Ricardo Francisco Rojas

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

Ricardo Rojas
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Francisco Rojas Trujillo
Date of birth	(1974-05-07) 7 May 1974
Place of birth	Vallenar, Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Veracruz
Number	16
Youth career
1990–1991	Deportes La Serena
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1992–1993	Deportes La Serena	?	(?)
1994–1996	Unión Española	?	(?)
1997–2000	Universidad de Chile	53	(0)
2001–2007	América	227	(5)
2004	→ Universidad Católica (loan)	21	(0)
2008	Colo-Colo	18	(1)
2009	Necaxa	0	(0)
2009	→ América (loan)	2	(0)
2010	Deportes La Serena	29	(0)
2011–	Veracruz	23	(0)
National team^‡
1994–2006	Chile	46	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 February 2008

Ricardo Francisco Rojas Trujillo (born May 7, 1974 in Vallenar, Chile) is a Chilean footballer. He recently played for Colo-Colo in the Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División.

Rojas began his professional career in his native country, playing for Club de Deportes La Serena from 1990 to 1993. After his stint at La Serena, he signed with Unión Española. The following year Rojas made his debut for the Chilean national team, participating in a game between Chile and Argentina. After his time at Unión, Rojas was transferred to Universidad de Chile during the 1997 season.

Ricardo's continued success at both club and national team levels brought attention to him from foreign teams. At the end of the 2000 season he was signed by the Mexican club Club América. Excluding a six-month loan in 2004 to Universidad Católica de Chile, Rojas has been a staple of the Club América defense for seven years. During his stay in Mexico, Rojas won two championships with his club, in the Verano 2002 season and most recently after the Clausura 2005 tournament. Rojas played more than 200 games with Club América during his time there.

He currently is playing for Necaxa of the Primera División of Mexico. Rojas has recently been loaned back to Club América to dispute the team's pre-season games in the United States.

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Ricardo Francisco Rojas international tournaments

v t e Chile squad – 1997 Copa América

1 Cossio 2 Gómez 3 Poli 4 Miranda 5 Margas 6 Parraguez 7 Núñez 8 Cornejo 9 Vergara 10 Valencia 11 Castillo 12 Tejas 13 Villarroel 14 Ponce 15 Acuña 16 González 17 Salas 18 Riveros 19 Muñoz 20 Rojas 21 Osorio 22 Olarra Coach: Acosta

v t e Chile squad – 2001 Copa América

1 Vargas 2 Pozo 3 Maldonado 4 Henríquez 5 Fuentes 6 Reyes 7 Pérez 8 Osorio 9 Navia 10 Neira 11 Valenzuela 12 Toro 13 Corrales 14 Aros 15 Montecinos 16 Rojas 17 Villarroel 18 Villaseca 19 Galdames 20 Núñez 21 Barrera 22 Tapia Coach: García

Persondata
Name	Rojas, Ricardo
Alternative names
Short description	Chilean footballer
Date of birth	7 May 1994
Place of birth	Vallenar, Chile
Date of death
Place of death

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