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Jorge Rojas
Personal information
Full name Jorge Luis Rojas Mendoza
Date of birth (1993-01-07) 7 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Concepción, Paraguay
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Club Olimpia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Cerro Porteño 63 (0)
2013–2017 Benfica B 17 (2)
2014 → Belenenses (loan) 6 (0)
2014–2015 → Gimnasia LP (loan) 45 (5)
2016 → Cerro Porteño (loan) 21 (1)
2017–2018 Cerro Porteño 75 (10)
2019– Querétaro 3 (0)
2019–2020 → Tijuana (loan) 5 (0)
International career‡
2012– Paraguay 16 (1)
2013 Paraguay U20s 12 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:08, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:08, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Jorge Luis Rojas Mendoza (born 7 January 1993) is a Paraguayan international footballer who plays professionally for Paraguayan club Club Olimpia on loan from Querétaro as a winger [1][2]. He also plays for the Paraguay national team, having made his debut in 2012.

Club career

Born in Concepción,[3] Rojas began his career with Cerro Porteño.

In April 2013, he signed a 5-year contract with Portuguese club Benfica, joining at the start of the 2013–14 season.[4] After playing for Benfica B in the Segunda Liga, he was loaned to Belenenses in January 2014 for the rest of the season.[5] On 8 July 2014, Rojas was loaned to Argentine club Gimnasia LP until December 2015.[6] He made 51 appearances and scored 5 goals for Gimnasia between July 2014 and December 2015. Upon his arrival back to Benfica he was again sent out on loan as he joined former club Cerro Porteño.[7] In January 2019 he signed for Mexican club Querétaro.[8]

International career

Rojas has made 16 appearances and scored once for Paraguay.[1] He played in 12 games and scored 3 goals for Paraguay U20s, with them coming at the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship and 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[9]

Club statistics

As of match played 7 December 2015[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental[c] Other[d] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cerro Porteño 2011 Primera División (PAR) 19 0 — — 2[e] 0 — 21 0
2012 32 0 — — 3[f] 0 — 35 0
2013 4 0 — — 2[e] 0 — 6 0
Total 55 0 — — 7 0 — 62 0
Benfica 2013–14 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2014–15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015–16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Benfica B 2013–14 Segunda Liga 17 2 — — — — 17 2
Belenenses (loan) 2013–14 Primeira Liga 6 0 0 0 0 0 — — 6 0
Gimnasia LP (loan) 2014 Primera División (ARG) 16 2 1[g] 0 — 2[h] 0 — 19 2
2015 29 3 3[i] 0 — — — 32 3
Total 45 5 4 0 — 2 0 — 51 5
Cerro Porteño (loan) 2016 Primera División (PAR) 0 0 — — — — 0 0
Career total 123 7 4 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 136 7
  1. ^ Includes the Taça de Portugal and Copa Argentina
  2. ^ Includes the Taça da Liga
  3. ^ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ Includes the Supertaça
  5. ^ a b Two appearances in the Copa Libertadores
  6. ^ Three appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
  7. ^ One appearance in the Copa Argentina
  8. ^ Two appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
  9. ^ Three appearances in the Copa Argentina

Honours

Cerro Porteño[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jorge Rojas". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Jorge Rojas at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2019. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Preparativos para la segunda prueba; Selección Paraguaya (Spanish)
  4. ^ Benfica agree to sign Jorge Rojas at Soccernews
  5. ^ Jorge Rojas emprestado ao Belenenses at Record
  6. ^ "Jorge Rojas cedido ao Gimnasia La Plata". Record.pt. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Jorge Rojas loaned to Cerro Porteño". Record. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Jorge Rojas continuará su carrera en el Querétaro de México". Tigo Sports.
  9. ^ "Mali hold Under-20 favourites Paraguay to a draw". BBC Sport. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.


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