Mauricio Javier Rojas Toro (born 30 March 1978) is a Chilean former professional

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, who could also play as a defender.

Club career

A product of the

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...

youth system, Rojas played for them in the top division; the second division. He also played for the B-team in the 2000 Tercera División alongside fellows such as Mauricio Neveu,

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and

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International career

Rojas was a member of the bronze winning Chile national team at the

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, Australia. He started his professional career at

Valparaíso Valparaíso () is a major city, Communes of Chile, commune, Port, seaport, and naval base facility in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. Valparaíso was originally named after Valparaíso de Arriba, in Castilla–La Mancha, Castile-La Mancha, Spain ...

. He made an appearance for the Chile B national team in the friendly match against

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on 28 December 2001.

Honours

Santiago Wanderers *

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Chile *

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bronze medal:

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Mauricio Rojas
at MemoriaWanderers * 1978 births Living people Footballers from Quilpué Chilean men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Chile men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Chile Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Chile Santiago Wanderers footballers San Luis de Quillota footballers Audax Italiano footballers C.D. Cobresal footballers Unión Española footballers Unión Temuco footballers Chilean Primera División players Tercera División de Chile players Primera B de Chile players Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Chilean football managers {{Chile-footy-midfielder-stub