Career
Rota was left in an orphanage of Buklod Kalinga run by Franciscan sisters in ParaƱaque when he was a baby and was raised by Sister May Memorial, who he considers a second mom to him. A woman named Sonia Tulay repotedly left Rota in the convent at about two months old in November 1984. Rota was eventually adopted by Maurizio and Marilena Rota, a couple from Italy who were taxi drivers.
Rota has a sister, Valentina, who was also born on the 6 of November and adopted from the Philippines.
Italian missionary Mother Flora Zippo, assisted in finding people which would adopt Rota. Rota spent most of his career in Europe, especially in Italian-speaking region.
Italy
Rota entered the first team of Pro Sesto in the 2001-2002 Serie C2 season, becoming a regular the following year. Rota also capped for the Italy U-20 Lega Pro team in the 2005 Trofeo Dossena, which lost to Sport Club Internacional in the final game.
He did not suit up for Italy in the final match of that tournament.
In January 2006, Rota was transferred from Pro Sesto to Manfredonia. By the end of that season, Manfredonia finished tenth, and Pro Sesto was relegated. Rota returned to Pro Sesto as a regular, though he missed the rest of the season.
In November 2007, Rota returned to Pro Sesto, playing eight games of the season.
He was then transferred to Lugano of Swiss Challenge League in 2008. In 2009, Rota returned to Pro Sesto, but the club went bankrupt and it finished last in the 2009-2010 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.
Philippines
In October 2013, Rota showed interest in playing in the United Football League to have more chances of being selected by the Philippines national football team He signed with Stallion Football Club in January 2014.
Rota received his first call up for the Philippines national football team in February 2014, making his international debut in a friendly match against Malaysia on 1 March 2014.
He scored his first international goal in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup group stage match against Laos on 22 May 2014. International goals
Scores and results list the Philippines" goal tally first.