Claudio Rojas

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Claudio Rojas
Personal information
Full name	Claudio Ariel Rojas Martínez
Date of birth	(1973-11-29) November 29, 1973
Place of birth	Guatemala
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	attacking midfielder
Youth career
1992–1993	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1993–1994	River Plate	17	(?)
1994–1995	San Lorenzo de Almagro	7	(?)
1997–1998	Instituto
1998–2004	Comunicaciones
2004–2005	Municipal
2005–2006	Jalapa
2006–2007	Deportivo Mixco
2007–2008	Petapa
National team^‡
1997–2001	Guatemala	24	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 August 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 August 2010

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

Claudio Ariel Rojas Martínez (born 29 November 1973) is a retired Guatemalan football midfielder who has played for Argentinian giants River Plate.

Club career

A small midfield player, Rojas played for Argentinian clubs River Plate, San Lorenzo and Instituto in the mid-1990s before returning to Guatemalan giants Comunicaciones for 5 years and then left them for eternal rivals Municipal in 2004. He then switched clubs every year, featuring in Jalapa, Mixco and Petapa squads before retiring.

International career

He made his debut for Guatemala in a November 1997 friendly match against Chile and has earned a total of 24 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[1] and played at the 1999 and 2001 as well as at the 1998 and 2000 Gold Cup editions.^[2] In 2000, as the Guatemala national futsal team had begun its development, he was selected, along with other 11-a-side football players, as part of the squad that competed at the 2000 Futsal World Championship, hosted by Guatemala. He scored one goal in the tournament. His final international was a May 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Costa Rica.

References

↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details - RSSSF

External links

Claudio Rojas at National-Football-Teams.com
Player profile - Desde el Tablón (Spanish)
Player profile - En una baldosa (Spanish)
Player profile - El Grafico (Spanish)
Stats - BDFA

v t e Guatemala squad – 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Estrada 2 Miranda 3 Cáceres 4 Ruano 5 J. Pérez 6 León 7 Plata 8 Rojas 9 Westphal 10 Funes 11 Machón 12 Moreira 13 Herrera 14 Girón 15 Benítez 16 Ramírez 17 Samayoa 18 Jo. Rodas 19 Valencia 20 Abascal Coach: Brindisi

Persondata
Name	Rojas, Claudio
Alternative names
Short description	Guatemalan footballer
Date of birth	29 November 1973
Place of birth	Guatemala
Date of death
Place of death

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