Claudio Rojas

Claudio Rojas

Personal information
Full name	Claudio Ariel Rojas Martínez
Date of birth	(1973-11-29) November 29, 1973
Place of birth	Guatemala
Height
Position(s)	attacking midfielder
Youth career
1992–1993	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1994	River Plate	17	(?)
1994–1995	San Lorenzo de Almagro	7	(?)
1997–1998	Instituto
1998–2004	Comunicaciones
2004–2005	Municipal
2005–2006	Jalapa
2006–2007	Deportivo Mixco
2007–2008	Petapa
International career‡
1997–2001	Guatemala	24	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 August 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2010

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

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

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 and played at the 1999 and 2001 as well as at the 1998 Gold Cup. 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. He scored one goal in the tournament. His final international was a May 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Costa Rica.

External links

• Claudio Rojas at National-Football-Teams.com
• Player profile - Desde el Tablón (Spanish)
• Player profile - En una baldosa (Spanish)
• Player profile - El Grafico (Spanish)
• Stats - BDFA