Robert Rojas

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Robert Rojas

| fullname = Robert Samuel Rojas Chávez

| image = Palestino - River Plate 20190424 30.jpg

| caption = Rojas with River Plate in 2019

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|4|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Peguahomi, Concepción,
Paraguay

| height = 1.77 m{{cite web|url=https://www.cariverplate.com.ar/ver-jugador-robert-rojas-1666 |title=Robert Rojas |language=es |publisher=Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama |access-date=27 September 2022}}

| position = Centre-back, right-back

| currentclub = Olimpia

| clubnumber = 32

| youthyears1 = 2013–2016

| youthclubs1 = Guaraní

| years1 = 2017–2019

| clubs1 = Guaraní

| caps1 = 72

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2019–2024

| clubs2 = River Plate

| caps2 = 70

| goals2 = 8

| years3 = 2023

| clubs3 = → Tigre (loan)

| caps3 = 12

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2024

| clubs4 = → Vasco da Gama (loan)

| caps4 = 13

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2025–

| clubs5 = Olimpia

| caps5 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2019–

| nationalteam1 = Paraguay

| nationalcaps1 = 22

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| club-update = 7 January 2025

| nationalteam-update = 7 September 2023

}}

Robert Samuel Rojas Chávez (born 30 April 1996), is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for paraguayan club Olimpia and the Paraguay national team. {{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.com.py/tag/robert-rojas-160513.html|title = Robert Rojas en ABC Color}}

Club career

Rojas, who arrived in Guaraní when he was 17 years old acknowledged that he was about to leave football more than once because he missed his family, played as a right back for most of his youth training, but in his second year in the Asunción team he was run for playing as a centre back. Therefore, it is characterized by its great speed.

The one born in the small town of Peguahomi became a key part of the Cacique team, especially since Julio César Cáceres - his great referent in the position- was suspended by doping at the beginning of March and a place was left vacant in the rear.

The defender, is one of the young player with greater projection in the football of his country.

On 18 January 2019, Rojas joined Argentine Primera División club River Plate, signing a four-year contract.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=18 January 2019 |title=Robert Rojas: new River Plate player |url=http://www.cariverplate.com.ar/robert-rojas-new-river-plate-player |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=caRiverPlate.com.ar |language=es}}

International career

On 2 March 2019, Rojas received a call-up to the Paraguay national team from Eduardo Berizzo ahead of that month's friendlies with Peru and Mexico.{{cite news|title=23 albirrojos de clubes del exterior para amistosos vs. Perú y México|url=http://www.apf.org.py/n/23-albirrojos-de-clubes-del-exterior-para-amistosos-vs-peru-y-mexico|accessdate=4 March 2019|work=APF|date=2 March 2019}} He made his international debut on 5 September 2019, in a 2–0 loss to Japan.

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;"

! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

10 September 2019

Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan

align=center | 3–2

align=center | 4–2

Friendly

Career statistics

=Club=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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="3" \|Guaraní \|2017 \| rowspan="2" \|Paraguayan Primera División \|34 \|4 \|0 \|0 \|3 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|37 \|4
2018 \|38 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|4 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|42 \|1
colspan="2" \|Total !72 !5 !0 !0 !7 !0 !0 !0 !79 !5
rowspan="7" \|River Plate \|2018–19 \| rowspan="6" \|Argentine Primera División \|8 \|1 \|1 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|1{{efn\|Appearances in Copa de la Superliga\|name=CdlS}} \|0 \|11 \|1
2019–20 \|13 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|4 \|0 \|1{{efn\|Appearances in Supercopa Argentina\|name=SA}} \|0 \|18 \|1
2020–21 \|7 \|2 \|0 \|0 \|7 \|2 \|1{{efn\|Appearances in Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional\|name=TCLP}} \|0 \|15 \|4
2021 \|22 \|2 \|1 \|0 \|4 \|0 \|1{{efn\|Appearances in Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional\|name=TCLP}} \|0 \|28 \|2
2022 \|3 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|4 \|0
2023 \|7 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|9 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !60 !6 !2 !0 !18 !2 !4 !0 !85 !8
colspan="3" \|Career total !132 !11 !2 !0 !25 !2 !4 !0 !164 !13

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |Cup

! colspan="2" |Continental

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals