Javier Rojas Alvarez
Javier Rojas Alvarez[lower-alpha 1] (born 15 April 1991 in Tucumán) is an Argentine rugby union footballer playing as a fullback or as a centre. He currently plays for the Cornish Pirates in the English RFU Championship. He previously played for a number of clubs including Uni Tucumán, Pampas XV in the South African Vodacom Cup, French side Albi in Pro D2 and Rugby Viadana in the Italian Top12.
| Full name | Javier Rojas Alvarez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tucumán, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb; 187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He has four caps for Argentina, since 2012, with 1 try scored, 5 points on aggregate.[1] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for the Argentina national rugby sevens team.[2][3]
Honors and records
- RFU Championship Cup top points scorer: 2018–19 (65 points)
Notes
- In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is Alvarez.
References
- "Javier Rojas Alvarez | Rugby Union | Players and Officials | ESPN Scrum". espnscrum.com. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- "ROJAS Javier". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- "Argentina Rugby Sevens Squad for Rio 2016 Olympics". rio2016olympicsonline.com. 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
External links
- Javier Rojas at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series
- Javier Rojas Alvarez at ESPNscrum
- Javier Rojas at Olympics.com
- Javier Rojas at Olympedia
- Javier Rojas at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Javier Rojas at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)
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