Alexis Rolín
# Alexis Rolín

Germán Alexis Rolín Fernández (born 7 February 1989) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a central defender for Independiente Medellín.

## Club career

### Club Nacional de Football

Rolín began his football career with Uruguayan club Nacional. He made his first team debut on 8 May 2011 in a 1-0 win over CA Peñarol. During the 2011-12 season, he was outstanding as defender and many clubs showed interest in him. After two consecutive times finishing as the Champions with Nacional, Rolín joined Italian Serie A club Catania.

### Calcio Catania

On 22 August 2012, Rolín was officially transferred to Calcio Catania. In his debut Serie A campaign, he has served mostly as a back-up to the likes of Nicola Legrottaglie, Nicolas Spolli, and Giuseppe Bellusci, under head coach, Rolando Maran.

Rolín is currently part of a record-breaking Catania outfit that had picked up 56 points from 38 Serie A matches. This performance also saw the club break its record number of home victories in a single season, its record number of victories overall in a single top flight campaign, as well as its record points total in Serie A for the fifth consecutive season.

### Boca Juniors

In January 2015, Rolín officially signed on loan with Argentine club Boca Juniors.

### Club Olimpia

On 26 May 2016, it was announced that Rolín had signed for Olimpia.

## International career

He was called up by Óscar Tabárez for the Uruguay Olympic football team that played at the 2012 Summer Olympics being held in London, Great Britain.

## Honours

### Nacional

* Uruguayan Primera División (2): 2010–11, 2011–12

### Boca Juniors

* Argentine Primera División (1): 2015
* Copa Argentina (1): 2014–15
