Sixto Javier Rojas Pérez (28 June 1982, in Capiatá, Paraguay – 10 January 2007, in Asunción, Paraguay) was a Paraguayan footballer who played for clubs in Paraguay and Chile.

Sixto Rojas
Personal information
Full name Sixto Javier Rojas Pérez
Date of birth (1982-06-28)June 28, 1982
Place of birth Capiatá, Paraguay
Date of death 10 January 2007(2007-01-10) (aged 24)
Place of death Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Olimpia 12 (0)
2005 Deportes La Serena 16 (1)
2006 12 de Octubre 31 (4)
2007 Sportivo Trinidense 0 (0)
Total 59 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Rojas played as an attacking midfielder for the reserve side of Club Olimpia, and made appearances for the Paraguay national under-23 football team, before joining Olimpia's first team. He made his Paraguayan Primera División debut for Olimpia against Club Sol de América on 10 April 2004.[1] He made 26 appearances for Olimpia from April 2004 to May 2005.[2]

Rojas left Olimpia in 2005, moving to Chile to play for Deportes La Serena.[3][4] One year later he returned to Paraguay where he joined Club 12 de Octubre. He scored four goals in 31 games with 12 de Octubre during 2006.[1]

Rojas had recently signed for newly promoted Primera División club Sportivo Trinidense when he died during preseason training in 2007.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Muere futbolista Sixto Rojas" [Footballer Sixto Rojas dies] (in Spanish). ABC Digital. 10 January 2007.
  2. ^ "La muerte súbita de Rojas enluta al fútbol" [Football mourns the sudden death of Rojas] (in Spanish). ABC Digital. 11 January 2007.
  3. ^ "Paraguayo Sixto Rojas es el nuevo refuerzo de La Serena". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 28 July 2005. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  4. ^ "La Serena 2005 - Campeonato de Clausura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2024.
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