Personal information | |||
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Full name | Matías Nicolás Rojas Romero | ||
Date of birth | 3 November 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay [1] | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder [3] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Miami | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
Cerro Porteño | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2014–2019 | Cerro Porteño | 31 | (2) |
2017–2018 | → Lanús (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 22 | (10) |
2019–2023 | Racing Club | 61 | (6) |
2023–2024 | Corinthians | 24 | (0) |
2024– | Inter Miami | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Paraguay | 11 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 april 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 January 2022 |
Matías Nicolás Rojas Romero (born 3 November 1995) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF and the Paraguay national football team. [2].
Rojas' first club in his career was Cerro Porteño. [2] [4] He made his debut for the Paraguayan Primera División club in March 2014 during a defeat to Nacional. [2] 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. [2] One further goal, against Sportivo Luqueño, followed as Rojas featured thirty-four times across 2015 and 2016. [2] On 10 January 2017, Rojas was loaned to Lanús of the Argentine Primera División. [2] [5] [6] He remained for seventeen months, making eighteen appearances and scoring once; in the Copa Argentina. [2]
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. [2] [7] [8] He scored on his first start, netting an equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Belgrano. [2] Rojas departed Cerro Porteño permanently in June 2019, staying in Argentina after signing terms with Racing Club of the Primera División. [1]
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. [9] [10] He made his debut on 22 March in the game against Peru, as a 66th-minute substitute for Cecilio Domínguez. [11] 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. [12] [13]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Cerro Porteño | 2014 | Paraguayan Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2015 | 19 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||||
2016 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 4 [a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
2017 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |||
Lanús (loan) | 2016–17 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
2017–18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
Total | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 22 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10 |
Career total | 62 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 13 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Paraguay | 2019 | 7 | 0 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 11 | 0 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 27 March 2023 | Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile | Chile | 1–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
Cerro Porteño [2]
Racing Club
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Matías Nicolás Rojas Romero | ||
Date of birth | 3 November 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay [1] | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder [3] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Miami | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
Cerro Porteño | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2014–2019 | Cerro Porteño | 31 | (2) |
2017–2018 | → Lanús (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 22 | (10) |
2019–2023 | Racing Club | 61 | (6) |
2023–2024 | Corinthians | 24 | (0) |
2024– | Inter Miami | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Paraguay | 11 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 april 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 January 2022 |
Matías Nicolás Rojas Romero (born 3 November 1995) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF and the Paraguay national football team. [2].
Rojas' first club in his career was Cerro Porteño. [2] [4] He made his debut for the Paraguayan Primera División club in March 2014 during a defeat to Nacional. [2] 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. [2] One further goal, against Sportivo Luqueño, followed as Rojas featured thirty-four times across 2015 and 2016. [2] On 10 January 2017, Rojas was loaned to Lanús of the Argentine Primera División. [2] [5] [6] He remained for seventeen months, making eighteen appearances and scoring once; in the Copa Argentina. [2]
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. [2] [7] [8] He scored on his first start, netting an equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Belgrano. [2] Rojas departed Cerro Porteño permanently in June 2019, staying in Argentina after signing terms with Racing Club of the Primera División. [1]
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. [9] [10] He made his debut on 22 March in the game against Peru, as a 66th-minute substitute for Cecilio Domínguez. [11] 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. [12] [13]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Cerro Porteño | 2014 | Paraguayan Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2015 | 19 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||||
2016 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 4 [a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
2017 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |||
Lanús (loan) | 2016–17 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
2017–18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
Total | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 22 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10 |
Career total | 62 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 13 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Paraguay | 2019 | 7 | 0 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 11 | 0 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 27 March 2023 | Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile | Chile | 1–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
Cerro Porteño [2]
Racing Club