Antonio Rojas (Paraguayan footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Agustín Rojas Giménez | ||
| Date of birth | 27 March 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | IK Wormo | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cerro Porteño | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2003 | Cerro Porteño | ||
| 2004–2005[1][2] | Helsingør IF | ||
| 2005 | Hellerup IK | ||
| 2006 | Lunds BK | ||
| 2007–2011 | Ängelholms FF | 91 | (9) |
| 2012–2016 | Halmstads BK | 135 | (12) |
| 2017 | Kristianstad FC | 9 | (0) |
| 2018– | IK Wormo | ? | (?) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2018 | |||
Antonio Rojas (born March 27, 1984) is a Paraguayan footballer, who currently plays for IK Wormo as a midfielder.[3]
Career
[edit]Antonio Rojas started his career in Paraguayan club Club Cerro Porteño before his cousin Tim had Rojas come and play with him in Denmark Series side Helsingør IF. After that he spent a short period in Hellerup IK before moving to Sweden and Division 2 Mellersta Götaland club Lunds BK. His time with the team was again short as he left after the first season for Ängelholms FF in Division 1 Södra where he helped the club get promoted to second tier Superettan the following year. In the summer of 2010 he suffered a knee injury which forced him to have an operation that caused him to miss the rest of the season.[4]
Rojas returned from injury for the 2011 season where he helped the team reach third place which meant a promotion playoff to Allsvenskan against Allsvenskan 14th placed team Syrianska FC. An injury prevented him from participating in the matches. Ängelholm won the first game 2-1, but Syrianska won the return leg with 3-1 and remained in Allsvenskan. At half-time newly relegated Halmstads BK announced that they had signed Antonio Rojas.[1][5]
In 2011, he established himself as a vital playmaker on the midfield and a penalty taker. When Rojas signed for Halmstads BK, he stated he would play in Allsvenskan with Halmstad either 2013 or 2014.[1] In his first season with the club Halmstad missed out on the top two automatic promotion positions and ended up in third place which meant another promotion playoff. Through their 6-4 aggregate victory against GIF Sundsvall they were able to return to Allsvenskan.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Antonio Rojas byter Ängelholm mot HBK" (in Swedish). hallandsposten.se. 30 October 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "Dagen før - sidste nyt" (in Danish). fodboldhistorie.dk. 23 February 2005. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ Officiellt: Antonio Rojas klar för spel i Wormo‚ fotbolltransfers.com, 29 December 2017
- ^ "Nu har Rojas fått ett nytt korsband" (in Swedish). lokaltidningen.se. 18 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "HBK värvar Antonio Rojas" (in Swedish). hbk.se. 30 October 2011. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "Vi är tillbaka!" (in Swedish). hbk.se. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
External links
[edit]- Halmstads BK profile at the Wayback Machine (archived January 3, 2014) (in Swedish)
- Antonio Rojas at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archive)
- Antonio Rojas club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived) (archive)
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Paraguayan men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Paraguayan Primera División players
- Superettan players
- Allsvenskan players
- Cerro Porteño players
- Hellerup IK players
- Ängelholms FF players
- Halmstads BK players
- Kristianstad FC players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden