Jorge Rojas (Venezuelan footballer)

Jorge Rojas
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Alberto Rojas Méndez
Date of birth	January 10, 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Mérida, Venezuela
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left winger, left back
Youth career
1994	Universidad de Los Andes
1995	Unicol
1996	Mineros de Guayana
1997	Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–1999	Estudiantes Mérida
1999	Universidad de Los Andes
2000–2002	Caracas FC
2003	Emelec
2004	Caracas FC
2004–2006	Atlético Nacional
2006–2007	Caracas FC
2007	América de Cali
2008	UA Maracaibo
2008–2009	New York Red Bulls
2010–2011	Deportivo Táchira
2011–2013	Mineros de Guayana
2013	Aragua
2014	Metropolitanos
2015–2017	Deportivo Táchira
2018	ULA
2018–2019	Metropolitanos
2019	Yaracuy FC
International career
1999–2009	Venezuela
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:59, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Jorge Alberto Rojas Méndez (born January 10, 1977, in Mérida) is a Venezuelan former footballer.

Career

Club

After playing for several small clubs in Venezuela, Rojas began to establish himself as one of the nations top players while at

Caracas FC. Following his successful first stint at Caracas, which included two league titles, he joined Ecuadorean power Emelec in 2003. That season, he was selected as the top foreign player in the league. Rojas than briefly returned to Caracas before joining Colombian club Atlético Nacional. While at Nacional Rojas helped the club to the 2005 Apertura Championship, and was considered one of the top players in the league. ^{[citation needed}

]

Following his successful stint with Nacional, Rojas returned for his third stint with Caracas FC guiding the club to back to back league titles in 2006 and 2007. At the conclusion of the 2007 campaign he returned to Colombia to play for

Rojas signed with

He then later also played for

Metropolitanos

.

On 27 December 2019, 42-year old Rojas announced his retirement from football.[1]

International

Rojas started his career with the Venezuela National Team at the age of 14, when he joined the U-15 squad, coached by Ratomir Djukovic and then by Augusto Viso. Rojas went on to play at the Bolivarian Games and then to the South American Games in Colombia in 1993. Rojas continue through all the Natl Youth Teams until he finally was called up to the Senior Team. Rojas has earned 90 caps for the Venezuela national team, making him the second most capped player in the history of Venezuelan international football as of April 2009.^[2]

He made his international debut on January 27, 1999, in a friendly against Denmark. The match ended 1–1 and was played at Estadio José Pachencho Romero in Maracaibo.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	18 August 2004	Estadio de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas , Spain	Spain	1–1	3-2	Friendly
2.	3 February 2008	Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela	Haiti	1–0	1-0	Friendly
3.	20 August 2008	José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz , Venezuela	Syria	3–0	4-1	Friendly
Correct as of 7 October 2015^[3]

Honors

Club

Universidad de Los Andes F.C.
- Segunda División Venezolana
  (1) 1994/1995
Caracas FC
- Primera División Venezolana
  (4)

2000/2001, 2002/2003, 2005/2006, 2006/2007

Copa de Venezuela
(1) 2001
Atlético Nacional
- Copa Mustang
  (1) 2005-I
Unión Atlético Maracaibo
- Copa de Venezuela
  Runner Up 2008
New York Red Bulls
- MLS Cup Runner Up 2008
Deportivo Táchira
- Primera División Venezolana
  (1) 2010/2011

Statistics

League	Appearances	Goals
Primera División Venezolana	0 0 106	0 23
Fútbol Profesional Colombiano	0 0 74	0 7
Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol	0 0 39	0 2
Copa Libertadores	0 0 29	0 3
Copa de Venezuela	0 0 6	0 2
Major League Soccer	0 0 31	0 2
US Open Cup	0 0 1	0 2

References

^ Jorge «el Zurdo» Rojas anunció su retiro de las canchas, elnacional.com, 27 December 2019
^ rsssf: Venezuela record international players Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ Jorge Alberto Rojas Méndez - International Appearances

External links

MLS player profile at the Wayback Machine (archived August 22, 2009)
Jorge Rojas at National-Football-Teams.com
International statistics at rsssf
Jorge Rojas at BDFA (in Spanish)
Jorge Rojas at Soccerway

[1] Jorge «el Zurdo» Rojas anunció su retiro de las canchas, elnacional.com, 27 December 2019

[2] rsssf: Venezuela record international players Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Jorge Alberto Rojas Méndez - International Appearances

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