Matías Rojas (footballer, born 1995)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matías Nicolás Rojas Romero | ||
| Date of birth | 3 November 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Defensa y Justicia (on loan from Cerro Porteño) | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Cerro Porteño | 31 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | → Lanús (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2018– | → Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 4 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:07, 26 September 2018 (UTC) | |||
Matías Nicolás Rojas Romero (born 3 November 1995) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Defensa y Justicia, on loan from Cerro Porteño.[1]
Career
Rojas' first club in his career was Cerro Porteño.[1][2] He made his debut for the Paraguayan Primera División club in March 2014 during a defeat to Nacional.[1] 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.[1] One further goal, against Sportivo Luqueño, followed as Rojas featured thirty-four times across 2015 and 2016.[1] On 10 January 2017, Rojas was loaned to Lanús of the Argentine Primera División.[1][3][4] He remained for seventeen months, making eighteen appearances and scoring once; in the Copa Argentina.[1]
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.[1][5][6] He scored on his first start, netting an equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Belgrano.[1]
Career statistics
- As of 26 September 2018.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup | Continental[lower-alpha 2] | 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[lower-alpha 3] | 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 | |||
| Total | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |||
| Lanús (loan) | 2016–17 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 5] | 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 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| Career total | 44 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 5 | |||
- ↑ Includes the Copa Paraguay and Copa Argentina
- ↑ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Four appearances in the 2016 Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Four appearances in the 2017 Copa Libertadores
- ↑ Three appearances in the 2017 Copa Libertadores
Honours
- Cerro Porteño[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Paraguay - M. Rojas". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ↑ "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.
External links
- Matías Rojas at Soccerway