- Jorge Alberto Rojas
Football player infobox
playername= Jorge Rojas
fullname = Jorge Alberto Rojas Méndez
nickname = El Zurdo (The Lefty)
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|1|10
cityofbirth =Mérida, Mérida
countryofbirth =Venezuela
height = height|m=1.79
currentclub =Red Bull New York
clubnumber = 13
position = Defender, Midfielder
youthyears = 1994
1995
1996
1997
youthclubs = ULA Merida FCUnicol FC
Mineros De GuayanaBoca Juniors
years = 1998-1999
1999
2000-2002
2003
2004
2004-2006
2005-2007
2007
2008
2008-
clubs = Estudiantes de Mérida FC
ULA Merida FCCaracas FC
EmelecCaracas FC Atletico Nacional Caracas FC America de Cali Unión Atlético Maracaibo Red Bull New York
caps(goals) =
27 0(7)
39 0(2)
18 0(4)
52 0(3)
49 (10)
22 0(4)
12 0(2)
08 0(0)
nationalyears = 1999–
nationalteam = Venezuela
nationalcaps(goals) = 85 0(2)
pcupdate = 20 July 2008
ntupdate = 19 September 2008Jorge Alberto Rojas (born
January 10 ,1977 inMérida, Mérida ) is aVenezuela n football midfielder currently plays forRed Bull New York ofMajor League Soccer .Club career
After playing for several small clubs in Venezuela, Rojas began to establish himself as one of the nations top players while at
Caracas FC . Following his successful first stint at Caracas, which included two league titles, Rojas joined Ecuadorean power Emelec in 2003, that season he was selected as the top foreign player in the league. Rojas than briefly returned to Caracas before joining Colombian clubAtletico Nacional . While at Nacional Rojas helped the club to the 2005 Apertura Championship, and was considered one of the top players in the league. Following his successful stint with Nacional, Rojas returned for his third stint with Caracas FC guiding the club to back to back league titles in 2006 and 2007. At the conclusion of the 2007 campaign he returned to Colombia to play forAmerica de Cali ,while at Cali he appeared in 22 matches, notching 4 goals (3 from the penalty spot). Following the Colombian league season, Rojas was sold toUnión Atlético Maracaibo . He scored his first goal with Maracaibo in a 1-2 defeat to his former club Caracas FC. While at Maracaibo, Rojas participated in a famous 1-1 draw againstBoca Juniors in the 2008Copa Libertadores . He also led Maracaibo to the final of theCopa de Venezuela where his club would lose the series toAragua Fútbol Club on away goals.Rojas signed with
Red Bull New York ofMajor League Soccer in July 2008. He had two assists in his first game for the club against theLos Angeles Galaxy onJuly 19 ,2008 .National team
He has earned 86 caps for the Venezuela national team making him the second most capped player in the history of Venezuelan international football as of April 2008. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/venez-recintlp.html rsssf: Venezuela record international players] ]
He made his international debut on January 27,1999 in a friendly against Denmark. The match ended 1-1 and was played at
Estadio José Pachencho Romero in Maracaibo.Honors
Club
*flagicon|Venezuela
Universidad de Los Andes Fútbol Club
**Segunda División Venezolana (1) 1994/1995*flagicon|Venezuela
Caracas FC
**Primera División Venezolana (4)2000/2001, 2002/2003, 2005/2006, 2006/2007
*Copa de Venezuela (1) 2001*flagicon|Colombia
Atletico Nacional
**Copa Mustang (1) 2005-I*flagicon|Venezuela
Unión Atlético Maracaibo
**Copa de Venezuela Runner Up 2008tatistics
External links
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=7406 Profile at National Football Teams]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/jrojas-intl.html International statistics at rsssf]*es [http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugador2.asp?codigo=28234 BDFA profile]
References
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