Manuel Rojas (soccer player)

Manuel Rojas
Personnel
Surname	Manuel Antonio Rojas Zúñiga
birthday	June 13, 1954
place of birth	Santiago de Chile ,  Chile
size	172 cm
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1973-1975	CD Palestino	76 (15)
1975-1976	Club America	20 0(2)
1977-1980	CD Palestino	130 (35)
1981-1982	CD Universidad Católica	44 0(7)
1983	Tampa Bay rowdies	29 0(8)
1984	Golden Bay Earthquakes	10 0(3)
1984	Chicago Sting	11 0(1)
1988-1991	Chicago Power	65 (24)
Indoor
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1983-1984	Tampa Bay rowdies	25 (13)
1984-1988	Chicago Sting	163 (70)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1977-1983	Chile	29 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.

Manuel Antonio Rojas Zúñiga (born June 13, 1954 in Santiago de Chile ) is a former Chilean football player who mainly played in midfield .

career

societies

Rojas began his professional career at CD Palestino and two years later moved to the Mexican league , where he was part of the championship team of Club América in the 1975/76 season .

After only one season Rojas returned to CD Palestino, with which he also won the Chilean football championship in 1978 .

After another stint at the CD Universidad Católica , Rojas moved to the United States in 1983 , where he worked for various clubs (both indoor and outdoor) until the end of his career in 1991.

National team

Between 1977 and 1983 Rojas completed a total of 29 missions for the Chilean national team , in which he scored two goals. The highlight of his national team career was taking part in the 1982 World Cup in Spain , where he was substituted on in the first group match against Austria (0-1).

successes

• Mexican champion : 1976
• Chilean champion : 1978

Web links

• Manuel Rojas in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)