José Manuel Rojas Bahamondes (born 23 June 1983), known as José Rojas, is a Chilean former

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who played as a defender. Primarily a

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, he could also be deployed as a

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Club career

Rojas has played the whole of his career for

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except a brief stint with Argentine side Independiente in 2006. He has won four league championships with Universidad de Chile, in Apertura 2004, Apertura 2009 and Apertura and Clausura 2011. For the 2011 season he was selected by his teammates as captain, after

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left the club. In 2011, he captained Universidad de Chile to its first international title as they won the 2011 edition of the Copa Sudamericana in Santiago. In 13 February 2023, he announced his retirement after twenty years as a professional footballer.

International career

He made his debut with Chile national team on 9 May 2007, in a friendly against

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scoring a goal in the game.

International goals

Honours

Club

;Universidad de Chile *

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(6): 2004–A, 2009–A, 2011–A, 2011–C, 2012–A, 2014–A 1 * Copa Sudamericana: 2011 *

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(2):

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, 2015 * Supercopa de Chile: 2015 (1): “A” and “C” refer the Apertura and Clausura tournaments that divide the Chilean football champions.

International

;Chile * Copa América: 2015

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Primera División Argentina statistics
at Futbol XXI * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rojas, Jose 1983 births Living people People from Santiago Metropolitan Region Chilean footballers Chilean expatriate footballers Chile international footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Club Atlético Independiente footballers Club Atlético Belgrano footballers Lorca FC players San Luis de Quillota footballers C.D. Huachipato footballers Curicó Unido footballers Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Segunda División B players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Spain 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2015 Copa América players Copa América-winning players Association football defenders