Ricardo Ismael 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 Mendoza.

Ricardo Rojas
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Ismael Rojas Mendoza
Date of birth	(1971-01-26) 26 January 1971
Place of birth	Posadas, Argentina
Playing position	Full Back
Youth career
	Cerro Corá
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1990	Cerro Corá	?	(?)
1991–1995	Libertad	67	(1)
1995–1999	Estudiantes	123	(0)
1999–2001	S.L. Benfica	32	(0)
2001–2006	River Plate	68	(2)
2006	Belgrano	10	(0)
National team
1997–1998	Paraguay	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 July 2007. † Appearances (Goals).

Ricardo Ismael Rojas Mendoza (born 26 January 1971 in Posadas) is a retired Argentine-born Paraguayan football defender.

Career

Rojas played for Club Libertad in Paraguay, S.L. Benfica in Portugal and with Argentine clubs Estudiantes, River Plate and Belgrano. He is best known in Argentina for having scored his only First Division goal in a 3-0 victory of River over its main rivals, Boca Juniors. After scoring that goal, he was nicknamed vaseline.^[1]

Rojas was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup with the national team.^[2] He played 7 times for Paraguay.

References

External links

Ricardo Ismael Rojas at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile at BDFA

Paraguay squads

v t e Paraguay squad – 1997 Copa América

1 Chilavert 2 Arce 3 Ayala 4 Espínola 5 Gamarra 6 Struway 7 Ovelar 8 Brizuela 9 Cardozo 10 Acuña 11 Jara 12 Sotelo 13 Alcaraz 14 R. Rojas 15 Sarabia 16 Villamayor 17 Bourdier 18 A. Rojas 19 Gómez 20 Soto 21 Esteche 22 Ruiz Díaz Coach: Carpegiani

v t e Paraguay squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 Chilavert (c) 2 Arce 3 Rivarola 4 Gamarra 5 Ayala 6 Aguilera 7 Yegros 8 A. Rojas 9 Cardozo 10 Acuña 11 Sarabia 12 Aceval 13 Paredes 14 R. Rojas 15 Benítez 16 Enciso 17 Brizuela 18 Ramírez 19 Morales Santos 20 Caniza 21 Campos 22 Ruiz Díaz Coach: Carpegiani

Persondata
Name	Rojas, Ricardo
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	26 January 1971
Place of birth	Posadas, Argentina
Date of death
Place of death

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