{{short description|Peruvian footballer (born 1949)}} {{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, Peru | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | 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 = RFC 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 = 1986 | managerclubs1 = Universitario | manageryears2 = 1987 | managerclubs2 = Universitario | manageryears3 = 1987 | managerclubs3 = San Agustín | manageryears4 = 1989 | managerclubs4 = Internazionale San Borja | manageryears5 = 1989 | managerclubs5 = Peru | manageryears6 = 1990 | managerclubs6 = Meteor SC | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}} {{MedalCountry|{{fb|PER}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Copa América}} {{Medal|W|1975}} }}
'''Percy Rojas Montero''' (born September 16, 1949) is a retired football midfielder from Peru. He played on Peru national football team at two FIFA World Cups (1978 and 1982). He played also in the 1975 Copa América final with the Peru national team.
==Professional career== At the professional level he played for Universitario de Deportes, Independiente (Argentina), Sporting Cristal and Sérésien (Belgium). He won the Peruvian Primera División with Universitario five times (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 1975 Copa Libertadores scoring a goal in the final and with which he won the Copa Interamericana the following year.<ref>{{cite web|author=Aníbal Ingunza|title=Percy Rojas, el crack que ganó grandes torneos|trans-title=Percy Rojas, the star who won major tournaments|date=21 September 2020|url=https://once.pe/percy-rojas-el-crack-que-gano-grandes-torneos/|website=Once.pe|language=es|access-date=26 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Ratón de Hemeroteca|title=Los 65 años de Percy Rojas: Cifras nada truchas|trans-title=Percy Rojas' 65 years: Not fake figures|url=https://dechalaca.com/informes/estadisticas/cifras-nada-truchas|website=De Chalaca|date=17 September 2014|access-date=26 January 2023}}</ref>
==International career== Rojas made 49 appearances with the Peru national football team from 1969 to 1979.<ref>{{cite web|author=Pierrend, José Luis|title=Peru - Record International Players|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/peru-recintlp.html|date=14 February 2025|access-date=13 December 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref name="El Bocón">{{Cite web|author=|title=Percy “Trucha” Rojas, un repaso a su exitosa trayectoria|trans-title=Percy “Trucha” Rojas, a look back at his successful career|url=https://elbocon.pe/futbol-peruano/seleccion-peruana/percy-trucha-rojas-un-repaso-a-su-exitosa-trayectoria-nnsp-futbol-seleccion-peruana-noticia/|website=El Bocón|language=es|date=|access-date=13 December 2025}}</ref>
==Managerial career == Once his playing career ended, he embarked on a coaching career. But this was very brief. He notably took the reins of Universitario de Deportes in 1986 (on an interim basis) and 1987. Assistant to José Macía with the Peruvian national team, he served as interim coach for the Uruguay–Peru match on September 24, 1989, a qualifier for the 1990 World Cup (a 2-0 defeat).<ref>{{Cite web|author=Roberto Gando|title=Perú - Bolivia de 1989: La hora cero|trans-title=Peru - Bolivia 1989: Zero Hour|url=https://dechalaca.com/informes/curiosidades/la-hora-cero|website=De Chalaca|language=es|date=10 September 2014|access-date=13 December 2025}}</ref>
He was become a television commentator.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}
== Honours <small>(player)</small> == :Source : ''El Bocón''<ref name="El Bocón" />
{| 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 |- |1981–82 || RFC sérésien || Belgian Second Division |- |1982 || Universitario de Deportes || Peruvian League |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{NFT player|17422}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929145813/http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=13174 Weltfussball profile] {{in lang|de}}
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