José Rojas

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 left-back.

Club career Rojas has played the whole of his career for Universidad de Chile 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 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 Cuba 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 GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1 12 August 2009 Estadio Rubén Marcos Peralta, Osorno, Chile 2-0 3-0 Friendly

Honours Universidad de Chile Primera División de Chile (6): 2004–A, 2009–A, 2011–A, 2011–C, 2012–A, 2014–A 1 Copa Sudamericana: 2011 Copa Chile (2): 2012–13, 2015 Supercopa de Chile: 2015

(1): “A” and “C” refer the Apertura and Clausura tournaments that divide the Chilean football champions.

Chile Copa América: 2015