Francisco Ulises Rojas Rojas (born 22 July 1974) is a retired

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an football player. He played most of his career as a left-back, despite being right-footed.

International career

Rojas represented Chile at under-20 level in 1993 alongside players such as

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and

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Claudio Andrés Villan Cerpa on Facebook At senior level, Rojas was capped 31 times for the Chile national team between 1995 and 2005, including three games at the

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Personal life

His common nickname is "Murci", shortage of "Murciélago" ("

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").

Honours

Club

;Colo-Colo * Primera División de Chile (3):

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

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* 1974 births Living people People from La Serena Chilean footballers Chilean expatriate footballers Chile international footballers Chile under-20 international footballers Association football defenders 1998 FIFA World Cup players Deportes La Serena footballers Colo-Colo footballers CD Tenerife players SK Sturm Graz players Unión Española footballers Chilean Primera División players La Liga players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Austria {{Chile-footy-defender-stub