Claudio Rojas
{{short description|Guatemalan footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Claudio Rojas
| fullname = Claudio Ariel Rojas Martínez
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|11|29}}
| birth_place = Guatemala
| height = 1.67 m
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position =Attacking midfielder
| youthyears1 = 1992–1993
| youthclubs1 = River Plate
| years1 = 1993–1994
| years2 = 1994–1995
| years3 = 1997–1998
| years4 = 1998–2004
| years5 = 2004–2005
| years6 = 2005–2006
| years7 = 2006–2007
| years8 = 2007–2008
| clubs1 = River Plate
| clubs2 = San Lorenzo de Almagro
| clubs3 = Instituto
| clubs4 = Comunicaciones
| clubs5 = Municipal
| clubs6 = Jalapa
| clubs7 = Mixco
| clubs8 = Petapa
| caps1 = 17
| caps2 = 7
| caps3 =
| caps4 = 107
| caps5 = 15
| caps6 = 11
| caps7 =
| caps8 = 4
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 =
| goals4 = 12
| goals5 = 0
| goals6 = 1
| goals7 =
| goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1997–2001
| nationalteam1 = Guatemala
| nationalcaps1 = 24
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2000
| nationalteam2 = Guatemala (futsal)
| nationalcaps2 =
| nationalgoals2 =
| pcupdate = 10 August 2010
| ntupdate = 10 August 2010
}}
{{family name hatnote|Rojas|Martínez|lang=Spanish}}
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20121110042100/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=179698/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA and played at the 1999 and 2001 as well as at the 1998 Gold Cup.[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610084535/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/98gc-full.html |date=June 10, 2009 }} - RSSSF 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. His final international was a May 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Costa Rica.
References
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External links
- {{NFT player|29501}}
- [http://desdeeltablon.blogspot.com/2009/08/futbol-generoso-claudio-rojas.html Player profile] - Desde el Tablón {{in lang|es}}
- [http://enunabaldosa.com/?p=188 Player profile] - En una baldosa {{in lang|es}}
- [http://www.elgrafico.com.ar/2008/09/08/C-974-claudio-ariel-rojas.php Player profile] - El Grafico {{in lang|es}}
- {{BDFA|5005|Claudio Ariel Rojas}}
{{Guatemala squad 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
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Category:Guatemalan men's footballers
Category:Guatemalan expatriate men's footballers
Category:Guatemala men's international footballers
Category:1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Category:Club Atlético River Plate footballers
Category:San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
Category:Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba footballers
Category:Comunicaciones F.C. players
Category:C.S.D. Municipal players
Category:Argentine Primera División players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Deportivo Petapa players
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