José Manuel Rojas Bahamondes (born 23 June 1983), known as José Rojas, is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a defender. Primarily a central defender, he could also be deployed as a

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Club career

Rojas has played the whole of his career for Universidad de Chile except a brief stint with

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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 Miguel Pinto 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.

Personal life

Rojas is the uncle of Alonso Rodríguez Rojas, a footballer from the Universidad de Chile youth ranks.

Career statistics

Honours

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

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* Copa Chile (2): 2012–13,

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

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* * * at Futbol XXI * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rojas, Jose 1983 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Metropolitan Region Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Club Atlético Independiente footballers Club Atlético Belgrano footballers Lorca FC players San Luis de Quillota footballers Huachipato FC 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 men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Copa Sudamericana–winning players 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2015 Copa América players Copa América–winning players Men's association football defenders