José Rojas (footballer, born 1983)

Not to be confused with the Chilean footballer José Antonio Rojas.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is Bahamondes.

José Manuel Rojas Bahamondes (born 23 June 1983), known as José Rojas, is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a defender. Primarily a central defender, he could also be deployed as a left-back.

José Rojas

Rojas in 2018
Personal information
Full name	José Manuel Rojas Bahamondes
Date of birth	(1983-06-23) 23 June 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Talagante, Chile
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2015	Universidad de Chile	365	(7)
2006	→ Independiente (loan)	3	(0)
2016	Belgrano	23	(0)
2017	Lorca	17	(1)
2017–2018	San Luis	34	(0)
2019	Huachipato	19	(1)
2020–2022	Curicó Unido	56	(2)
Total		517	(11)
International career
2007–2015	Chile	24	(1)
Medal record Representing  Chile Winner Copa América 2015
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

In 13 February 2023, he announced his retirement after twenty years as a professional footballer.^[2]

International career

He made his debut with Chile national team on 9 May 2007, in a friendly against Cuba scoring a goal in the game.

Personal life

Rojas is the uncle of Alonso Rodríguez Rojas,^{[citation needed]} a footballer from the Universidad de Chile youth ranks.^[3]

Career statistics

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	12 August 2009	Estadio Rubén Marcos Peralta, Osorno, Chile	Cuba	2-0	3-0	Friendly

Honours

Universidad de Chile

• Primera División de Chile (6): 2004–A, 2009–A, 2011–A, 2011–C, 2012–A, 2014–A 1
• Copa Sudamericana: 2011
• Copa Chile (2): 2012–13, 2015
• Supercopa de Chile: 2015

(1): “A” and “C” refer the Apertura and Clausura tournaments that divide the Chilean football champions.

Chile

• Copa América: 2015

Notes