title: Alexis Rolín
text: # Alexis Rolín
  
  Germán Alexis Rolín Fernández (born 7 February 1989) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a central defender for Independiente Medellín.
  
  ## Club career
  
  ### Club Nacional de Football
  
  Rolín began his football career with Uruguayan club Nacional. He made his first team debut on 8 May 2011 in a 1-0 win over CA Peñarol. During the 2011-12 season, he was outstanding as defender and many clubs showed interest in him. After two consecutive times finishing as the Champions with Nacional, Rolín joined Italian Serie A club Catania.
  
  ### Calcio Catania
  
  On 22 August 2012, Rolín was officially transferred to Calcio Catania. In his debut Serie A campaign, he has served mostly as a back-up to the likes of Nicola Legrottaglie, Nicolas Spolli, and Giuseppe Bellusci, under head coach, Rolando Maran.
  
  Rolín is currently part of a record-breaking Catania outfit that had picked up 56 points from 38 Serie A matches. This performance also saw the club break its record number of home victories in a single season, its record number of victories overall in a single top flight campaign, as well as its record points total in Serie A for the fifth consecutive season.
  
  ### Boca Juniors
  
  In January 2015, Rolín officially signed on loan with Argentine club Boca Juniors.
  
  ### Club Olimpia
  
  On 26 May 2016, it was announced that Rolín had signed for Olimpia.
  
  ## International career
  
  He was called up by Óscar Tabárez for the Uruguay Olympic football team that played at the 2012 Summer Olympics being held in London, Great Britain.
  
  ## Honours
  
  ### Nacional
  
  * Uruguayan Primera División (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
  
  ### Boca Juniors
  
  * Argentine Primera División (1): 2015
  * Copa Argentina (1): 2014–15
  