{{short description|Papua New Guinean footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Roland Bala | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|09|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Papua New Guinea | height = {{height|m=1.74|precision=0}} | position = Centre-back / Left-back | currentclub = Southern United | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2010–2015 | caps1 = | goals1 = | clubs1 = Besta United | years2 = 2015–2016 | caps2 = | goals2 = | clubs2 = FC Port Moresby | years3 = 2016 | caps3 = | goals3 = | clubs3 = Coomera Colts | years4 = 2017 | caps4 = | goals4 = | clubs4 = University Inter | years5 = 2017–2018 | caps5 = 6 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = Southern United | years6 = 2018 | caps6 = | goals6 = | clubs6 = Miramar Rangers<ref name="discharge" /> | years7 = 2018 | caps7 = | goals7 = | clubs7 = Team Wellington<ref name="discharge" /> | nationalyears1= 2012 | nationalcaps1= 4 | nationalgoals1=0 | nationalteam1= Papua New Guinea U23 | nationalyears2= 2016– | nationalcaps2= 2 | nationalgoals2=0 | nationalteam2= Papua New Guinea | club-update = 29 June 2016 | ntupdate = 29 June 2016 | medaltemplates = {{medalSport|Men's football}} {{Medal|Country|{{fb|PNG}}}} {{MedalComp|OFC Nations Cup}} {{Medal|RU|2016 Papua New Guinea|}} }}

'''Roland Bala''' (born 18 September 1990) is a Papua New Guinean footballer who plays as a defender for Southern United.<ref name="NFL">{{cite web | url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/64735/Roland_Bala.html | title=Roland Bala | publisher=National Football Teams | accessdate=29 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="sw">{{cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/roland-bala/446287/ | title=Papua New Guinea - R. Bala | publisher=Soccerway | accessdate=29 June 2016}}</ref>

While playing for Southern United, Bala was discharged without conviction for indecently assaulting a woman in a Dunedin club. The judge gave him a discharge as Bala is due to have surgery to his knee that would require 12 months recuperation, while if convicted he would have been deported from New Zealand and not had the surgery.<ref name="discharge">{{cite news |last1=McNeilly |first1=Hamish |title=International footballer told grope victim 'abuse is a way of life', but escapes conviction because he needs surgery |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/105621852/international-footballer-told-grope-victim-abuse-is-a-way-of-life-but-escapes-conviction-because-he-needs-surgery |accessdate=20 July 2018 |publisher=Stuff.co.nz}}</ref>

==Honours== '''Papua New Guinea''' *OFC Nations Cup: runner-up, 2016 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/2016-ofc-nations-cup-final-400415/new-zealand-papua-new-guinea-4-2-331463/|title= 2016 OFC Nations Cup - Final|language=en|access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|title=Home advantage vital for PNG|url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/7c5eb21a-d60b-4fab-bfe4-f994e3f2c688/language/en-US/Default.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611064250/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/7c5eb21a-d60b-4fab-bfe4-f994e3f2c688/language/en-US/Default.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 11, 2016|access-date=April 17, 2026|language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Papua New Guinea squad 2016 OFC Nations Cup}}

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