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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matías Nicolás Rojas Romero | ||
| Date of birth | 3 November 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay[1] | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder[3] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Corinthians | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cerro Porteño | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2019 | Cerro Porteño | 31 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | → Lanús (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 22 | (10) |
| 2019–2023 | Racing Club | 61 | (6) |
| 2023– | Corinthians | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Paraguay | 11 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:03, 21 April 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 January 2022 | |||
Matías Nicolás Rojas Romero (born 3 November 1995) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Corinthians and the Paraguay national football team.[2]
Club career
Rojas' first club in his career was Cerro Porteño.[2][4] He made his debut for the Paraguayan Primera División club in March 2014 during a defeat to Nacional.[2] A year later, Rojas netted his first senior goal on 13 March 2015 as Cerro Porteño beat Deportivo Capiatá 3–2 at the Estadio Defensores del Chaco.[2] One further goal, against Sportivo Luqueño, followed as Rojas featured thirty-four times across 2015 and 2016.[2] On 10 January 2017, Rojas was loaned to Lanús of the Argentine Primera División.[2][5][6] He remained for seventeen months, making eighteen appearances and scoring once; in the Copa Argentina.[2]
Rojas arrived back to Cerro Porteño on 30 June 2018, but returned to Argentina on loan weeks later after agreeing to join fellow Argentine Primera División side Defensa y Justicia.[2][7][8] He scored on his first start, netting an equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Belgrano.[2] Rojas departed Cerro Porteño permanently in June 2019, staying in Argentina after signing terms with Racing Club of the Primera División.[1]
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.[9][10] He made his debut on 22 March in the game against Peru, as a 66th-minute substitute for Cecilio Domínguez.[11] Berizzo subsequently selected Rojas in his preliminary squad for the 2019 Copa América on 13 May, before making the official tournament squad on 29 May.[12][13]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 1 July 2019.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cerro Porteño | 2014 | Paraguayan Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 19 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||||
| 2016 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 4[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |||
| Lanús (loan) | 2016–17 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
| Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 22 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10 |
| Career total | 62 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 13 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
International
- As of 29 January 2022.[2]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paraguay | 2019 | 7 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 0 | |
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 27 March 2023 | Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile |  Chile |
1–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
Honours
Cerro Porteño[2]
Racing Club
References
- ^ a b "Matías Rojas, el primer refuerzo de la temporada". Racing Club. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Paraguay - M. Rojas". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Matías Rojas". World Football. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Ficha Estadistica de MATIAS ROJAS". BDFA. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "El paraguayo Matías Rojas, nuevo jugador de Lanús". TyC Sports. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Matías Rojas tuvo su primer entrenamiento en Lanús". El Gráfico. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Defensa y Justicia da la bienvenida a Rojas". ABC. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Matías Rojas continuará su carrera en Defensa y Justicia". D10. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "23 albirrojos de clubes del exterior para amistosos vs. Perú y México". APF. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Matías Rojas es convocado por Berizzo para la Selección de Paraguay". Marca. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Peru v Paraguay game report". ESPN. 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Los 40 elegidos por el DT Eduardo Berizzo, para integrar la lista provisional". APF. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ^ "La lista definitiva (23) de la Albirroja para la Copa América "Brasil 2019"". APF. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Racing venció a Boca en un escandaloso final y se quedó con el Trofeo de Campeones" [Racing beat Boca in controversial ending and took Champions Trophy] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
External links
- Matías Rojas at Soccerway
- Matías Rojas at National-Football-Teams.com
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