Rodrigo Rojas (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Rodrigo Rojas Avelar | ||
Date of birth | 9 April 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sportivo Luqueño | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
Olimpia | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2010 | Olimpia | 57 | (12) |
2010 | → River Plate (loan) | 19 | (0) |
2011 | Libertad | 13 | (0) |
2011 |
Beerschot | 5 | (0) |
2012–2013 | O'Higgins | 50 | (11) |
2013–2014 | Universidad de Chile | 33 | (4) |
2014 | Monterrey | 10 | (0) |
2015–2018 | Cerro Porteño | 120 | (13) |
2019–2021 | Olimpia | 72 | (4) |
2021–2022 | Sol de América | 38 | (4) |
2023– | Sportivo Luqueño | 46 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2009– | Paraguay | 27 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2020 |
Juan Rodrigo Rojas Avelar (born 9 April 1988 in Fernando de la Mora) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sportivo Luqueño.[1]
On 19 July 2015, Paraguayan newspaper ExtraPRESS named Rojas one of the most expensive player in Paraguay.[2]
Career
Olimpia Asunción
Rojas started his career in the youth divisions of
Gregorio Perez
.
River Plate
He made his River debut against the all time rival, Boca Juniors. While it was only a friendly pre-season match, Boca played with their usual starters. River, however, gave playing time to mostly youth talent along with veteran captain
Matias Almeyda
. Rojas' first half strike from just outside the box opened up what would be a 3–1 win over its archrivals.
O'Higgins
After a brief loan spell with Belgian club
Beerschot, Rojas signed for mid-level Chilean team O'Higgins
, slowly becoming an integral part of the team, being used both as a starter and off the bench in a variety of positions to contribute to the team's play-making and score several key goals. As of 23 April 2012, Rojas had 4 goals in 10 matches played (5 of them as a substitute).
See also
References
- ^ "Archived copy". www.cerro.com.py. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Los jugadores más caros del fútbol paraguayo".
External links
- Rodrigo Rojas at Soccerway
- Rodrigo Rojas at National-Football-Teams.com
- Rodrigo Rojas at WorldFootball.net
- Rodrigo Rojas at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Un regalo para el Jefe (in Spanish)
- Rodrigo Rojas sorteó con éxito la revisación médica (in Spanish)
- Rodrigo Rojas at PlaymakerStats.com