Roger Rojas

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Roger Rojas
Personal information
Full name	Roger Fabricio Rojas Lazo
Date of birth	(1990-06-09) 9 June 1990
Place of birth	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Olimpia
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2007-	Olimpia	119	(56)
National team^‡
2007	Honduras U17		(9)
2008–2009	Honduras U20		(13)
2010–	Honduras	18	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:48, 27 August 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2010

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

Roger Fabricio Rojas Lazo, nicknamed RoRo, (born on 9 June 1990) is a Honduran professional footballer. He currently plays for Olimpia.

Due to his style of play, has been compared to Wilmer Velásquez.^[1]

Club career

Born in in Tegucigalpa, Rojas plays as a striker for Olimpia. In April 2013, he scored his 50th league goal against Platense aged 22, making him the youngest player to reach the milestone and surpassing national team striker Jerry Bengtson who was 24 when he scored his 50th.^[2]

International career

He represented Honduras in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[3]

Rojas made his senior debut against El Salvador on 5 September 2010, scoring his first goal in the process. This goal also meant that Rojas became the youngest ever goal scorer in the Honduran national team's history.^[4]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	September 4, 2010	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, USA	El Salvador	2-2	Draw	Friendly
2	October 12, 2010	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, USA	Guatemala	2-0	Win	Friendly
3	June 11, 2013	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Jamaica	2-0	Win	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

↑
↑ Roger Rojas, camino a ser el nuevo “matador” del Olimpia - Diez (Spanish)
↑ FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: Roger ROJAS
↑ "Roger Rojas: "Espero anotar mi primer gol en Puerto Cortés"" (in Spanish). Diario Tiempo. 10 September 2010.

External links

Roger Rojas at National-Football-Teams.com

Honduran Liga Nacional Top goalscorers

1965–66: Grey
1966–67: Caballero
1967–68: Garden
1968–69: Abrussezze
1969–70: Ortega
1970–71: Alvarado
1971–72: Alvarado
1972–73: none
1973–74: Artica / Plummer
1974–75: Peña
1975–76: López
1976–77: Hernández
1977–78: Carreño
1978–79: Bernárdez
1979–80: Norales
1980–81: Altamirano
1981–82: Altamirano
1982–83: Altamirano
1983–84: Gamboa
1984–85: Altamirano
1985–86: Flores
1986–87: Dueñas
1987–88: Machado
1988–89: Matthews / Alonso / Lobo / Gamboa
1989–90: Ávila
1990–91: Vallejo
1991–92: Bennett
1992–93: Arriola
1993–94: Chacón
1994–95: Ávila
1995–96: Castro
1996–97: Costa
1997–98 A: Velásquez
1997–98 C: Guevara / Velásquez
1998–99: de Lima
1999–00 A: Velásquez
1999–00 C: Cárcamo
2000–01 A: Verón
2000–01 C: Cacho
2001–02 A: Reneau
2001–02 C: Ferreira
2002–03 A: Ferreira
2002–03 C: Costa / Cacho / Emílio
2003–04 A: Tosello
2003–04 C: Emilio
2004–05 A: Emilio
2004–05 C: Ramírez
2005–06 A: Ramírez
2005–06 C: Emilio
2006–07 A: Costly
2006–07 C: Pavón
2007–08 A: E. Martínez
2007–08 C: Velásquez
2008–09 A: Ferreira
2008–09 C: Diduch
2009–10 A: Palacios
2009–10 C: Bengtson
2010–11 A: Bengtson
2010–11 C: Bengtson
2011–12 A: Cardozo
2011–12 C: Torlacoff / Copete
2012–13 A: Rojas
2012–13 C: R. Martínez

Club Deportivo Olimpia – current squad

1 G. Argueta
2 K. Álvarez
3 Bermúdez
4 F. de Souza
5 Beckeles
6 Y. Avila
7 C. Mejía
8 Tilguath
9 Lozano
10 J. Tejada
12 J. Escalante
14 I. Fonseca
15 N. Medina
16 B. Méndez
17 A. Elis
18 Caetano
19 L. Garrido
20 I. Reyna
21 R. Rojas
22 F. Arevalo
23 H. Córdova
24 M. Acevedo
25 Portillo
26 R. Padilla
27 N. Valladares
28 D. Escober
30 J.Palacios
31 Andino
32 J. Puerto
33 Bruschi
35 C. Gutierrez
36 F. Reyes
37 A. Ferrufino
39 R. Flores
41 A. Gutierrez
42 L. Santos
Manager: Héctor Vargas

v t e CONCACAF Under-20 Championship awards

Top goalscorer:	2009: Randy Edwini-Bonsu & Josué Martínez & Roger Rojas (3 goals) 2011: Joel Campbell (6 goals) 2013: Amet Ramirez (4 goals)

Player of the tournament:	2013: Antonio Briseño

v t e Honduras squad – 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists

1 Mendoza 2 O. Chávez (c) 3 Beckeles 4 Jo. Palacios 5 Velásquez 6 García 7 Reyes 8 Rodas 9 Je. Palacios 10 M. Martínez 11 R. Martínez 12 Peralta 13 Medina 14 Najar 15 Berríos 16 López 17 M. Chávez 18 Hernández 19 Fuentes 20 Claros 21 Rojas 22 Escober 23 Delgado 24 Norales Coach: Suárez

Persondata
Name	Rojas, Roger
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	9 June 1990
Place of birth	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Date of death
Place of death

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