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| Date of birth | 18 September 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Southern United | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Besta United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | FC Port Moresby | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Coomera Colts | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | University Inter | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Southern United | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Miramar Rangers[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Team Wellington[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Papua New Guinea U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Papua New Guinea | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 June 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 June 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
Roland Bala (born 18 September 1990) is a Papua New Guinean footballer who plays as a defender for Southern United.[2][3]
While playing for Southern United, Bala was discharged without conviction for indecently assaulting a woman in a Dunedin club. The judge gave him a discharge as Bala is due to have surgery to his knee that would require 12 months recuperation, while if convicted he would have been deported from New Zealand and not had the surgery.[1]
Honours
[edit]Papua New Guinea
- OFC Nations Cup: runner-up, 2016[4][5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 McNeilly, Hamish. "International footballer told grope victim 'abuse is a way of life', but escapes conviction because he needs surgery". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ↑ "Roland Bala". National Football Teams. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ↑ "Papua New Guinea - R. Bala". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ↑ "2016 OFC Nations Cup - Final". Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ↑ "Home advantage vital for PNG". Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
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