Francisco Rojas (footballer, born 1974)

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Francisco Rojas
Personal information
Full name Francisco Ulises Rojas Rojas
Date of birth (1974-07-22) 22 July 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth La Serena, Chile
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Academia Santa Inés
Deportes La Serena
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total366(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 Chilean former football player. He played most of his career as a left-back, despite being right-footed.

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International career

Rojas represented Chile at under-20 level in 1993 alongside players such as Claudio Lizama, Claudio Villan and Marcelo Salas. [1]

At senior level, Rojas was capped 31 times for the Chile national team between 1995 and 2005, including three games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

His common nickname is "Murci", shortage of "Murciélago" ("Bat").

In 2012, Rojas took part in the Chilean reality show Mundos Opuestos. [2]

In 2021, Rojas was a candidate to councillor for La Pintana commune. [3]

Honours

Colo-Colo

References

  1. Selección Chilena Sub 20 1993 Claudio Andrés Villan Cerpa on Facebook (in Spanish)
  2. "El radical cambio físico de Francisco 'Murci' Rojas a 11 años de su participación en Mundos Opuestos". T13 (in Spanish). 20 July 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  3. "Seleccionados en política". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2025.