Eladio Rojas Explained

Eladio Rojas
Fullname:Eladio Alberto Rojas Díaz
Birth Date:8 November 1934
Birth Place:Tierra Amarilla, Chile
Death Place:Puchuncaví, Chile
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1954–1962
Clubs1:Everton
Years2:1962–1965
Clubs2:River Plate
Years3:1965–1967
Clubs3:Colo-Colo
Years4:1967–1968
Clubs4:Everton
Nationalyears1:1959–1966
Nationalteam1:Chile
Nationalcaps1:23
Nationalgoals1:3
Clubnumber:6

Eladio Alberto Rojas Díaz (8 November 1934, in Tierra Amarilla, Chile – 13 January 1991, in Viña del Mar, Chile) was a former Chilean footballer who played as a midfielder for Everton and Colo-Colo of Chile, River Plate of Argentina, and the Chile national football team in the 1962 FIFA World Cup on home soil. Rojas scored the match winning goal for Chile in the 90th minute against Yugoslavia in the 1962 World Cup; his goal secured a third place finish for the World Cup hosts, which is Chile's best finish in the tournament to date.[1] Rojas was also a starter on the River Plate teams of the 1960s that fiercely contested the Argentine Primera División title. While Rojas never won the title, River Plate did manage to place second in 1962 and 1963 as well as third in 1964.

Teams

Personal life

His cousin, Leonel Herrera Rojas, is a historical player of Colo-Colo and the Chile national team and, also, the father of Leonel Herrera Silva, who scored in the 1991 Copa Libertadores final match for the same team.[2]

Honours

Club

River Plate

International

Chile[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eladio Rojas: El autor del gol que valió un tercer lugar para Chile. Vicente Quijada. LaRoja.cl. 8 November 2021. 8 April 2022.
  2. Web site: Fernández . Denís . Navarrete . Luis . De Leonel a Leonel . . 18 July 2022 . es . 25 August 2018.
  3. Web site: Eladio Rojas . Partidos de la Roja . 18 July 2022 . es.