Rolando Azas

Rolando Aníbal Azas Velazco (born 22 January 1971) is a Paraguayan football manager and former footballer who played as a forward and defender.

Club career Born in Pilar, Paraguay, Azas made his senior debut with the local club, Capitán Bado, aged 15, and later represented the Pilar city team. In 1989, he signed with Paraguayan giant Cerro Porteño. After a stint with Bolivian club Oriente Petrolero in 1992, he returned to his homeland with Libertad. He had another stint with Libertad in 1997.

Azas stood out in Chilean football, where he came in 1993 to Cobreloa. The next years, he played for Provincial Osorno, Regional Atacama, O'Higgins, Everton and Santiago Morning, mainly in the top level.

Azas also had a 7-month stint in Chinese football in 2001

In 2001, Azas suffered a thrombosis in his left leg which accelerated his retirement.

Style of play Azas developed his career as a forward since his youth career until 1998 as player of O'Higgins. That season, he replaced a fellow defender and kept that position until his retirement.

Azas has mainly developed a career as an assistant coach for Ecuadorian clubs such as Delfín, Fuerza Amarilla, Barcelona, among others. and Naranja Mekánica in 2023–24.

In 2025, Azas served as assistant coach of Hugo Ovelar in Paraguayan club Resistencia.