Diego Rojas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Nicolás Rojas Orellana | ||
| Date of birth | 15 February 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Antofagasta, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Deportes Antofagasta | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2009 | Deportes Antofagasta | ||
| 2009–2013 | Universidad Católica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2019 | Universidad Católica | 69 | (7) |
| 2016–2017 | → Everton (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Palestino (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Unión La Calera (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Unión La Calera | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Deportes Valdivia (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | San Luis | 27 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | SJK | 47 | (6) |
| 2024–2025 | Curicó Unido | 52 | (6) |
| 2025– | Deportes Antofagasta | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Chile U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Chile U20 | 6 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 January 2015 | |||
Diego Nicolás Rojas Orellana (born 15 February 1995) is a Chilean footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Deportes Antofagasta.
Club career
Rojas debuts at UC in the national tournament play from the 55 minute to Cobresal.
On 1 February 2022, Rojas signed with SJK in Finland.[1][2]
He returned to his homeland for the 2024 season and signed with Curicó Unido in the Primera B.[3]
In January 2026, Rojas signed with Deportes Antofagasta.[4]
International career
Rojas represented Chile U20 at the 2014 Aspire Four Nations International Tournament in Qatar.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 27 November 2024.[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Universidad Católica | 2012 | Chilean Primera División | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | Chilean Primera División | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2014 | Chilean Primera División | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 3 | ||
| 2015 | Chilean Primera División | 25 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3[b] | 0 | – | 35 | 6 | ||
| 2016 | Chilean Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | Chilean Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | Chilean Primera División | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 0 | ||
| Total | 69 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 89 | 10 | ||
| Everton (loan) | 2016 | Chilean Primera División | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 2 | |
| Palestino (loan) | 2017 | Chilean Primera División | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| Unión La Calera (loan) | 2019 | Chilean Primera División | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 | ||
| Unión La Calera | 2020 | Chilean Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Deportes Valdivia (loan) | 2020 | Primera B de Chile | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 1 | ||
| San Luis | 2021 | Primera B de Chile | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 1 | ||
| SJK | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3[c] | 1 | 3[d] | 1 | 30 | 5 |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 5[d] | 0 | 30 | 3 | ||
| Total | 47 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 60 | 8 | ||
| Curicó Unido | 2024 | Primera B de Chile | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 212 | 20 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 256 | 27 | ||
- ↑ Includes Copa Chile and Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Includes UEFA Europa Conference League
- 1 2 Includes Finnish League Cup
Honors
Universidad Católica
References
- ↑ "Diego Rojas SJK:n kymppipaitaan" (Press release) (in Finnish). SJK. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ↑ Kilpiö, Tommi (13 December 2023). "Kiitos Diego Rojas!". SJK (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ↑ Fuentealba, Matías (28 December 2023). "Diego Rojas y compañía: el importante anunció que dio Curicó Unido para la operación retorno". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ↑ Vera, Pablo (9 January 2026). ""Llegó la magia": Antofagasta sorprende con su nuevo '10′". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ↑ "La Sub 20 ya tiene nómina para el torneo de Qatar". SoyChile (in Spanish). 28 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ↑ Diego Rojas at Soccerway
External links
- Diego Rojas at Cruzados.cl (in Spanish)
Categories:
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Antofagasta
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chile men's youth international footballers
- Chile men's under-20 international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
- Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
- Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
- Unión La Calera footballers
- Deportes Valdivia footballers
- San Luis de Quillota footballers
- Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players
- Curicó Unido footballers
- C.D. Antofagasta footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Finland