Gabriel Rojas (footballer, born 1997)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gabriel Rojas

| image = Gabriel Rojas 2017.jpg

| caption = Rojas in 2017

| fullname = Gabriel Hernán Rojas

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|6|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Burzaco, Argentina

| height = {{height|m=1.78}}

| position = Left-back{{cite news|title=Gabriel Rojas|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/gabriel-rojas/|access-date=30 August 2020|work=World Football}}

| currentclub = Racing Club

| clubnumber = 27

| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Club Arzeno

| youthyears2 = |youthclubs2 = Atletico Pueyrredón

| youthyears3 = 2005–2016 |youthclubs3 =

| years1 = 2016–2022 |clubs1 = San Lorenzo |caps1 = 70 |goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2019–2020 |clubs2 = → Peñarol (loan) |caps2 = 21 |goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2022–2023

| clubs3 = Querétaro

| caps3 = 19

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2023–

| clubs4 = Racing Club

| caps4 = 59

| goals4 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2016 |nationalteam1 = Argentina U20 |nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 18:37, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update =

| medaltemplates =

}}

Gabriel Hernán Rojas (born 22 June 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Racing Club de Avellaneda in the Argentine Primera División.{{cite news|title=Gabriel Rojas profile|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/gabriel-rojas/432111/|access-date=6 May 2018|work=Soccerway|date=6 May 2018}}{{Cite web |title=Gabriel Rojas se suma como nuevo refuerzo de Racing |url=https://www.tycsports.com/amp/racing-club/gabriel-rojas-racing-nuevo-refuerzo-id490793.html |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=www.tycsports.com}}

Club career

Rojas had youth periods with Club Arzeno and Atletico Pueyrredón, prior to joining San Lorenzo in 2005.{{cite news|title=De Burzaco al fútbol grande: Gabriel Rojas debutó en la Primera de San Lorenzo|url=http://brownonline.com.ar/16878-burzaco-al-futbol-grande-gabriel-rojas-debuto-la-primera-san-lorenzo|access-date=6 May 2018|work=Brown Online|date=25 November 2016}}{{cite news|title=Gabriel Rojas, la joven promesa de San Lorenzo que está siendo seguida por Pizzi y que podría jugar por la Roja|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2017/06/09/862139/Gabriel-Rojas-la-joven-promesa-de-San-Lorenzo-que-esta-siendo-seguida-por-Pizzi-y-que-podria-jugar-por-la-Roja.html|access-date=6 May 2018|work=EMOL|date=10 June 2017}} His senior career got underway with Argentine Primera División side San Lorenzo in 2016.{{cite news|title=Gabriel Rojas profile|url=http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-GABRIEL-HERNAN-ROJAS-105457.html|access-date=6 May 2018|work=BDFA|date=6 May 2018}} He made his first-team debut on 17 November 2016 during a Copa Argentina defeat to Gimnasia y Esgrima, which was followed by his first Primera División appearance on 25 March 2017 against Quilmes.{{cite news|title=Me siento un león por mi hijo...|url=https://www.ole.com.ar/san-lorenzo/Rojas-tatuaje-hijo_0_1799820064.html|access-date=6 May 2018|work=Olé|date=21 May 2017}} Overall, Rojas made eighteen appearances in his first campaign with San Lorenzo.{{cite news|title=Susto con Gabriel Rojas en la práctica|url=http://www.elgrafico.com.ar/2017/10/26/C-28807-susto-con-gabriel-rojas-en-la-practica.php|access-date=6 May 2018|work=El Grafico|date=26 October 2017}}{{cite news|title=Gabriel Rojas, descartado en San Lorenzo|url=http://www.espn.cl/futbol/argentina/nota/_/id/3657925/gabriel-rojas-descartado-en-san-lorenzo|access-date=6 May 2018|work=ESPN|date=27 October 2017}} In July 2019, Rojas departed on loan to Uruguay with Peñarol. After debuting in a win over Danubio, he appeared twenty-three times in twelve months there. On April 9, 2021, Rojas scored a spectacular overhead kick from the edge of the 18 yard box in the 75th minute against Platense to put San Lorenzo 3–2 up. Many journalists stated that it could well be the next FIFA Puskás Award winning goal.

International career

Rojas represented Argentina at U20 at the 2016 COTIF Tournament in Spain.{{cite news|title=Nómina para L'Alcudia|url=http://www.afa.com.ar/4929/lista-definitiva-para-l%27alcudia|access-date=6 May 2018|work=Argentine Football Association|date=24 July 2016|archive-date=14 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814200918/http://www.afa.com.ar/4929/lista-definitiva-para-l%27alcudia|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=A la final con Gabriel Rojas|url=http://www.afa.com.ar/4918/a-la-final-con-gabriel-rojas|access-date=6 May 2018|work=Argentine Football Association|date=3 August 2016}} He won three caps, versus Qatar, Venezuela and Spain respectively.{{cite news|title=El Sub 20 venció a Qatar en L'alcudia|url=https://www.tycsports.com/futbol/el-sub-20-vencio-qatar-en-lalcudia.html|access-date=6 May 2018|work=TyC Sports|date=26 July 2016}}{{cite news|title=El seleccionado Sub 20 derrotó a Venezuela y jugará la final del torneo de L'Alcudia ante España|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1924260-el-seleccionado-sub-20-derroto-a-venezuela-y-jugara-la-final-del-torneo-de-lalcudia-ante-espana|access-date=6 May 2018|work=La Nación|date=3 August 2016}}{{cite news|title=El Sub 20 perdió en la final del torneo L'Alcúdia frente a España|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1924953-el-sub-20-perdio-en-la-final-del-torneo-lalcudia-frente-a-espana|access-date=6 May 2018|work=La Nación|date=4 August 2016|archive-date=14 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114051509/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1924953-el-sub-20-perdio-en-la-final-del-torneo-lalcudia-frente-a-espana|url-status=dead}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|League Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Club statistics
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="5"\|San Lorenzo \|2016–17 \|rowspan="4"\|Argentine Primera División \|13	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	4Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores	0	0	0	18	0
2017–18 \|17	0	2	0	colspan="2"\|—	6Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana	0	0	0	25	0
2018–19 \|11	0	2	0	0	0	3Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana	0	0	0	16	0
2019–20 \|0	0	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	0	0	0	0
colspan="2"\|Total !41	0	5	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	59	0
rowspan="3"\|Peñarol (loan) \|2019 \|rowspan="2"\|Uruguayan Primera División \|19	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	0	0	0	0	19	0
2020 \|2	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	2	0	0	0	4	0
colspan="2"\|Total !21	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	2	0	0	0	23	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !62	0	5	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	82	0