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.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sixto Javier Rojas Pérez | ||
Date of birth | June 28, 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Capiatá, Paraguay | ||
Date of death | 10 January 2007 | (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
editRojas 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]
Teams
edit- Olimpia 2004–2005
- Deportes La Serena 2005
- 12 de Octubre 2006
- Sportivo Trinidense 2007
References
edit- ^ a b c "Muere futbolista Sixto Rojas" [Footballer Sixto Rojas dies] (in Spanish). ABC Digital. 10 January 2007.
- ^ "La muerte súbita de Rojas enluta al fútbol" [Football mourns the sudden death of Rojas] (in Spanish). ABC Digital. 11 January 2007.
- ^ "Paraguayo Sixto Rojas es el nuevo refuerzo de La Serena". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 28 July 2005. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "La Serena 2005 - Campeonato de Clausura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2024.
External links
edit- Sixto Rojas at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Article about Rojas' death