Jorge Rojas (footballer)

Jorge Rojas
Personal information
Full name Jorge Luis Rojas Mendoza
Date of birth (1993-01-07) 7 January 1993
Place of birth Concepción, Paraguay
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Cerro Porteño
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Cerro Porteño 63 (0)
2013–2017 Benfica B 17 (2)
2014 → Belenenses (loan) 6 (0)
2014–2015 → Gimnasia LP (loan) 45 (5)
2016 → Cerro Porteño (loan) 21 (1)
2017– Cerro Porteño 0 (0)
National team‡
2012– Paraguay 16 (1)
2013 Paraguay U20s 12 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2017

Jorge Luis Rojas Mendoza (born 7 January 1993) is a Paraguayan international footballer who plays professionally for Cerro Porteño as a winger. He also plays for the Paraguay national team, having made his debut in 2012.

Club career

Born in Concepción,[1] Rojas began his career with Cerro Porteño.[2][3]

In April 2013, he signed a 5-year contract with Portuguese club Benfica, joining at the start of the 2013–14 season.[4] After playing for Benfica B in the Segunda Liga, he was loaned to Belenenses in January 2014 for the rest of the season.[5] On 8 July 2014, Rojas was loaned to Argentine club Gimnasia LP until December 2015.[6] He made 51 appearances and scored 5 goals for Gimnasia between July 2014 and December 2015. Upon his arrival back to Benfica he was again sent out on loan as he joined former club Cerro Porteño.[7]

International career

Rojas has made 16 appearances and scored once for Paraguay.[2] He played in 12 games and scored 3 goals for Paraguay U20s, with them coming at the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship and 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[8]

Club statistics

As of match played 7 December 2015[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Other[lower-alpha 4] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cerro Porteño 2011 Primera División (PAR) 190——2[lower-alpha 5]0—210
2012 320——3[lower-alpha 6]0—350
2013 40——2[lower-alpha 7]0—60
Total 550——70—620
Benfica 2013–14 Primeira Liga 00000000—00
2014–15 000000000000
2015–16 000000000000
Total 000000000000
Benfica B 2013–14 Segunda Liga 172————172
Belenenses (loan) 2013–14 Primeira Liga 600000——60
Gimnasia LP (loan) 2014 Primera División (ARG) 1621[lower-alpha 8]0—2[lower-alpha 9]0—192
2015 2933[lower-alpha 10]0———323
Total 45540—20—515
Cerro Porteño (loan) 2016 Primera División (PAR) 00————00
Career total 1237400090001367
  1. ↑ Includes the Taça de Portugal and Copa Argentina
  2. ↑ Includes the Taça da Liga
  3. ↑ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  4. ↑ Includes the Supertaça
  5. ↑ Two appearances in the Copa Libertadores
  6. ↑ Three appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
  7. ↑ Two appearances in the Copa Libertadores
  8. ↑ One appearance in the Copa Argentina
  9. ↑ Two appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
  10. ↑ Three appearances in the Copa Argentina

Honours

Cerro Porteño[9]

References

  1. ↑ Preparativos para la segunda prueba; Selección Paraguaya (Spanish)
  2. 1 2 "Jorge Rojas". National-Football-Teams.com.
  3. ↑ Jorge Rojas at Soccerway
  4. ↑ Benfica agree to sign Jorge Rojas at Soccernews
  5. ↑ Jorge Rojas emprestado ao Belenenses at Record
  6. ↑ "Jorge Rojas cedido ao Gimnasia La Plata". Record.pt. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Jorge Rojas loaned to Cerro Porteño". Record. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Mali hold Under-20 favourites Paraguay to a draw". BBC Sport. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  9. 1 2 Jorge Rojas at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2016. Edit this at Wikidata


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