José Luis Rondo

José Luis Rondo
Personal information
Full name	José Luis Rondo Polo
Date of birth	19 March 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Palma, Spain
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
1986–1987	Relojería Calvo
1987–1995	Mallorca
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1999	Mallorca B
1999–2001	Getafe
2001–2003	Elche
2004–2005	Castellón
2006	Algeciras
2006–2007	Vecindario
2007–2008	Constancia
2008–2010	Andratx
Total
International career
2003–2009	Equatorial Guinea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Luis Rondo Polo (born 19 March 1976) is a former professional footballer. Born in Spain, he played for the Equatorial Guinea national team. He started his career as a forward, subsequently moving to right winger and finally right-back.

He spent his entire career in his native Spain, representing five clubs at the professional level.

During six years, Rondo was an Equatorial Guinea international.

Club career

Rondo was born in Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands. An unsuccessful RCD Mallorca youth graduate – he could only appear for their reserves – he would manage to spend seven seasons in the second division, with Getafe CF, Elche CF and UD Vecindario; his first experience at that level was precisely with Mallorca B, in 1998–99 (31 matches played, team relegation).

After a one-year spell with CD Constancia (division four, also in Majorca),^[1] Rondo signed with neighbours CE Andratx of the same tier.^[2]

Spanish-born, Rondo would however represent the land of one of his parents, Equatorial Guinea, in the molds of several players whom played in Spain: Javier Balboa, Rodolfo Bodipo, Benjamín Zarandona, etc.^[3]

^ Armendáriz, F. (29 July 2008). "Ocho jugadores demandan al Constancia por impago de sueldos" [Eight players take Constancia to court for due wages]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish).
^ "José Luis Rondo ficha por el Andratx" [José Luis Rondo signs for Andratx] (in Spanish). Info Balear. 1 September 2008.
^ Fernández, Napoleón (24 November 2003). "La 'España' africana" [The African 'Spain']. El País (in Spanish).