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 FC
Unicol FC
Mineros De Guayana
Boca Juniors
years = 1998-1999
1999
2000-2002
2003
2004
2004-2006
2005-2007
2007
2008
2008-
clubs = Estudiantes de Mérida FC
ULA Merida FC
Caracas FC
Emelec
Caracas 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 2008

Jorge Alberto Rojas (born January 10, 1977 in Mérida, Mérida) is a Venezuelan football midfielder currently plays for Red Bull New York of Major 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 club Atletico 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 for America 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 to Unión 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 against Boca Juniors in the 2008 Copa Libertadores. He also led Maracaibo to the final of the Copa de Venezuela where his club would lose the series to Aragua Fútbol Club on away goals.

Rojas signed with Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer in July 2008. He had two assists in his first game for the club against the Los Angeles Galaxy on July 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 2008

tatistics

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