Rollin Menayese | |
Fullname: | Rollin Menayese[1] |
Birth Date: | 4 December 1997 |
Birth Place: | Kinshasa, DR Congo[2] |
Position: | Defender |
Currentclub: | Walsall |
Clubnumber: | 24 |
Youthyears1: | –2016 |
Youthclubs1: | Cardiff City |
Years1: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs1: | Weston-super-Mare |
Caps1: | 20 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2017–2020 |
Clubs2: | Bristol Rovers |
Caps2: | 16 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2018 |
Clubs3: | → Swindon Town (loan) |
Caps3: | 14 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2019 |
Clubs4: | → Aldershot Town (loan) |
Caps4: | 16 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2020–2022 |
Clubs5: | Mansfield Town |
Caps5: | 10 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 2021 |
Clubs6: | → Grimsby Town (loan) |
Caps6: | 21 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs7: | → Walsall (loan) |
Caps7: | 19 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2022– |
Clubs8: | Walsall |
Caps8: | 15 |
Goals8: | 2 |
Years9: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs9: | → Hartlepool United (loan) |
Caps9: | 18 |
Goals9: | 2 |
Years10: | 2024 |
Clubs10: | → Aldershot Town (loan) |
Caps10: | 6 |
Goals10: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2012–2014 |
Nationalteam1: | Wales U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 13:04, 15 March 2024 (UTC) |
Rollin Menayese (born 4 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Walsall.
Having begun his career with Non-League side Weston-super-Mare, he has gone on to feature professionally for Bristol Rovers, Swindon Town, Mansfield Town, Grimsby Town and Hartlepool United.
Menayese was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[2] and attended St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School in Newport.[3] As a schoolboy, he played rugby league and helped his school to win a national final, scoring five tries and kicking five goals (totalling 30 points) in the match at the Twickenham Stoop.[4]
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.[5]
On the 1 June 2017, Menayese joined Bristol Rovers, initially joining up with the u23 squad.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] 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[9] 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.[10]
At the end of the 2018–19 season, Bristol Rovers exercised a contract extension for him.[11]
On 1 June 2020 after somewhat of a breakthrough season, Menayese signed a one-year contract extension.[12]
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.[13]
On 1 February 2019, Menayese joined National League side Aldershot Town on loan until the end of the season.[14]
On 28 July 2020, Menayese re-joined former manager Graham Coughlan at Mansfield Town, joining for an undisclosed fee.[15] Menayese made his debut for the club on 5 September 2020 in a 4–0 EFL Cup defeat to Preston North End[16] 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.[17] 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.[18] 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.[19]
On 18 January 2021, Menayese joined League Two club Grimsby Town on loan for the rest of the 2020–21 season.[20] He started the next game, against fierce rivals, Scunthorpe United. He played the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 defeat.[21] He started every game for Grimsby, except a 2–2 draw against his parent club.[22] Grimsby finished bottom and were relegated to the National League.[23]
On 16 July 2021, Menayese joined Walsall on a season-long loan.[24] He made his debut for Walsall in a 0–0 draw against Doncaster Rovers in the EFL Cup.[25] He played the full 90 minutes, but did not take a penalty in the penalty shootout.[26] He made his league debut in a 1–1 draw against Scunthorpe.[27] He played a further 23 games (25 in total) while on loan at Walsall.
On 4 January 2022, following a successful loan spell, Walsall made the loan a permanent transfer. Menayese signed a contract until 2024.[28]
On 18 July 2022, Menayese joined fellow League Two club Hartlepool United on a season-long loan deal.[29] On 9 December 2022, he scored his first goal for Hartlepool in a 2–0 win at Crawley Town.[30] Menayese followed this up by scoring again, on Boxing Day, in a 2–1 win at Rochdale.[31] In January 2023, Menayese was ruled out for the rest of the season due to an ankle injury following a strong challenge in a defeat to Carlisle United.[32]
On 25 January 2024, Menayese returned to National League club Aldershot Town on loan for the remainder of the season.[33]
On 12 March 2024, Menayese was recalled from his loan spell.[34] He went straight into the starting-eleven for that evening's match, opening the scoring in an eventual 1–1 draw with Barrow.[35]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Weston-super-Mare | 2016–17 | National League South | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Bristol Rovers | 2017–18 | League One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
2018–19 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | League One | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
Total | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
Swindon Town (loan) | 2017–18 | League Two | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
Aldershot Town (loan) | 2018–19 | National League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
Mansfield Town | 2020–21 | League Two | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 2 | |
2021–22 | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 2 | |||
Grimsby Town (loan) | 2020–21 | League Two | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
Walsall | 2021–22 | League Two | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
2022–23 | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | League Two | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Total | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |||
Hartlepool United (loan) | 2022–23 | League Two | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
Aldershot Town (loan) | 2023–24 | National League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Career total | 155 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 184 | 6 |