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Ricardo Rojas
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Francisco Rojas Trujillo
Date of birth	7 May 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Vallenar, Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	América Fuerzas Básicas (coach)
Youth career
	Academia Santa Inés
1990–1991	Deportes La Serena
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1993	Deportes La Serena
1994–1996	Unión Española
1997–2000	Universidad de Chile
2001–2007	América
2004	→ Universidad Católica (loan)
2008	Colo-Colo
2009	Necaxa
2009	→ América (loan)
2010	Deportes La Serena
2011	Veracruz
International career
1994–2006	Chile
1998	Chile B
Managerial career
2017–2019	Unión Compañías
2020–2022	Provincial Ovalle
2023–	América Fuerzas Básicas
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ricardo Francisco Rojas Trujillo (born 7 May 1974) is a Chilean football manager and former player. A centre-back, he played for clubs like Universidad de Chile, América and Colo-Colo.

Club career

As a youth player, he was with Academia Santa Inés, a traditional Football Academy based in La Serena.^[1] Rojas began his professional career in his native country, playing for Club de Deportes La Serena from 1990 to 1993. After his stint at La Serena, he signed with Unión Española. The following year Rojas made his debut in the Chile national team, appearing in a game against Argentina. After his time at Unión, Rojas was transferred to Universidad de Chile during the 1997 season.

Ricardo's continued success at both club and national team levels brought attention to him from foreign teams. At the end of the 2000 season he was signed by the Mexican club Club América. Excluding a six-month loan in 2004 to Universidad Católica de Chile, Rojas has been a staple of the Club América defense for seven years. During his stay in Mexico, Rojas won two championships with his club, in the Verano 2002 season and most recently after the Clausura 2005 tournament. Rojas played more than 200 games with Club América during his time there.

In 2009, he played at Necaxa and then he returned to Club América.

International career

Fuentes made 46 appearances for Chile from 1994 to 2006.^[2] In addition, he played for Chile B against England B on 10 February 1998. Chile won by 2–1.^[3]

Managerial career

Rojas began his managerial career as the coach of Unión Compañías in the Tercera B (Chile)^[4] until the end of 2019. At the end of 2020, he became the manager of Provincial Ovalle in the Tercera A (Chile).^[5]

In 2023, he moved to Mexico and joined América Fuerzas Básicas, first with the under-13 team.^[6]