Career
In 2007, he moved to the V-League, playing for on two different spells, winning three major titles. Born in Porto Alegre, Roland started at Grêmio in 1994, and spending two years in their youth system. After a short period back at Grêmio, Roland moved abroad and joined in 1998.
He was sparsely used in his first year, that ended with mixed results: relegation in the Primeira Divisão and the conquering the Portuguese Cup.
His influence grew in the following three seasons and he became known as free-kick specialist. In June 2002, signed him on a four-year deal, with Diogo Luís and Toni going in the other direction on loan deals.
From early on, Roland struggled with competition from Ricardo Rocha, and on occasions, Cabral. He only made his debut on 3 November 2002 against Santa Clara, but with the arrival of José Antonio Camacho, he began playing much more frequently, finishing the season with 14 appearances.
The following season, Cristiano was set to reunite with Jesualdo Ferreira at Braga, but the loan deal fell through.
Still, Roland started 8 league games in the first half of the season, until the arrival of Fyssas in January. From then on, he became a bench player and never returned to the starting eleven. In May, he added his second trophy in Portugal, after winning the 2003-2004 Taça de Portugal.
In July 2004, he was loaned to Belenenses for one year.
Initially, he was an undisputed starter playing six games in a row, but an injury in late October, cause him to lost his place to Cabral and José Sousa. In 2005-2006, Roland could not find a team and was placed in B, but mutually terminated his contract on late September 2005.
After, he spent some time at Juventude in the Série A, before moving to Atromitos in the Greek league. He played for in 2007 and returned to in July 2008, playing 26 games in the Liga de Honra.
In August 2015, he came out of retirement for a third stint at, after they were relegated to the Aveiro FA"s second division.