Full name Ivan Rocha Lima Years Team 1992–1994 Valladolid Role Footballer | Place of birth Sao Paulo, Brazil 1992 Sao Paulo Name Ivan Rocha Height 1.85 m | |
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Date of birth (1969-01-14) 14 January 1969 (age 46) | ||
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Ivan Rocha Lima (born 14 January 1969), known as Rocha, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a central defender.
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Football career
Rocha was born in Sao Paulo. During his career, he played almost exclusively in Spain: after a short spell with hometown's Sao Paulo Futebol Clube the 23-year-old joined Real Valladolid, which he helped promote from Segunda Division in his first year – having played in only 21 matches the defender scored an impressive nine goals, second-best in the squad with Jose Emilio Amavisca.
After another season Rocha signed with fellow La Liga club Atletico Madrid, but played very rarely for the Colchoneros, also being loaned several times during his stint in Madrid (Valladolid again, CD Logrones and RCD Mallorca) and being downed with consecutive injuries.
In the 1998 summer Atletico released Rocha, and he played three more seasons in the country, one apiece with Deportivo Alaves, CD Numancia and Elche CF, the latter in the second division. After two years of inactivity he returned to his country and appeared for modest Uniao Sao Joao Esporte Clube, retiring for good at 35.