Claudio Rojas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Claudio Ariel Rojas Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | 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) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 August 2010. | |||
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 Gold Cup.[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
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
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