Claudio Rojas
FullnameClaudio Ariel Rojas Martínez
Birth dateNovember 29, 1973 (age 52)
Birth placeGuatemala
Height1.67 m
PositionAttacking midfielder
Youthyears 11992–1993
Youthclubs 1River Plate
Years 11993–1994
Years 21994–1995
Years 31997–1998
Years 41998–2004
Years 52004–2005
Years 62005–2006
Years 72006–2007
Years 82007–2008
Clubs 1River Plate
Clubs 2San Lorenzo de Almagro
Clubs 3Instituto
Clubs 4Comunicaciones
Clubs 5Municipal
Clubs 6Jalapa
Clubs 7Mixco
Clubs 8Petapa
Caps 117
Caps 27
Caps 4107
Caps 515
Caps 611
Caps 84
Goals 10
Goals 20
Goals 412
Goals 50
Goals 61
Goals 80
Nationalyears 11997–2001
Nationalteam 1Guatemala
Nationalcaps 124
Nationalgoals 10
Nationalyears 22000
Nationalteam 2Guatemala (futsal)
Pcupdate10 August 2010
Ntupdate10 August 2010

Claudio Ariel Rojas Martínez (born 29 November 1973) is a retired Guatemalan football midfielder who has played for Argentinian giants River Plate.

Club career

A small midfield player, Rojas played for Argentinian clubs River Plate, San Lorenzo and Instituto in the mid-1990s before returning to Guatemalan giants Comunicaciones for 5 years and then left them for eternal rivals Municipal in 2004. He then switched clubs every year, featuring in Jalapa, Mixco and Petapa squads before retiring.

International career

He made his debut for Guatemala in a November 1997 friendly match against Chile and has earned a total of 24 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[1] and played at the 1999 and 2001 as well as at the 1998 Gold Cup.[2] In 2000, as the Guatemala national futsal team had begun its development, he was selected, along with other 11-a-side football players, as part of the squad that competed at the 2000 Futsal World Championship, hosted by Guatemala. His final international was a May 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Costa Rica.

References

  1. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
  2. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details Archived June 10, 2009 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF