Ángel Clemente Rojas (born 28 August 1944 in Sarandí), nicknamed ''Rojitas'', is a former

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who played most of his career for

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

. Rojas started his professional career in 1963 with Boca Juniors at the age of 18, he was hit by a major injury early in his career, a collision with an opposition player caused an

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in 1963 kept him on the sidelines until August 1964. He returned to help Boca to claim the 1964 league championship. Boca followed it up with another championship in 1965, Rojas made a contribution of 12 goals, the most he ever scored for Boca in a league season. In 1965, Rojas was selected to play for the

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, he scored a goal on his debut against

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, but only ever played one more game for La Selección. In 1969, Boca won the

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and the Copa Argentina, Rojas played a part in both successes. In 1970, they won another Nacional, Rojas' 4th and last league title with the club. Rojas left Boca Juniors at the end of 1971, having played 224 games and scored 78 goals in all competitions. In his eight years with the club, they won four league titles and an Argentine cup. Between 1972 and 1973, Rojas played in

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with

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. In 1974, Rojas returned to Argentina to play for Racing Club, but he only scored one goal for the club in 17 appearances. He then had spells with Nueva Chicago and

Club Atlético Lanús Club Atlético Lanús () is an Argentina, Argentine sports club based in Lanús, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1915, the club's main sports are association football, football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Arge ...

before playing out his career at

Argentino de Quilmes Club Atlético Argentino de Quilmes, simply known as Argentino de Quilmes, is an Argentine association football, football club from Quilmes, Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, Primera B, the third division of the ...

in 1978.

Titles

Boca Junior * Primera División (4):

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

, 1969 Nacional, 1970 Nacional *

Copa Argentina The Copa Argentina (English: ''Argentine Cup''), officially known as the "Copa Argentina AXION energy" due to sponsorship reasons, is an official football cup competition organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). The first editions ...

(1): 1969 *

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...

runner-up(1):

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

External links

Informe Xeneize profile

Historia de Boca profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rojas, Angel Clemente 1944 births Living people Footballers from Avellaneda Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Boca Juniors footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Club Atlético Nueva Chicago footballers Club Atlético Lanús footballers Deportivo Municipal footballers Argentine Primera División players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Peru 20th-century Argentine sportsmen