Ángel Rojas (footballer, born 1997)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ángel Rojas

| full_name = Ángel Rafael Rojas Martínez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|10|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Requínoa, Chile

| height = 1.80 m{{cite web |title=Ángel Rojas |url=https://www.livefutbol.com/ficha_jugador/angel-rojas_3/ |website=livefutbol.com |access-date=23 August 2023 |language=es}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2013–2016

| youthclubs1 = Colo-Colo

| years1 = 2013 | clubs1 = Colo-Colo B | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2016–2018 | clubs2 = Colo-Colo | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2018 | clubs3 = → Malleco Unido (loan) | caps3 = 21 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2019 | clubs4 = San Antonio Unido | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2019 | clubs5 = AD Oliveirense | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2020–2022 | clubs6 = Rodelindo Román | caps6 = 26 | goals6 = 1

| club-update = 23 August 2023

}}

Ángel Rafael Rojas Martínez (born 20 October 1997) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a defender. He last played for Rodelindo Román.

Career

A left-footed defender,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Rojas came to the Colo-Colo youth system at the age of fifteen{{cite web |last1=Vera |first1=Pablo |title=El ex Colo Colo que saltó de San Antonio al fútbol europeo |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2019/09/25/futbol/1569422154_985473.html |website=AS Chile |access-date=23 August 2023 |language=es |date=10 October 2019}} and made his debut with the B-team in the 2013–14 Segunda División Profesional.{{cite web |last1=Vicuña |first1=Rodrigo |title=Ex Colo Colo y figura de Rodelindo Román: “Emociona que Arturo Vidal vea los partidos y lo suba a Instagram” |url=https://www.encancha.cl/entrevista/2021/10/1/ex-colo-colo-figura-de-rodelindo-roman-emociona-que-arturo-vidal-vea-los-partidos-lo-suba-instagram-124959/ |website=En Cancha |access-date=23 August 2023 |language=es |date=1 October 2021}} As a member of the under-19 team, he won both the national championship (Apertura) and the champions cup in July and December 2017, respectively, alongside players such as Omar Carabalí, Iván Morales, Branco Provoste, among others.{{cite web |title=Colo Colo superó en penales a S. Wanderers y se tituló campeón de la categoría sub 19 |url=https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/futbol-joven/colo-colo-supero-en-penales-a-s-wanderers-y-se-titulo-campeon-de-la/2017-07-14/181542.html |website=alairelibre.cl |publisher=Radio Cooperativa |access-date=23 August 2023 |language=es |date=14 July 2017}}{{cite web |last1=Benavides |first1=Camilo |title=Colo Colo venció a Palestino en La Pintana y se consagró como el mejor del año en la categoría Sub 19 |url=https://www.anfp.cl/noticia/29905/colo-colo-vencio-a-palestino-en-la-pintana-y-se-consagro-como-el-mejor-del-ano-en-la-categoria-sub-19 |website=ANFP |access-date=23 August 2023 |language=es |date=15 December 2017}} Promoted to the first team by the coach José Luis Sierra, he was a member of the squad that won both the 2017 Transición and the 2017 Supercopa de Chile.

In 2018, he was loaned to Malleco Unido, making twenty two appearances with two goals.{{cite web |title=Los siete jugadores que vuelven a Colo-Colo y buscarán convencer a Mario Salas |url=https://www.encancha.cl/futbol-chileno/2019/1/2/los-siete-jugadores-que-vuelven-colo-colo-buscaran-convencer-mario-salas-18528/ |website=En Cancha |access-date=23 August 2023 |language=es |date=2 January 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Gutiérrez |first1=Martín |title=Quiénes son los jugadores de Colo Colo que volvieron para convencer a Mario Salas y cómo les fue en sus préstamos |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2019/01/03/932956/Quienes-son-los-jugadores-de-Colo-Colo-que-volvieron-para-convencer-a-Mario-Salas-y-como-les-fue-en-sus-prestamos.html |website=Emol |publisher=El Mercurio |access-date=23 August 2023 |language=es |date=3 January 2019}}{{cite web |title=¿De acá salen refuerzos? Estos son los 10 jugadores que Colo Colo tiene préstamo |url=https://dalealbo.cl/colocolo/De-aca-salen-refuerzos-Estos-son-los-10-jugadores-que-Colo-Colo-tiene-prestamo-20181108-0001.html |website=Dale Albo |access-date=23 August 2023 |language=es |date=4 January 2019}} After having no chances at his return to Colo-Colo, he switched to San Antonio Unido in 2019.(SAU TV) [https://www.facebook.com/sautv2017/photos/a.1601537093198782/2277503808935437/ Angel Rojas Martínez ya es lila!] on Facebook {{inlang|es}}. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

In the second half of 2019, he moved abroad and signed with Portuguese club AD Oliveirense, thanks to Manuel Crespo, a former coach of the Colo-Colo youth ranks.{{cite web |last1=Munizaga |first1=Sebastián |title=Ex juvenil de Colo Colo parte a Portugal y se reencontrará con Manuel Crespo |url=https://dalealbo.cl/colocolo/Ex-juvenil-de-Colo-Colo-parte-a-Portugal-y-se-reencontrara-con-Manuel-Crespo-20190813-0010.html |website=Dale Albo |access-date=23 August 2023 |language=es |date=13 August 2019}}{{cite journal |title=AD Oliveirense sofre desaire caseiro |journal=Revista Opinião Pública |date=31 October 2019 |volume=1434 |page=19 |url=https://issuu.com/opiniaopublica/docs/op1434 |access-date=23 August 2023 |publisher=issuu.com |location=Portugal |language=pt}}

Back in Chile, he spent three seasons with Rodelindo Román from 2020 to 2022 until the club was relegated to the amateur football for the 2023 season.{{cite web |last1=Arévalo |first1=Joaquín |title=Incluido el hermano de Matías Fernández: Los jugadores de Rodelindo Román que deben empezar a buscar club para el próximo año |url=https://www.encancha.cl/futbol-chileno/2022/10/4/incluido-el-hermano-de-matias-fernandez-los-jugadores-de-rodelindo-roman-que-deben-empezar-buscar-club-para-el-proximo-ano-181923/ |website=En Cancha |access-date=23 August 2023 |language=es |date=4 October 2022}}