Percy Rojas

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Percy Rojas

| fullname = Percy Rojas Montero

| image = Percy Rojas.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|09|16}}

| birth_place = Lima, Lima Province, Peru

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = {{height|m=1.76}}

| position = Striker/Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Universitario

| years1 = 1967–1974

| years2 = 1975–1976

| years3 = 1977–1980

| years4 = 1981–1982

| years5 = 1982–1984

| clubs1 = Universitario

| clubs2 = Independiente

| clubs3 = Sporting Cristal

| clubs4 = Sérésien

| clubs5 = Universitario

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 72

| caps3 = 142

| caps4 = 29

| caps5 =

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 27

| goals3 = 42

| goals4 = 11

| goals5 =

| totalcaps = 243

| totalgoals = 80

| nationalyears1 = 1969–1979

| nationalteam1 = Peru

| nationalcaps1 = 49

| nationalgoals1 = 7

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

}}

Percy Rojas Montero (born September 16, 1949) is a retired football midfielder from Peru. He played on Selección de fútbol de Perú at two FIFA World Cups (1978 and 1982). He played in the 1975 Copa América Finals with the Peru national team.

Professional career

At the professional level he played for Universitario de Deportes, Independiente (Argentina), Sporting Cristal and Sérésien (Belgium). When he was with Indepndentiente they won the 1975 Copa Libertadores Cup, the Primera División del Perú with Universitario (1967, 1969, 1971, 1974 and 1982) and two more with Sporting Cristal (1979, 1980).

In 1975 he was transferred to Independiente, a club with which he finally won the Copa Libertadores scoring a goal in the final and with which he won the Copa Interamericana the following year.{{cite web |title=Percy Rojas, el crack que ganó grandes torneos |date=21 September 2020 |url=https://once.pe/percy-rojas-el-crack-que-gano-grandes-torneos/ |access-date=26 January 2023}}{{cite web |title=Los 65 años de Percy Rojas: Cifras nada truchas |url=https://dechalaca.com/informes/estadisticas/cifras-nada-truchas |access-date=26 January 2023}}

International career

Rojas made 49 appearances with the Selección de fútbol de Perú from 1969 to 1979.{{cite web|author=Pierrend, José Luis|title=Peru - Record International Players|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/peru-recintlp.html|date=2009-05-28}}

He was part of the Peruvian soccer team that won the 1975 Copa América and reached the second round of the 1978 FIFA World Cup.{{cite web |title=Fuimos Héroes Copa América 1975 |url=https://elcomercio.pe/especiales/fuimos-heroes-copa-america-1975/ |access-date=26 January 2023}}

He has become a television commentator.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}

Honours

class="wikitable" !Season !Club !Title
1967	Universitario de Deportes	Peruvian League
1969	Universitario de Deportes	Peruvian League
1971	Universitario de Deportes	Peruvian League
1974	Universitario de Deportes	Peruvian League
1975	Peru national team	Copa America
1975	Independiente	Copa Libertadores
1975	Independiente	Copa Interamericana
1979	Sporting Cristal	Peruvian League
1980	Sporting Cristal	Peruvian League

References

External links

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