Rolling began his career as an attacking player at
RC Strasbourg, making his debut in a game against
Sporting Club Toulon on 15 October 1988. However Rolling did not manage to carve out a regular first team place and so dropped down a division in 1992 to join
Pau FC. He moved to
Scotland with
Ayr United F.C. in 1994 and was spotted there by
Leicester City F.C. who brought him to
England the following year for a fee of £100,000. Rolling found it hard to get a spot in the Foxes first team, particularly after their promotion to the
Premier League. He departed
Filbert Street in 1997 to join
AFC Bournemouth and made something of a name for himself at the club by scoring two goals in the two-leg
Associate Members' Cup Southern Final, booking the club a place at the
Wembley showpiece. He was an unused substitute for the final (1-2 defeat vs. Grimsby), after which his relationship with the manager had irretrievably broken down. After his release from Bournemouth, Rolling was briefly on the books of
Gillingham F.C. and
Wycombe Wanderers F.C., before leaving England to try his luck with
SK Vorwärts Steyr of
Austria (who went into bankruptcy during the season) and
Veria F.C. of
Greece. He returned to France in 2001 to play for
Jura Sud Lavans, retiring the following year. ==References==