José Rojas (footballer, born 1983)

José Rojas
Rojas in 2018
Personal information
Full name José Manuel Rojas Bahamondes
Date of birth (1983-06-23) 23 June 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Talagante, Chile
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2015 Universidad de Chile 365 (7)
2006Independiente (loan) 3 (0)
2016 Belgrano 23 (0)
2017 Lorca 17 (1)
2017–2018 San Luis 34 (0)
2019 Huachipato 19 (1)
2020–2022 Curicó Unido 56 (2)
Total 517 (11)
International career
2007–2015 Chile 24 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Chile
Winner Copa América 2015
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Manuel Rojas Bahamondes (born 23 June 1983), known as José Rojas, is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defender. Primarily a central defender, he could also be deployed as a left-back.

Club career

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.

In 13 February 2023, he announced his retirement after twenty years as a professional footballer.

International career

He made his debut with Chile national team on 9 May 2007, in a friendly against Cuba scoring a goal in the game.

International goals

Honours

Club

Universidad de Chile

(1): “A” and “C” refer the Apertura and Clausura tournaments that divide the Chilean football champions.

International

Chile

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