turai da ya gama a bayan Stefano Baldini. Bayan wannan ya kai matsayi na uku a tseren Rabin Marathon na European Club. Tare da kammala na takwas a Oeiras Cross Country ya sami zaɓi don Gasar Cin Kofin Turai ta 2007
, inda ya ci gaba da gamawa a matsayi na 24 kuma ya lashe lambar azurfa ta tawagar tare da Rui Silva.