José Manuel Rojas Bahamondes (born June 23, 1983 in Talagante

Talagante Province

Talagante Province is one of six provinces of the Santiago Metropolitan Region in central Chile. The capital is the city of Talagante, located approximately southwest of the national capital of Santiago...

, Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

) is a Chilean football defender, who currently plays for Universidad de Chile. He is the current team's captain.

Club career

Rojas has played the whole of his career for Universidad de Chile except a brief stint with Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 side Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....

 in 2006. He has won three league championships with Universidad de Chile, in Apertura 2004, Apertura 2009 and Apertura 2011. For the 2011 season he was selected by his teammates as captain, after Miguel Pinto

Miguel Pinto

Miguel Ángel Pinto Jerez is a Chilean football goalkeeper who plays for Mexican club Atlas.-Universidad de Chile:...

 left the club.

International career

He made his debut with Chilean national team

Chile national football team

The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in...

 on May 9, 2007, in a friendly against Cuba

Cuba national football team

The Cuba national football team is the national team of Cuba and is controlled by the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba. They are affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF....

 scoring a goal in the game.

External links

• ESPN statistics Primera División Argentina statistics at Futbol XXI BDFA profile