Mauricio Rojas (footballer)

{{short description|Chilean footballer (born 1978)}}

{{for|the Chilean politician with the same name|Mauricio Rojas}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Rojas|Toro|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mauricio Rojas

| image =

| full_name = Mauricio Javier Rojas Toro

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1978|3|30}}

| birth_place = Quilpue, Chile

| currentclub =

| height = {{height|m=1.79}}

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Manuel Rodríguez

| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Santiago Wanderers

| years1 = 1999–2005 | clubs1 = Santiago Wanderers | caps1 = 166 | goals1 = 10

| years2 = 1998 | clubs2 = → San Luis (loan) | caps2 = – | goals2 = –

| years3 = 1999–2000 | clubs3 = Santiago Wanderers B | caps3 = – | goals3 = –

| years4 = 2005–2006 | clubs4 = Audax Italiano | caps4 = 41 | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2007 | clubs5 = Cobresal | caps5 = 37 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2008 | clubs6 = Unión Española | caps6 = 24 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2009–2010 | clubs7 = San Luis | caps7 = 7 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2011–2012 | clubs8 = Unión Temuco | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0

| totalcaps = 276

| totalgoals = 12

| nationalyears1 = 2000

| nationalteam1 = Chile U23

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2001

| nationalteam2 = Chile B

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2014

| managerclubs1 = Provincial Marga Marga

| manageryears2 = 2018

| managerclubs2 = Santiago Wanderers U13

}}

Mauricio Javier Rojas Toro (born 30 March 1978) is a Chilean former football midfielder, who could also play as a defender.

Club career

A product of the Santiago Wanderers youth system, he played for them in the top division; the second division.{{cite web |title=Mauricio ROJAS |url=https://www.memoriawanderers.cl/jugadores/mauricio-rojas/ |website=Memoria Wanderers |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=es}} He also played for the B-team in the 2000 Tercera División alongside fellows such as Mauricio Neveu, Jorge Ormeño and Joel Soto.(V y B sports) [https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=844849702565799 Nuestro primer programa, junto al ex Wanderers Mauricio Neveu] on Facebook {{inlang|es}}. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2023.

International career

He was a member of the bronze winning Chile national football team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He started his professional career at Santiago Wanderers in Valparaíso.

Rojas made an appearance for the Chile B national team in the friendly match against Catalonia on 28 December 2001.{{cite web |last1=Morrison |first1=Neil |title=International Matches 2001 - Other |url=https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/2001oth.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=20 September 2022 |date=2 February 2005}}{{cite web |title=Carlos Verdugo, el nuevo nominado de Garcés |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2001/12/21/74495/carlos-verdugo-el-nuevo-nominado-de-garces.html |website=Emol |publisher=El Mercurio |access-date=20 September 2022 |language=es |date=21 December 2001}}

Honours

=Club=

;Santiago Wanderers

=International=

;Chile

References

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