| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ricardo Francisco Rojas Trujillo | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Vallenar, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| 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 | → U. Católica (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2008 | Colo-Colo | 18 | (1) |
| 2009 | Necaxa | 6 | (0) |
| 2009 | → América (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2010 | Deportes La Serena | 29 | (0) |
| 2011 | Veracruz | 9 | (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 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 February 2008 | |||
Ricardo Francisco Rojas Trujillo (born 7 May 1974) is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a centre-back.
He played for clubs like Universidad de Chile, América and Colo-Colo.
Club career
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.
In 2009, he played at Necaxa and then he returned to América.
Honours
Club
- Universidad de Chile
- Primera División de Chile (2): 1999, 2000
- Copa Chile (2): 1998, 2000
- América
- Primera División de México (2): 2002, 2005
- Campeón de Campeones (1): 2005
- Colo-Colo
- Primera División de Chile (1): 2008 Clausura
External links
- Ricardo Rojas – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
- Ricardo Rojas at FootballDatabase.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-11-23)