Francisco Rojas (footballer, born 1974)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Ulises Rojas Rojas | ||
Date of birth | 22 July 1974 | ||
Place of birth | La Serena, Chile | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Academia Santa Inés | |||
Deportes La Serena | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993 | Deportes La Serena | 23 | (0) |
1994–1995 | Colo-Colo | 41 | (1) |
1996 | Tenerife | 6 | (0) |
1996–2000 | Colo-Colo | 113 | (7) |
2001–2005 | Sturm Graz | 103 | (13) |
2006 | Unión Española | 21 | (0) |
2007–2011 | Deportes La Serena | 59 | (0) |
Total | 366 | (21) | |
International career | |||
1993 | Chile U20 | ||
1995–2005 | Chile | 32 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francisco Ulises Rojas Rojas (born 22 July 1974) is a retired Chilean football player. He played most of his career as a left-back, despite being right-footed.
International career
Rojas represented Chile at under-20 level in 1993 alongside players such as Claudio Lizama, Claudio Villan and Marcelo Salas.[1]
At senior level, Rojas was capped 31 times for the Chilean national team between 1995 and 2005, including three games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Personal life
His common nickname is "Murci", shortage of "Murciélago" ("Bat").
Honours
Club
- Colo-Colo
- Primera División de Chile (3): 1996, 1997, 1998
References
- ^ Selección Chilena Sub 20 1993 Claudio Andrés Villan Cerpa on Facebook (in Spanish)
External links
- Francisco Rojas at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1974 births
- Living people
- People from La Serena
- Chilean footballers
- Chilean expatriate footballers
- Chile international footballers
- Chile under-20 international footballers
- Association football defenders
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- Deportes La Serena footballers
- Colo-Colo footballers
- CD Tenerife players
- SK Sturm Graz players
- Unión Española footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- La Liga players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Chilean football defender stubs