Rollin Menayese (born 4 December 1997) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hartlepool United on loan from Walsall.
![]() Menayese playing for Walsall F.C. in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rollin Menayese[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1997-12-04) 4 December 1997 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Kinshasa, DR Congo[2] | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Hartlepool United (on loan from Walsall) | ||
Number | 23 | ||
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– | → Hartlepool United (loan) | 10 | (0) |
National team | |||
2012–2014 | Wales U17 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:36, 4 October 2022 (UTC) |
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 and Grimsby Town.
Menayese was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[2] and attended St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School in Newport.[3]
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]
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]
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]
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]
On 18 July 2022, Menayese joined fellow League Two club Hartlepool United on a season-long loan deal.[28]
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[29] | National League South | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
Bristol Rovers | 2017–18[30] | League One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2018–19[31] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2019–20[32] | League One | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
Total | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
Swindon Town (loan) | 2017–18[30] | League Two | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Aldershot Town (loan) | 2018–19[31] | National League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
Mansfield Town | 2020–21[33] | League Two | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 14 | 2 |
2021–22[34] | 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[33] | League Two | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
Walsall | 2021–22[34] | League Two | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 34 | 0 |
Hartlepool United (loan) | 2022–23[35] | League Two | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Career total | 135 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 160 | 2 |
Hartlepool United F.C. – current squad | |
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