Óscar Pérez Rojas

This article is about the Mexican football (soccer) player. For other similarly named persons, see Oscar Perez (disambiguation).

Óscar Pérez

Personal information
Full name	Óscar Pérez Rojas
Date of birth	February 1, 1973 (1973-02-01) (age 38)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	San Luis
Number	1
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1991–2010	Cruz Azul	413	(2)
2008–2009	→ UANL (loan)	30	(0)
2009–2010	→ Chiapas (loan)	30	(0)
2010–2011	Necaxa	34	(0)
2011-	San Luis	17	(0)
National team‡
1995–2010	Mexico	54	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2010

Óscar "El Conejo" Pérez Rojas (born 1 February 1973 in Mexico City) is a Mexican football goalkeeper who currently plays for the Mexican team San Luis. Pérez Rojas stands at 5'8 and weights 165 pounds.

He has been capped 54 times for the Mexican national team since 1997. He played four games at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup, and was selected for the 1998 FIFA World Cup but never played.

Club career

He was the starting goalkeeper for Cruz Azul since 1997 with the team winning the championship in the 1997 Winter Season. Ever since Pérez debuted with Cruz Azul he has been under the same three poles "the blue poles." Pérez debuted for the team in 1993, facing Atlas which ended in a 0–0 draw. He quickly became the starring goalkeeper for Cruz Azul and played for them in the 1997 Invierno Final, where Cruz Azul defeated León by a score of 2–1. He was given an award for a record-making 400 appearances at the club.

He moved to UANL Tigres, starting 4 games in the Apertura 2008. Perez's first game with Tigres was on 13 July 2008 in a friendly match against his former team, Cruz Azul which ended in a draw 1-1. He was a great signing for Tigres, for he maintained the position of receiving the least goals for most of the Apertura 2008 tournament.

After a year with the Tigres, he moved to Jaguares de Chiapas where he played in the 2009-10 season.

For the Apertura 2010, Perez moved to Club Necaxa.

International career

Óscar was noted to be the best goalkeeper in Mexico from the years of 1998 to early 2002. Once Javier Aguirre left the Mexico national team, Ricardo Lavolpe became coach, and Oswaldo Sánchez took over his spot. For the 2010 World Cup, Pérez was called up and played as the starting goalkeeper throughout the tournament. This came to be a surprise since Guillermo Ochoa was expected to be the starting keeper for Mexico at the tournament, but since Ochoa made a mistake in a game against North Korea, Aguirre decided that the more seasoned Pérez had to be the starting goalie.

Honours

• 1999 Nike U.S. Cup
• FIFA Confederations Cup (1): 1999
• CONCACAF Gold Cup (3): 1998, 2003, 2009

External links

• Óscar Pérez Rojas at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Perez Rojas, Oscar
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Date of birth	1 February 1973
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
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