Gabriel Rojas (footballer, born 1999)

Gabriel Rojas
Rojas with Santiago Wanderers in 2016
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Ignacio Rojas Muñoz
Date of birth (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999
Place of birth Puchuncaví, Chile
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Cobreloa
Youth career
2012–2016 Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2022 Santiago Wanderers 43 (1)
2019San Marcos (loan) 7 (0)
2022 Colchagua (–)
2023 Unión San Felipe 4 (1)
2023–2024 Provincial Osorno 29 (2)
2025– Cobreloa 0 (0)
International career
Chile U16
2017–2018 Chile U20 5 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Chile
South American Games
2018 Cochabamba
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2024

Gabriel Ignacio Rojas Muñoz (born 9 March 1999) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cobreloa.[2]

Club career

Rojas signed for Santiago Wanderers in 2012.[3] After five years in the youth ranks, he made his senior debut during September 2017 in a Copa Chile win versus Iberia.[2][4] A month later, Rojas appeared in league football for the first time when he was selected for the second half of a fixture with Colo-Colo on 15 October.[2] In July 2019, Rojas agreed a loan deal with Segunda División team San Marcos.[2] Seven appearances followed as they won promotion as champions.[2]

On second half 2022, he left Santiago Wanderers and joined Colchagua in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.[5]

Rojas joined Cobreloa for the 2025 season.[6]

International career

Internationally, Rojas played for Chile U16s and was also selected for U20 training in July 2017.[7][8]

At under-20 level, Rojas represented Chile in the 2018 South American Games, winning the gold medal.[9]

Career statistics

As of 30 August 2020.[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Santiago Wanderers 2016–17 Primera División 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2018 Primera B de Chile 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2019 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2020 Primera División 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
San Marcos (loan) 2019 Segunda División 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Career total 17 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 21 0

Honours

Santiago Wanderers[2]
San Marcos[2]
Chile U20

References

  1. ^ "Delanteros". Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Gabriel Rojas profile". Soccerway. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Gabriel Rojas y William Gama firman contrato profesional y ya se encuentran a disposición de Nico Córdova, exito muchachos". Santiago Wanderers. 11 September 2017. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Gabriel Rojas profile". BDFA. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  5. ^ @ColchaguaCD (20 June 2022). "¡BIENVENIDO GABRIEL ROJAS!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Vera, Pablo (17 December 2024). "El refuerzo sorpresa de Cobreloa: "Ambidiestro, polifuncional, extremo, volante..."". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Experiencia mundialista al servicio de La Roja sub 16". ANFP. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Los jugadores que trabajan con Robles en la Sub 20". CDF. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  9. ^ Bravo, Nicolás (28 September 2022). "El presente de los jugadores de La Roja que lograron la medalla de oro en los Juegos Suramericanos 2018". www.encancha.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2022.