Matías Rojas (footballer, born 1995)

Footballer

Birthday November 3, 1995

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Asunción, Paraguay

Age 28 years old

Nationality Paraguay

Height 1.86m

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1922

He made his debut on 22 March in the game against Peru, as a 66th-minute substitute for Cecilio Domínguez.

1995

Matías Nicolás Rojas Romero (born 3 November 1995) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Corinthians and the Paraguay national football team.

Rojas' first club in his career was Cerro Porteño.

2014

He made his debut for the Paraguayan Primera División club in March 2014 during a defeat to Nacional.

2015

A year later, Rojas netted his first senior goal on 13 March 2015 as Cerro Porteño beat Deportivo Capiatá 3–2 at the Estadio Defensores del Chaco.

One further goal, against Sportivo Luqueño, followed as Rojas featured thirty-four times across 2015 and 2016.

2017

On 10 January 2017, Rojas was loaned to Lanús of the Argentine Primera División.

He remained for seventeen months, making eighteen appearances and scoring once; in the Copa Argentina.

2018

Rojas arrived back to Cerro Porteño on 30 June 2018, but returned to Argentina on loan weeks later after agreeing to join fellow Argentine Primera División side Defensa y Justicia.

He scored on his first start, netting an equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Belgrano.

2019

Rojas departed Cerro Porteño permanently in June 2019, staying in Argentina after signing terms with Racing Club of the Primera División.

On 2 March 2019, Rojas received a call-up to the Paraguay national team from Eduardo Berizzo ahead of that month's friendlies with Peru and Mexico.

Berizzo subsequently selected Rojas in his preliminary squad for the 2019 Copa América on 13 May, before making the official tournament squad on 29 May.

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Cerro Porteño

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