José Antonio Rojas Barrera (born 13 January 1987) is a
Chilean former
footballer
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who played as a
centre-back
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Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...
.
Career
Rojas began playing football for
Unión La Calera
Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera, Chile. The club competes in the Primera División de Chile.
It was founded as Club de Deportes La Calera on 26 January 1954, after the merger of three teams from the city: ''Condor' ...
in 2003. The defender joined
Chilean Primera División
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side
Everton de Viña del Mar
Everton de Viña del Mar is a Football in Chile, Chilean football club based in the city of Viña del Mar.
The club was founded 24 June 1909 after a group of British Chilean, Anglo-Chilean teenagers formed a football club and named it after th ...
at age 23.
In 2022, he signed with Deportivo La Higuera.
At international level, Rojas was part of a Chile under-25 squad in a
training session led by
Claudio Borghi in May 2011, alongside his teammate in
Deportes Puerto Montt
Club Deportes Puerto Montt is a Chilean football club based in the city of Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region. The club was founded on May 6, 1983, and currently plays in the Primera B de Chile, the second division of the country.
Their home games ar ...
,
Ignacio González.
References
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1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Quillota
Chilean men's footballers
21st-century Chilean sportsmen
Unión La Calera footballers
Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
C.D. Antofagasta footballers
Deportes Puerto Montt footballers
Ñublense footballers
Deportes La Serena footballers
Deportes Santa Cruz footballers
Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Primera B de Chile players
Segunda División Profesional de Chile players
Men's association football defenders
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