Rollin Menayese

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Rollin Menayese
Personal information
Full name Rollin Menayese[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-04) 4 December 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth Kinshasa, DR Congo[2]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Walsall
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2016 Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Weston-super-Mare 20 (0)
2017–2020 Bristol Rovers 16 (0)
2018 → Swindon Town (loan) 14 (0)
2019 → Aldershot Town (loan) 16 (0)
2020–2022 Mansfield Town 10 (1)
2021 → Grimsby Town (loan) 21 (0)
2021–2022 → Walsall (loan) 19 (0)
2022– Walsall 2 (0)
National team
2012–2014 Wales U17 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:26, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Rollin Menayese (born 4 December 1997) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for Walsall.

Having began his career with Non-League side Weston-super-Mare, he has gone on to feature professionally for Bristol Rovers, Swindon Town, Mansfield Town and Grimsby Town.

Early life[]

Menayese was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[2] and attended St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School in Newport.[3]

Career[]

Weston-super-Mare[]

Menayese began his career in the youth academy at Cardiff City along with his twin brother Elvis.[3] Following his release by Cardiff, he signed for Weston-super-Mare in December 2016. He made 23 appearances for the Seagulls in the second half of the 2016–17 season.[4]

Bristol Rovers[]

On the 1 June 2017, Menayese joined Bristol Rovers, initially joining up with the u23 squad.[5] He made his first professional appearance for Rovers in the EFL Trophy, coming off the bench to replace an injured Jonathan Burn in a 5–1 victory over Wycombe Wanderers.[6] On 7 October 2017, with both Tom Lockyer and Ryan Sweeney on international duty Menayese made his first league start in a 6–0 away victory over Northampton town.[7] He made his second appearance for the club when Lockyer and Sweeney were again on International Duty in a late 1–0 away defeat to Scunthorpe United[8] and then came off the bench to replace Chris Lines in the 68th minute of a 3–1 away victory at Doncaster Rovers on 27 January 2018, 4 days before he joined Swindon on loan.[9]

At the end of the 2018–19 season, Bristol Rovers exercised a contract extension for him.[10]

On 1 June 2020 after somewhat of a breakthrough season, Menayese signed a one-year contract extension.[11]

On 31 January 2018, Menayese joined League Two side Swindon Town on loan for the remainder of the campaign.[2] He made his debut for the club on 3 February 2018, coming off the bench in a dramatic 2–2 draw with Lincoln City. He came on to replace striker Luke Norris in the 24th minute of the match.[12]

On 1 February 2019, Menayese joined National League side Aldershot Town on loan until the end of the season.[13]

Mansfield Town[]

On 28 July 2020, Menayese re-joined former manager Graham Coughlan at Mansfield Town, joining for an undisclosed fee.[14] Menayese made his debut for the club on 5 September 2020 in a 4-0 EFL Cup defeat to Preston North End[15] and made his league debut the following week on the opening day of the season, playing the duration of a 0-0 draw with Tranmere Rovers.[16] On 26 September 2020, Menayese scored his first goal for the club and the first of his career, opening the scoring in a 2–1 home defeat to Exeter City.[17] He played fourteen games in total for Mansfield, including 10 league games. He scored twice, once in the aforementioned Exeter City game, and once in a 3–1 home defeat to Lincoln City.[18]

Grimsby Town (loan)[]

On 18 January 2021, Menayese joined League Two club Grimsby Town on loan for the rest of the 2020–21 season.[19] He started the next game, against fierce rivals, Scunthorpe United. He played the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 defeat.[20] He started every game for Grimsby, except a 2–2 draw against his parent club.[21] Grimsby finished bottom and were relegated to the National League.[22]

Walsall (loan)[]

On 16 July 2021, Menayese joined Walsall on a season-long loan.[23] He made his debut for Walsall in a 0–0 draw against Doncaster Rovers in the EFL Cup.[24] He played the full 90 minutes, but did not take a penalty in the penalty shootout.[25] He made his league debut in a 1–1 draw against Scunthorpe.[26] He played a further 23 games (25 in total) while on loan at Walsall.

Permanent transfer to Walsall[]

On 4 January 2022, following a successful loan spell, Walsall made the loan a permanent transfer. Menayese signed a contract until 2024.[27]

Career statistics[]

As of 15 January 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Weston-super-Mare 2016–17[28] National League South 20 0 0 0 — 0 0 20 0
Total 20 0 0 0 — 0 0 20 0
Bristol Rovers 2017–18[29] League One 3 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 4 0
2018–19[30] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
2019–20[31] League One 13 0 5 0 0 0 5[a] 0 23 0
Swindon Town (loan) 2017–18[29] League Two 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Aldershot Town (loan) 2018–19[30] National League 16 0 0 0 — 0 0 16 0
Total 46 0 5 0 0 0 7 0 58 0
Mansfield Town 2020–21[32] League Two 10 1 0 0 1 0 3[a] 1 14 2
2021–22[33] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grimsby Town (loan) 2020–21[32] League Two 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Walsall (loan) 2021–22[33] League Two 19 0 2 0 1 0 3[a] 0 25 0
Total 50 1 2 0 2 0 6 0 60 2
Walsall 2021–22[33] League Two 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 118 1 7 0 2 0 10 1 140 2
  1. ^ a b c d e Appearance in the Football League Trophy

References[]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Bristol Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 11. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "#DeadlineDay: Town Bring In Menayese". Swindon Town Official Site. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b Terry Phillips (20 May 2015). "Cardiff City's 20 best players under 20: The hottest young talent the Bluebirds fans should keep an eye out for". WalesOnline. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Rollin Menayese Departs the Woodspring Stadium". www.westonsmareafc.co.uk. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Rovers Sign Young Defender Rollin Menayese". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Wycombe 1–5 Bristol Rovers". Sky Sports. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Northampton 0–6 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Scunthorpe United 1-0 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Bristol Rovers: Chris Lines heads list of nine players to leave League One club". BBC Sport. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Rollin Menayese signs new deal with the Gas". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Lincoln City 2-2 Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Aldershot Town Sign Rollin Menayese". Aldershot Town F.C. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Stags capture powerful defender". www.mansfieldtown.net. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Preson North End 4-0 Mansfield Town". BBC Sport. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Mansfield Town 0-0 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Mansfield Town 1-2 Exeter City". BBC Sport. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Mansfield Town v Lincoln City - Form - Football - Sporting Life". www.sportinglife.com. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Menayese Signs On Loan". Grimsby Town F.C. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  20. ^ "Scunthorpe United 3-0 Grimsby Town". BBC. 23 January 2021. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Ollie Clarke a doubt for Mansfield against Grimsby". News Chain Online. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ Findlater, James (27 April 2021). "Grimsby Town relegated: Mariners drop back into non-league after five years in EFL". Grimsby Telegraph. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  23. ^ "Walsall sign Rollin Menayese on loan". Saddlers. 16 July 2021. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  24. ^ "Walsall 0-0 Doncaster". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ^ "Walsall 0-0 Doncaster Rovers". BBC (in British English). 10 August 2021. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  26. ^ "Report: Walsall 1-1 Iron". Scunthorpe-United (in British English). 17 August 2021. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  27. ^ "Menayese signs permanent Saddlers deal". Saddlers. 4 January 2022. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  28. ^ Rollin Menayese at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  29. ^ a b "Games played by Rollin Menayese in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  30. ^ a b "Games played by Rollin Menayese in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  31. ^ "Games played by Rollin Menayese in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  32. ^ a b "Games played by Rollin Menayese in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  33. ^ a b c "Games played by Rollin Menayese in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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