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]
 Rojas with Olimpia in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 64 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009– | Paraguay | 27 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2020 | |||
On 19 July 2015, Paraguayan newspaper ExtraPRESS named Rojas one of the most expensive player in Paraguay.[2]
Career
editOlimpia Asunción
editRojas started his career in the youth divisions of Olimpia and made his way to the first team in 2007. He became a regular starter for the team in 2009 scoring many goals and having great performances as a midfielder. Due to his good performances for Olimpia he was called up to the national team by Gerardo Martino. On 11 January 2010, River Plate signed the Paraguayan attacking midfielder on loan from Olimpia. He is a great midfielder with a strong personality and so he was recommended by Martino and Gregorio Perez.
River Plate
editHe 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
editAfter 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Archived copy". www.cerro.com.py. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Los jugadores más caros del fútbol paraguayo".
External links
edit- 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