Place of birth Talagante, Chile Years Team Name Jose Rojas Height 1.74 m Career start 2003 | Playing position 2003–2015 Universidad de Chile Role Footballer Weight 77 kg Spouse Patricia Peralta | |
Full name Jose Manuel Rojas Bahamondes Date of birth (1983-06-23) June 23, 1983 (age 32) Current teams Club Universidad de Chile (#13 / Defender), Chile national football team (Defender) Similar People Johnny Herrera, Eugenio Mena, Osvaldo Gonzalez, Marcelo Diaz, Charles Aranguiz | ||
Jose Manuel Rojas Bahamondes (born June 23, 1983 in Talagante, Chile), is a Chilean professional footballer. Primarily a central defender, he can also be deployed as a left-back.
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Club career
Rojas has played the whole of his career for Universidad de Chile except a brief stint with Argentine side Independiente in 2006. He has won four league championships with Universidad de Chile, in Apertura 2004, Apertura 2009 and Apertura and Clausura 2011. For the 2011 season he was selected by his teammates as captain, after Miguel Pinto left the club. In 2011, he captained Universidad de Chile to its first international title as they won the 2011 edition of the Copa Sudamericana in Santiago.
International career
He made his debut with Chilean national team on May 9, 2007, in a friendly against Cuba scoring a goal in the game.
Club
(1): “A” and “C” refer the Apertura and Clausura tournaments that divide the Chilean football champions.
International
