José Rojas (footballer, born 1983)


José Manuel Rojas Bahamondes, known as José Rojas, is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Curicó Unido. Primarily a central defender, he can also be deployed as a left-back.

Club career

Rojas has played the whole of his career for Universidad de Chile except a brief stint with Argentine side Independiente in 2006. He has won four league championships with Universidad de Chile, in Apertura 2004, Apertura 2009 and Apertura and Clausura 2011. For the 2011 season he was selected by his teammates as captain, after Miguel Pinto left the club. In 2011, he captained Universidad de Chile to its first international title as they won the 2011 edition of the Copa Sudamericana in Santiago.

International career

He made his debut with Chilean national team on 9 May 2007, in a friendly against Cuba scoring a goal in the game.

International goals

Honours

Club

;Universidad de Chile
: “A” and “C” refer the Apertura and Clausura tournaments that divide the Chilean football champions.

International

;Chile