Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Ulises Rojas Rojas | ||
Date of birth | 22 July 1974 | ||
Place of birth | La Serena, Chile | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Academia Santa Inés | |||
Deportes La Serena | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993 | Deportes La Serena | 23 | (0) |
1994–1995 | Colo-Colo | 41 | (1) |
1996 | Tenerife | 7 | (1) |
1996–2000 | Colo-Colo | 113 | (7) |
2001–2005 | Sturm Graz | 103 | (13) |
2006 | Unión Española | 21 | (0) |
2007–2011 | Deportes La Serena | 59 | (0) |
Total | 366 | (22) | |
International career | |||
1993 | Chile U20 | ||
1995–2005 | Chile | 31 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francisco Ulises Rojas Rojas (born 22 July 1974) is a retired Chilean football player. He played most of his career as a left-back, despite being right-footed.
Rojas represented Chile at under-20 level in 1993 alongside players such as Claudio Lizama, Claudio Villan and Marcelo Salas. [1]
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