Ángel Rafael Rojas Martínez (born 20 October 1997) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a
defender. He last played for
Rodelindo Román.
Career
A left-footed defender, Rojas came to the
Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...
youth system at the age of fifteen
and made his debut with the
B-team in the
2013–14 Segunda División Profesional.
As a member of the under-19 team, he won both the national championship (Apertura) and the champions cup in July and December 2017, respectively, alongside players such as
Omar Carabalí
Gabriel Omar Carabalí Quiñonez (born June 12, 1997), known as Omar Carabalí, is an Ecuadorian- Chilean footballer who plays as goalkeeper for O'Higgins in the Chilean Primera División. Born in Ecuador, Carabalí has also represented Chile in ...
,
Iván Morales Iván Morales may refer to:
* Iván Morales (boxer)
* Iván Morales (footballer)
Iván Andrés Morales Bravo (born 29 July 1999) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward who plays for Argentine Primera División side Sarmiento ...
,
Branco Provoste, among others. Promoted to the first team by the coach
José Luis Sierra, he was a member of the squad that won both the
2017 Transición and the
2017 Supercopa de Chile
The 2017 Supercopa de Chile was the fourth edition of this championship organised by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP).
The match was played between the 2016-17 Primera División Best-Champions Universidad Católica, and t ...
.
In 2018, he was loaned to
Malleco Unido
Club de Deportes Malleco Unido is a Chilean football club from Angol, Chile. The club was founded on March 25, 1974 and currently play in the Chilean Segunda División, the third tier of the Chilean football league system.
The club has 1 offic ...
, making twenty two appearances with two goals. After having no chances at his return to Colo-Colo, he switched to
San Antonio Unido
Club Social y Deportivo San Antonio Unido, usually referred to as SAU is a football club located in the port city of San Antonio, Chile, situated in the Valparaíso Region. It was founded on July 21, 1961. Its football team currently plays in Segu ...
in 2019.
In the second half of 2019, he moved abroad and signed with Portuguese club
AD Oliveirense
Associação Desportiva Oliveirense is a Portuguese sports club from Santa Maria de Oliveira, Vila Nova de Famalicão.
The men's football team played several years on the third tier, and was supposed to contest the 2020–21 Campeonato de Por ...
, thanks to Manuel Crespo, a former coach of the Colo-Colo youth ranks.
Back in Chile, he spent three seasons with
Rodelindo Román from 2020
to 2022 until the club was relegated to the amateur football for the 2023 season.
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
People from Cachapoal Province
Footballers from O'Higgins Region
Chilean men's footballers
21st-century Chilean sportsmen
Chilean expatriate men's footballers
Colo-Colo B footballers
Colo-Colo footballers
Malleco Unido footballers
San Antonio Unido footballers
AD Oliveirense players
Rodelindo Román footballers
Segunda División Profesional de Chile players
Chilean Primera División players
Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Men's association football defenders