Luis Rojas (footballer, born 2002)
{{short description|Chilean footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Rojas|Zamora|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Luis Rojas
|image =
|fullname = Luis José Esteban Rojas Zamora
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|03|06|df=y}}
|birth_place = San Bernardo, Santiago, Chile
|height = 1.80 m
|position = Midfielder
|currentclub = Trenčín
|clubnumber =
|youthyears1 = 2010-2014
|youthclubs1 = Colo-Colo
|youthyears2 = 2014-2018
|youthclubs2 = Universidad de Chile
|years1 = 2019–2020 |clubs1 = Universidad de Chile |caps1 = 3 |goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2020– |clubs2 = Crotone |caps2 = 24 |goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2022 |clubs3 = → Bologna (loan) |caps3 = 0 |goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2023 |clubs4 = → Pro Vercelli (loan) |caps4 = 13 |goals4 = 1
|years5 = 2024 |clubs5 = → Pro Vercelli (loan) |caps5 = 16 |goals5 = 2
|years6 = 2025– |clubs6 = → Trenčín (loan) |caps6 = 0 |goals6 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 2019
|nationalteam1 = Chile U17
|nationalcaps1 = 11
|nationalgoals1 = 5
|club-update = 8 January 2025
|nationalteam-update = 11 October 2021
}}
Luis José Esteban Rojas Zamora (born 6 March 2002), known simply as Luis Rojas, is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovak club Trenčín on loan from Italian side Crotone.
Club career
In September 2020, Rojas joined Crotone in Italy.{{cite web|url=https://www.fccrotone.it/in-evidenza/la-giovane-stella-rojas-e-rossoblu-benvenuto-luis/|title=La giovane stella Rojas è rossoblù. Benvenuto Luis|trans-title=The young star Rojas is "rossoblù". Welcome Luis|publisher=Crotone|language=it|date=10 September 2020|accessdate=11 September 2020}}
On 31 January 2022, Rojas was loaned to Bologna in Serie A until the end of the 2021–22 season.{{cite press release|publisher=Bologna|url=https://www.bolognafc.it/en/rojas-joins-bologna/|title=Rojas joins Bologna!|date=31 January 2022|access-date=31 January 2022}}
On 31 January 2023, Rojas was loaned to Pro Vercelli in Serie C.{{cite web |last1=Vega |first1=Diego |title=Luis Rojas tiene nuevo club |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/luis-rojas-tiene-nuevo-club-n/ |publisher=AS Chile |access-date=1 February 2023 |language=es |date=31 January 2023}} Exactly one year later, Rojas returned to Pro Vercelli on a new loan.{{cite web|publisher=Crotone|url=https://www.fccrotone.it/in-evidenza/comi-e-rossoblu-rojas-alla-pro-vercelli/|title=Comi è rossoblù. Rojas alla Pro Vercelli|trans-title=Comi is red and blue. Rojas at Pro Vercelli|date=31 January 2024|access-date=31 January 2024|language=it}}
In 2025, Rojas moved to Slovakia and joined AS Trenčín.{{cite news |title=Prvý tím odštartoval zimnú prípravu |url=https://www.astrencin.sk/clanek.asp?id=11376 |access-date=8 January 2025 |work=www.astrencin.sk |date=7 January 2025 |language=sk}}{{cite news |last1=Ortiz |first1=Matías |title=Se fue de la U a Italia por una cifra millonaria y ahora cambia de país en Europa: fichaje oficial |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/chilenos-por-el-mundo/se-fue-de-la-u-a-italia-por-una-cifra-millonaria-y-ahora-cambia-de-pais-en-europa-fichaje-oficial-n/ |access-date=8 January 2025 |work=Diario AS |date=8 January 2025 |language=es}} The contract is a loan until the end of 2025, with an option to buy.{{cite web|publisher=AS Trenčín|url=https://www.astrencin.sk/clanek.asp?id=11379|title=A-tím {{!}} Rojas novou tvárou prvého mužstva|trans-title=A-team {{!}} Rojas the new face of the first team|date=8 January 2025|access-date=9 January 2025|language=sk}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|5 March 2020.}}{{Soccerway|luis-rojas/576927|accessdate=15 December 2019}}
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| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Universidad de Chile
|2019 |rowspan="2"|Chilean Primera División |0 | 0 | 2Appearances in the Copa Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020
|3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
;Notes
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Personal life
He is the son of the Chilean former international footballer Luis Rojas Álvarez and brother of Silvio Rojas, a former footballer who represented Chile U17 at the 1993 FIFA World Championship.{{cite web |title=Las tres figuras de la Sub 17 con familiares que fueron futbolistas |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2019/11/06/futbol/1573015844_161482.html |website=AS Chile |publisher=Diario AS |access-date=11 October 2021 |language=es |date=6 November 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|luis-rojas/576927}}
{{AS Trenčín squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rojas, Luis}}
Category:Footballers from Santiago, Chile
Category:People from Maipo Province
Category:Footballers from Santiago Metropolitan Region
Category:Chilean men's footballers
Category:21st-century Chilean sportsmen
Category:Chile men's youth international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Club Universidad de Chile footballers
Category:Bologna FC 1909 players
Category:FC Pro Vercelli 1892 players
Category:Chilean Primera División players
Category:Chilean expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
Category:Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
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