External links
- Francisco Rojas Rojas at National-Football-Teams.com
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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) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993 | Deportes La Serena | 23 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Colo-Colo | 41 | (1) |
| 1996 | CD Tenerife | 6 | (0) |
| 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 | (21) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1995–2005 | Chile | 32 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 6 July 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 July 2008 | |||
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 was capped 31 times for the Chilean national team between 1995 and 2005, including three games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
His common nickname is "Murci", shortage of "Murciélago" ("Bat").
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