Claudio Rojas

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

Claudio Rojas
Personal information
Full name Claudio Ariel Rojas Martínez
Date of birth (1973-11-29) November 29, 1973
Place of birth Guatemala
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1992–1993 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 River Plate 17 (0)
1994–1995 San Lorenzo de Almagro 7 (0)
1997–1998 Instituto
1998–2004 Comunicaciones 107 (12)
2004–2005 Municipal 15 (0)
2005–2006 Jalapa 11 (1)
2006–2007 Mixco
2007–2008 Petapa 4 (0)
International career‡
1997–2001 Guatemala 24 (0)
2000 Guatemala (futsal)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 August 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2010
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

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


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