Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jorge Luis Rojas Mendoza [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 7 January 1993||
Place of birth | Concepción, Paraguay | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Independiente FBC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Cerro Porteño | 63 | (0) |
2013–2017 | Benfica B | 17 | (2) |
2014 | → Belenenses (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Gimnasia LP (loan) | 45 | (5) |
2016 | → Cerro Porteño (loan) | 21 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Cerro Porteño | 75 | (10) |
2019–2020 | Querétaro | 3 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Tijuana (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2020 | Olimpia | 16 | (1) |
2021 | Sol de América | 12 | (0) |
2022 | Sportivo Ameliano | 7 | (0) |
2023– | Independiente FBC | 24 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2012– | Paraguay | 16 | (1) |
2013 | Paraguay U20s | 12 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:04, 22 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:08, 22 September 2019 (UTC) |
Jorge Luis Rojas Mendoza (born 7 January 1993) is a Paraguayan international footballer who plays professionally for Paraguayan club Independiente FBC as a winger. [2] [3] He also plays for the Paraguay national team, having made his debut in 2012.
Born in Concepción, [4] Rojas began his career with Cerro Porteño.
In April 2013, he signed a 5-year contract with Portuguese club Benfica, joining at the start of the 2013–14 season. [5] After playing for Benfica B in the Segunda Liga, he was loaned to Belenenses in January 2014 for the rest of the season. [6] On 8 July 2014, Rojas was loaned to Argentine club Gimnasia LP until December 2015. [7] He made 51 appearances and scored 5 goals for Gimnasia between July 2014 and December 2015. Upon his arrival back to Benfica he was again sent out on loan, as he joined former club Cerro Porteño. [8]
In January 2019 Rojas signed for Mexican club Querétaro. [9] On 24 June 2019, Tijuana announced his signing on a 18 months loan. [10]
On 3 January 2020, Rojas returned to Paraguay, joining Club Olimpia. [11] On 9 June 2021, he joined Sol de América. [12]
On 22 July 2022, Rojas returned to Paraguay joining Sportivo Ameliano, after a failed stint at Metalist Kharkiv due to the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War. [13]
Rojas has made 16 appearances and scored once for Paraguay. [2] He played in 12 games and scored 3 goals for Paraguay U20s, with them coming at the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship and 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [14]
Club | Season | League | National Cup [lower-alpha 1] | Continental [lower-alpha 2] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Cerro Porteño | 2011 | Paraguayan Primera División | 19 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
2012 | 32 | 0 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
2013 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
Total | 55 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 62 | 0 | |||
Benfica B | 2013–14 | Segunda Liga | 17 | 2 | — | — | 17 | 2 | ||
Belenenses (loan) | 2013–14 | Primeira Liga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
Gimnasia LP (loan) | 2014 | Argentine Primera División | 16 | 2 | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 19 | 2 |
2015 | 29 | 3 | 3 [lower-alpha 7] | 0 | — | 32 | 3 | |||
Total | 45 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 5 | ||
Cerro Porteño (loan) | 2016 | Paraguayan Primera División | 12 | 1 | — | 8 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
Cerro Porteño | 2016 | 9 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
2017 | 43 | 6 | — | 6 | 1 | 49 | 7 | |||
2018 | 32 | 4 | — | 8 | 0 | 40 | 4 | |||
Total | 96 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 121 | 12 | ||
Querétaro | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Tijuana (loan) | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
Olimpia | 2020 | Paraguayan Primera División | 16 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
Sol de América | 2021 | Paraguayan Primera División | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
Sportivo Ameliano | 2022 | Paraguayan Primera División | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
Independiente FBC | 2023 | Paraguayan División Intermedia | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | |
Career total | 277 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 322 | 23 |
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