Luis Rojas (footballer, born 2002)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is Zamora.
Luis Rojas
Personal information
Full name Luis José Esteban Rojas Zamora
Date of birth (2002-03-06) 6 March 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth San Bernardo, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Trenčín
Youth career
2010-2014 Colo-Colo
2014-2018 Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Universidad de Chile 3 (0)
2020– Crotone 24 (0)
2022 → Bologna (loan) 0 (0)
2023 → Pro Vercelli (loan) 13 (1)
2024 → Pro Vercelli (loan) 16 (2)
2025– → Trenčín (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Chile U17 11 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2021

Luis José Esteban Rojas Zamora (born 6 March 2002), known simply as Luis Rojas, is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovak club Trenčín on loan from Italian side Crotone.

Club career

In September 2020, Rojas joined Crotone in Italy.[1]

On 31 January 2022, Rojas was loaned to Bologna in Serie A until the end of the 2021–22 season.[2]

On 31 January 2023, Rojas was loaned to Pro Vercelli in Serie C.[3] Exactly one year later, Rojas returned to Pro Vercelli on a new loan.[4]

In 2025, Rojas moved to Slovakia and joined AS Trenčín.[5][6] The contract is a loan until the end of 2025, with an option to buy.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 March 2020.[8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Universidad de Chile 2019 Chilean Primera División 0 0 2[a] 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2020 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Career total 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Notes
  1. ^ Appearances in the Copa Chile

Personal life

He is the son of the Chilean former international footballer Luis Rojas Álvarez and brother of Silvio Rojas, a former footballer who represented Chile U17 at the 1993 FIFA World Championship.[9]

References

  1. ^ "La giovane stella Rojas è rossoblù. Benvenuto Luis" [The young star Rojas is "rossoblù". Welcome Luis] (in Italian). Crotone. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Rojas joins Bologna!" (Press release). Bologna. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. ^ Vega, Diego (31 January 2023). "Luis Rojas tiene nuevo club" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Comi è rossoblù. Rojas alla Pro Vercelli" [Comi is red and blue. Rojas at Pro Vercelli] (in Italian). Crotone. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Prvý tím odštartoval zimnú prípravu". www.astrencin.sk (in Slovak). 7 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  6. ^ Ortiz, Matías (8 January 2025). "Se fue de la U a Italia por una cifra millonaria y ahora cambia de país en Europa: fichaje oficial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  7. ^ "A-tím | Rojas novou tvárou prvého mužstva" [A-team | Rojas the new face of the first team] (in Slovak). AS Trenčín. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  8. ^ Luis Rojas at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Las tres figuras de la Sub 17 con familiares que fueron futbolistas". AS Chile (in Spanish). Diario AS. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2021.


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