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Juan Rodrigo Rojas Avelar (born 9 April 1988 in Fernando de la Mora) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Club Olimpia.[1]

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Rodrigo Rojas

Personal information
Full name	Juan Rodrigo Rojas Avelar
Date of birth	(1988-04-09) 9 April 1988 (age 34)
Place of birth	Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Olimpia
Youth career
	Olimpia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2010	Olimpia	57	(12)
2010	→ River Plate (loan)	19	(0)
2011	Libertad	13	(0)
2011	Beerschot	5	(0)
2012–2013	O'Higgins	50	(11)
2013–2014	Universidad de Chile	33	(4)
2014	Monterrey	10	(0)
2015–2018	Cerro Porteño	79	(11)
2019–	Olimpia	88	(5)
National team‡
2009–	Paraguay	27	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2020

On 19 July 2015, Paraguayan newspaper ExtraPRESS named Rojas one of the most expensive player in Paraguay.[2]

Career

Olimpia Asunción

Rojas started his career in the youth divisions of Olimpia and made his way to the first team in 2007. He became a regular starter for the team in 2009 scoring many goals and having great performances as a midfielder. Due to his good performances for Olimpia he was called up to the national team by Gerardo Martino. On 11 January 2010, River Plate signed the Paraguayan attacking midfielder on loan from Olimpia. He is a great midfielder with a strong personality and so he was recommended by Martino and Gregorio Perez.

River Plate

He made his River debut against the all time rival, Boca Juniors. While it was only a friendly pre-season match, Boca played with their usual starters. River, however, gave playing time to mostly youth talent along with veteran captain Matias Almeyda. Rojas' first half strike from just outside the box opened up what would be a 3–1 win over its archrivals.

O'Higgins

After a brief loan spell with Belgian club Beerschot, Rojas signed for mid-level Chilean team O'Higgins, slowly becoming an integral part of the team, being used both as a starter and off the bench in a variety of positions to contribute to the team's play-making and score several key goals. As of 23 April 2012, Rojas had 4 goals in 10 matches played (5 of them as a substitute).

See also

• Players and Records in Paraguayan Football

References

External links

• Rodrigo Rojas at Soccerway
• Rodrigo Rojas at National-Football-Teams.com
• Rodrigo Rojas at WorldFootball.net
• BDFA Profile (in Spanish)
• Un regalo para el Jefe (in Spanish)
• Rodrigo Rojas sorteó con éxito la revisación médica (in Spanish)

На других языках

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- [en] Rodrigo Rojas (footballer)

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[es] Rodrigo Rojas

Juan Rodrigo Rojas Ovelar[1] (Fernando de la Mora,[2] Paraguay, 9 de abril de 1988) es un futbolista paraguayo, juega como mediocampista y su actual equipo es Sol de América de la Primera División de Paraguay.

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[fr] Juan Rodrigo Rojas

Juan Rodrigo Rojas Ovelar, né le 9 avril 1988 à Fernando de la Mora au Paraguay, est un footballeur professionnel international paraguayen. Il évolue au poste de milieu de terrain.

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[it] Rodrigo Rojas

Juan Rodrigo Rojas Ovelar (Fernando de la Mora, 9 aprile 1988) è un calciatore paraguaiano, centrocampista del Sol de América e della Nazionale paraguaiana.

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[ru] Рохас, Хуан Родриго

Хуан Родриго Рохас Овелар (исп. Juan Rodrigo Rojas Ovelar; родился 9 апреля 1988 года в Фернандо-де-ла-Мора, департамент Сентраль) — парагвайский футболист, полузащитник клуба «Соль де Америка» и сборной Парагвая.

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