Mauricio Javier Rojas Toro (born 30 March 1978) is a Chilean former football

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, who also can played as a defender.

International career

He was a member of the bronze winning

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at the

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in Sydney, Australia. He started his professional career at

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. Rojas made an appearance for the Chile B national team in the friendly match against

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in 28 December 2001.

Honours

Club

;Santiago Wanderers *

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(1): 2001

International

;Chile *

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Bronze Medal (1): 2000 Sydney

References

External links

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at PlaymakerStats * 1978 births Living people People from Quilpué Chilean footballers Chile international footballers Olympic footballers of Chile Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Chile Santiago Wanderers footballers San Luis de Quillota footballers Audax Italiano footballers Cobresal footballers Unión Española footballers Unión Temuco footballers Chilean Primera División players Tercera División de Chile players Primera B de Chile players Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Association football midfielders Chilean football managers {{Chile-footy-midfielder-stub