Ricardo Ismael Rojas

Football player infobox
playername = Ricardo Rojas


fullname = Ricardo Ismael Rojas Mendoza
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|1|26
cityofbirth = Posadas
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = Cerro Corá
years = 1991-1992
1993-1995
1995-1999
1999-2001
2001-2006
2006
clubs = Cerro Corá
Libertad
Estudiantes
SL Benfica
River Plate
Belgrano
caps(goals) = ? (?)
67 (1)
123 (0)
32 (0)
68 (2)
10 (0)
nationalyears = 1996-1998
nationalteam = Paraguay
nationalcaps(goals) = ? (?)
pcupdate = July 14 2007

Ricardo Ismael Rojas Mendoza (born January 26, 1971 Posadas) is an Argentinian born former football defender who played for the Paraguay national football team.

Rojas played for Club Libertad in Paraguay, SL Benfica in Portugal and with Argentinian clubs Estudiantes, River Plate and Belgrano. He is best known in Argentina for scoring his only First Division goal in a 3-0 victory of River over their main rivals Boca Juniors. After scoring that goal he was nicknamed "vaseline". [ [http://videos.riverplate.com/v163/vaselina-de-rojas.htm?PHPSESS=e20a9675052d89ef6c3d167209083658 Vaselina de Rojas] ]

Rojas was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup with the national team. [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/teams/team=43928.html 1998 FIFA World Cup France - Paraguay] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugador2.asp?codigo=465 Profile at BDFA]