| Rodrigo Rojas | |
| Fullname: | Juan Rodrigo Rojas Avelar |
| Birth Date: | 1988 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay |
| Height: | 1.79 m |
| Clubnumber: | 18 |
| Years1: | 2006–2010 |
| Years2: | 2010 |
| Years3: | 2011 |
| Years4: | 2011 |
| Years5: | 2012–2013 |
| Years6: | 2013–2014 |
| Years7: | 2014 |
| Years8: | 2015–2018 |
| Years9: | 2019–2021 |
| Years10: | 2021–2022 |
| Years11: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | → River Plate (loan) |
| Caps1: | 57 |
| Caps2: | 19 |
| Caps3: | 13 |
| Caps4: | 5 |
| Caps5: | 50 |
| Caps6: | 33 |
| Caps7: | 10 |
| Caps8: | 120 |
| Caps9: | 72 |
| Caps10: | 38 |
| Caps11: | 46 |
| Goals1: | 12 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 11 |
| Goals6: | 4 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Goals8: | 13 |
| Goals9: | 4 |
| Goals10: | 4 |
| Goals11: | 5 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2009– |
| Nationalcaps1: | 27 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 19 April 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 10 September 2020 |
Juan Rodrigo Rojas Avelar (born 9 April 1988 in Fernando de la Mora) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sportivo Luqueño.[1]
On 19 July 2015, Paraguayan newspaper ExtraPRESS named Rojas one of the most expensive player in Paraguay.[2]
Rojas started his career in the youth divisions of Olimpia and made his way to the first team in 2007. He became a regular starter for the team in 2009 scoring many goals and having great performances as a midfielder. Due to his good performances for Olimpia he was called up to the national team by Gerardo Martino. On 11 January 2010, River Plate signed the Paraguayan attacking midfielder on loan from Olimpia. He is a great midfielder with a strong personality and so he was recommended by Martino and Gregorio Perez.
He made his River debut against the all time rival, Boca Juniors. While it was only a friendly pre-season match, Boca played with their usual starters. River, however, gave playing time to mostly youth talent along with veteran captain Matias Almeyda. Rojas' first half strike from just outside the box opened up what would be a 3–1 win over its archrivals.
After a brief loan spell with Belgian club Beerschot, Rojas signed for mid-level Chilean team O'Higgins, slowly becoming an integral part of the team, being used both as a starter and off the bench in a variety of positions to contribute to the team's play-making and score several key goals. As of 23 April 2012, Rojas had 4 goals in 10 matches played (5 of them as a substitute).