Ángel Rafael Rojas Martínez (born 20 October 1997) is a

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an footballer who plays as a defender. He last played for

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Career

A left-footed defender, Rojas came to the Colo-Colo youth system at the age of fifteen and made his debut with the B-team in the 2013–14 Segunda División Profesional. As a member of the under-19 team, he won both the national championship (Apertura) and the champions cup in July and December 2017, respectively, alongside players such as Omar Carabalí,

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, Branco Provoste, among others. Promoted to the first team by the coach

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, he was a member of the squad that won both the 2017 Transición and the

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. In 2018, he was loaned to Malleco Unido, making twenty two appearances with two goals. After having no chances at his return to Colo-Colo, he switched to

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in 2019. In the second half of 2019, he moved abroad and signed with Portuguese club

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, thanks to Manuel Crespo, a former coach of the Colo-Colo youth ranks. Back in Chile, he spent three seasons with

from 2020 to 2022 until the club was relegated to the amateur football for the 2023 season.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rojas, Angel 1997 births Living people People from Cachapoal Province Footballers from O'Higgins Region Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Colo-Colo B footballers Colo-Colo footballers Malleco Unido footballers San Antonio Unido footballers AD Oliveirense players Rodelindo Román footballers Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Chilean Primera División players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Men's association football defenders