Roberto Bolaños (footballer)

Roberto Bolaños
Personal information
Full name	Roberto Jesús Melián Bolaños
Date of birth	18 January 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Las Palmas, Spain
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Los Llanos
Youth career
	UP Hidalgo
2003–2014	Las Palmas
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2015	Sporting San José
2015–2019	Tenerife B
2016	Tenerife
2019–2020	Atlético Paso
2020	SS Reyes
2020–2023	Atlético Paso
2023–	Los Llanos
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 October 2024

Roberto Jesús Melián Bolaños (born 18 December 1994) is a Spanish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Los Llanos.

Club career

Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Bolaños represented Unión Pedro Hidalgo and UD Las Palmas as a youth.^[1] In 2014, he moved to Real Sporting San José, being regularly used in Tercera División.

On 2 July 2015 Bolaños joined CD Tenerife, being initially assigned to the reserves also in the fourth tier.^[2] On 26 November of the following year he made his first team debut, coming on as a late substitute for goalscorer Suso Santana in a 3–1 Segunda División away win against CD Lugo.^[3]

In June 2019, after spending the majority of the 2018–19 season nursing a knee injury, Bolaños left the Chicharreros as his contract expired.^[4] He subsequently represented fourth division side CD Atlético Paso before joining UD San Sebastián de los Reyes in Segunda División B on 24 January 2020.^[5]

In June 2020, Bolaños returned to his previous side Atlético Paso.^[6]

^ "El filial del Tenerife tiene motor joselito" [Tenerife's reserves have a motor from San José] (in Spanish). Tinta Amarilla. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^ "El CD Tenerife ficha a los grancanarios más destacados de la 3ª" [CD Tenerife sign the most highlighted Canarians of Tercera] (in Spanish). Mario de la Santa. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^ "Suso Santana lidera la remontada del Tenerife en Lugo" [Suso Santana leads the comeback of Tenerife in Lugo] (in Spanish). Marca. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^ "El grancanario Bolaños cierra ciclo en el Tenerife" [Canarian Bolaños ends his spell at Tenerife] (in Spanish). Tinta Amarilla. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
^ "Roberto Bolaños, nuevo fichaje de la U.D.Sanse" [Roberto Bolaños, new signing of U.D.Sanse] (in Spanish). UD SS Reyes. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ "Tres ex amarillos definen su campaña 2020–21" [Three former amarillos define their 2020–21 campaign] (in Spanish). Tinta Amarilla. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.