Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Onye otu nke Maratona Clube de Portugal, Rocha mere ya mba ụwa mbụ na afọ 28 na
2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, ọ bụ ezie na ọ jisiri naanị 115th ebe n'ọsọ dị mkpirikpi ụmụ nwoke. N'afọ na-eso ya, o meriri ọla nchara na 5000 mita na 2006 Ibero-American Championship na Athletics. Ọ dara n'okpuru nkeji iri na anọ maka ihe omume ahụ na Gijón na July, na-etinye oge kachasị mma nke 13:51.06. N'ọnwa Ọktoba ọ gbara ọsọ maka klọb ya na European Club's Half Marathon Championship wee bụrụ onye nke asaa n'oge awa 1:04:31. Na Portugal Half Marathon na Lisbon, Rocha nwetara ebe nke isii n'etiti ndị Portuguese na ndị Kenya.