José Rojas (footballer, born 1983)
.jpg) Rojas in 2018 | ||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||
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| Full name | José Manuel Rojas Bahamondes | |||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 June 1983 | |||||||||
| Place of birth | Talagante, Chile | |||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | |||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||
Current team | Curicó Unido | |||||||||
| Number | 13 | |||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||
| Universidad de Chile | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||
| 2003–2015 | Universidad de Chile | 365 | (7) | |||||||
| 2006 | → Independiente (loan) | 3 | (0) | |||||||
| 2016 | Belgrano | 23 | (0) | |||||||
| 2017 | Lorca | 17 | (1) | |||||||
| 2017–2018 | San Luis de Quillota | 34 | (0) | |||||||
| 2019 | Huachipato | 19 | (1) | |||||||
| 2020– | Curicó Unido | 20 | (1) | |||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||
| 2007–2015 | Chile | 24 | (1) | |||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 July 2015 | ||||||||||
José Manuel Rojas Bahamondes[a] (born 23 June 1983 in Talagante, Chile), known as José Rojas, is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Curicó Unido. Primarily a central defender, he can also be deployed as a left-back.
Club career[edit]
Rojas has played the whole of his career for Universidad de Chile except a brief stint with Argentine side Independiente in 2006. He has won four league championships with Universidad de Chile, in Apertura 2004, Apertura 2009 and Apertura and Clausura 2011. For the 2011 season he was selected by his teammates as captain, after Miguel Pinto left the club. In 2011, he captained Universidad de Chile to its first international title as they won the 2011 edition of the Copa Sudamericana in Santiago.
International career[edit]
He made his debut with Chilean national team on 9 May 2007, in a friendly against Cuba scoring a goal in the game.
International goals[edit]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 August 2009 | Estadio Rubén Marcos Peralta, Osorno, Chile |  Cuba |
2-0 | 3-0 | Friendly |
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
- Universidad de Chile
- Primera División de Chile (6): 2004–A, 2009–A, 2011–A, 2011–C, 2012–A, 2014–A 1
- Copa Sudamericana: 2011
- Copa Chile (2): 2012–13, 2015
- Supercopa de Chile: 2015
(1): “A” and “C” refer the Apertura and Clausura tournaments that divide the Chilean football champions.
International[edit]
- Chile
Notes[edit]
- ^ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is Bahamondes.
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- José Rojas at National-Football-Teams.com
- José Rojas at ESPN FC
- Primera División Argentina statistics at Futbol XXI[dead link] (in Spanish)
- Jose Manuel Rojas at BDFA (in Spanish)
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Chilean footballers
- Chilean expatriate footballers
- Chile international footballers
- Universidad de Chile footballers
- Club Atlético Belgrano footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Lorca FC players
- San Luis de Quillota footballers
- C.D. Huachipato footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- 2014 FIFA World Cup players
- 2015 Copa América players
- Copa América-winning players
- Association football defenders
- People from Santiago Metropolitan Region