Rolando Azas
Paraguayan footballer
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Rolando Aníbal Azas Velazco (born 22 January 1971) is a Paraguayan football manager and former footballer who played as a forward and defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rolando Aníbal Azas Velazco | ||
| Date of birth | 22 January 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Pilar, Ñeembucú, Paraguay | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Youth career | |||
| Capitán Bado | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | Capitán Bado | ||
| 1989–1991 | Cerro Porteño | ||
| 1992 | Oriente Petrolero | ||
| 1992 | Libertad | ||
| 1993 | Cobreloa | 16 | (3) |
| 1994–1995 | Provincial Osorno | 57 | (12) |
| 1996 | Regional Atacama | 23 | (4) |
| 1997 | Libertad | ||
| 1998–1999 | O'Higgins | 66 | (9) |
| 2000 | Everton | 11 | (2) |
| 2001 | Chinese football | ||
| 2002 | Santiago Morning | 14 | (0) |
| 2004 | Deportivo Quevedo | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Universidad Católica (youth) | ||
| 2013 | Deportivo Quevedo (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Delfín (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | Fuerza Amarilla (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Delfín (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | LDU Portoviejo (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Manta | ||
| 2018–2019 | Delfín (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Barcelona SC (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Atlético Samborondón | ||
| 2023–2024 | Naranja Mekánica | ||
| 2024 | LDU Portoviejo (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Delfín (assistant) | ||
| 2025 | Resistencia (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Born in Pilar, Paraguay, Azas made his senior debut with the local club, Capitán Bado, aged 15, and later represented the Pilar city team. In 1989, he signed with Paraguayan giant Cerro Porteño.[1] After a stint with Bolivian club Oriente Petrolero in 1992, he returned to his homeland with Libertad.[2][3] He had another stint with Libertad in 1997.[4]
Azas stood out in Chilean football, where he came in 1993 to Cobreloa. The next years, he played for Provincial Osorno,[5][6] Regional Atacama, O'Higgins,[7] Everton and Santiago Morning, mainly in the top level.[8][9]
Azas also had a 7-month stint in Chinese football in 2001[2][3] and won the 2004 Ecuadorian Serie B with Deportivo Quevedo, his last club.[4][10]
In 2001, Azas suffered a thrombosis in his left leg which accelerated his retirement.[11]
Style of play
Coaching career
In 2011, Azas started a football academy for the Universidad Católica youth system in Osorno, Chile alongside the former Chilean footballer Carlos Cáceres.[12]
Azas has mainly developed a career as an assistant coach for Ecuadorian clubs such as Delfín, Fuerza Amarilla, Barcelona, among others.[2][3][6][8]
As head coach, Azas coached Manta in 2017–18,[11] Atlético Samborondón [es] in 2022[4][13] and Naranja Mekánica in 2023–24.[14][15]
In 2025, Azas served as assistant coach of Hugo Ovelar in Paraguayan club Resistencia.[16]