Rollin Menayese
Menayese playing for Walsall F.C. in 2022
Personal information
Full name Rollin Menayese[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-04) 4 December 1997
Place of birth Kinshasa, DR Congo[2]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team 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 9 (0)
2022–2023 → Hartlepool United (loan) 18 (2)
International career
2012–2014 Wales U17 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:35, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Rollin Menayese (born 4 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two 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.

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]

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

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.

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

Hartlepool United (loan)

On 18 July 2022, Menayese joined fellow League Two club Hartlepool United on a season-long loan deal.[28] On 9 December 2022, he scored his first goal for Hartlepool in a 2–0 win at Crawley Town.[29] Menayese followed this up by scoring again, on Boxing Day, in a 2–1 win at Rochdale.[30] 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.[31]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Weston-super-Mare 2016–17[32] National League South 20000—00200
Bristol Rovers 2017–18[33] League One 3000001[lower-alpha 1]040
2018–19[34] League One 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2019–20[35] League One 13050005[lower-alpha 1]0230
Total 160500070280
Swindon Town (loan) 2017–18[33] League Two 140000000140
Aldershot Town (loan) 2018–19[34] National League 16000—00160
Mansfield Town 2020–21[36] League Two 10100103[lower-alpha 1]1142
2021–22[37] League Two 0000000000
Total 101001031142
Grimsby Town (loan) 2020–21[36] League Two 210000000210
Walsall 2021–22[37] League Two 28020103[lower-alpha 1]0340
2021–22[38] League Two 0010001[lower-alpha 1]020
Total 280301040360
Hartlepool United (loan) 2022–23[39] League Two 182201020232
Career total 1433100301611724
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearance in the EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Bristol Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 11. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "#DeadlineDay: Town Bring In Menayese". Swindon Town Official Site. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 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. ↑ "Preston 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.
  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.
  25. ↑ "Walsall 0-0 Doncaster Rovers". BBC. 10 August 2021. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  26. ↑ "Report: Walsall 1-1 Iron". Scunthorpe-United. 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. ↑ "Pools sign Menayese". www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  29. ↑ "Crawley 0–2 Hartlepool: Pool end long wait for away win with victory". Sky Sports. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  30. ↑ "Rochdale 1–2 Hartlepool United". BBC Sport. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  31. ↑ Joe Ramage (27 January 2023). "Hartlepool United dealt injury blow as Walsall defender is ruled out for the season". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  32. ↑ Rollin Menayese at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  33. 1 2 "Games played by Rollin Menayese in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  34. 1 2 "Games played by Rollin Menayese in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Rollin Menayese in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  36. 1 2 "Games played by Rollin Menayese in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  37. 1 2 "Games played by Rollin Menayese in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  38. ↑ "Games played by Rollin Menayese in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  39. ↑ "Games played by Rollin Menayese in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
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