Adrián Alejandro Rojas Contreras (born May 23, 1977) is a former Chilean professional football player.

Career

He started his career in

Palestino Club Deportivo Palestino is a professional football club based in the city of Santiago, Chile. The club was founded in 1920 and plays in the Primera División de Chile. They play their home games at the Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna stadi ...

, remaining with that club for 5 seasons until 2001. In 2002, he joined Racing Club of the

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, but he had a bad stretch for that club and had to return to Palestino. After that he joined Cartaginés of Costa Rica in 2002. After one successful season in Costa Rica, Rojas moved back his country, now on one of the great teams of Chile,

Universidad de Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

. In his first season Rojas had a successful performance, leading the club in penalties in 2004. After 2 seasons he signed for O'Higgins, managed by Jorge Garcés. In 2008 Rojas was signed by Everton. In his first season the club won the championship of the country's first division against

Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has pla ...

in a global of 3-2. In his third match he scored his first goal with the team against Rangers.

Honours

Club

;Universidad de Chile *

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(1): 2004 Apertura ;Everton *

(1): 2008 Apertura

External links

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Soccerway profile
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Goal.com profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rojas, Adrian 1977 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean footballers Chilean expatriate footballers Chile international footballers Association football defenders Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers C.S. Cartaginés players Universidad de Chile footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Rangers de Talca footballers Deportes La Serena footballers Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Liga FPD players Primera B de Chile players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Costa Rica