José Manuel Rojas Bahamondes[lower-alpha 1] (born 23 June 1983 in Talagante, Chile), known as José Rojas, is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Curicó Unido. Primarily a central defender, he can also be deployed as a left-back.
![]() Rojas in 2018 | ||||||||||
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Full name | José Manuel Rojas Bahamondes | |||||||||
Date of birth | (1983-06-23) 23 June 1983 (age 39) | |||||||||
Place of birth | Talagante, Chile | |||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | |||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||
Current team | Curicó Unido | |||||||||
Number | 13 | |||||||||
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 de Quillota | 34 | (0) | |||||||
2019 | Huachipato | 19 | (1) | |||||||
2020– | Curicó Unido | 20 | (1) | |||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||
2007–2015 | Chile | 24 | (1) | |||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 July 2015 |
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.
He made his debut with Chilean national team on 9 May 2007, in a friendly against Cuba scoring a goal in the game.
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 12 August 2009 | Estadio Rubén Marcos Peralta, Osorno, Chile | ![]() | 2-0 | 3-0 | Friendly |
(1): “A” and “C” refer the Apertura and Clausura tournaments that divide the Chilean football champions.
Curicó Unido – current squad | |
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Chile squads | |||||||||||||
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