Roger Rojas

Roger Rojas
Personal information
Full name	Roger Fabricio Rojas Lazo
Date of birth	(1990-06-09) 9 June 1990
Place of birth	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Necaxa (on loan from Olimpia)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–	Olimpia	119	(70)
2014–2015	Al-Ettifaq (loan)	5	(3)
2015–	Necaxa (loan)	0	(0)
National team^‡
2007	Honduras U17		(9)
2008–2009	Honduras U20		(13)
2010–	Honduras	24	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:48, 27 August 2013 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2010

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is Lazo.

Roger Fabricio Rojas Lazo, nicknamed RoRo, (born on 9 June 1990) is a Honduran professional footballer. He currently plays for Necaxa of the Ascenso MX on loan from Olimpia.

Due to his style of play, has been compared to Wilmer Velásquez.^[1]

Club career

Born in Tegucigalpa, Rojas plays as a striker for Olimpia. In April 2013, he scored his 50th league goal against Platense aged 22, making him the youngest player to reach the milestone and surpassing national team striker Jerry Bengtson who was 24 when he scored his 50th.^[2]

Al-Ettifaq

In July 2014, Rojas was loaned to Saudi Arabian side Ettifaq for a year.^[3] and scored his first goal in Crown Prince Cup against Al Mojzel.^[4]

Necaxa

In January 2015 Rojas was loaned to Mexican side Necaxa for six months.^[5]

International career

He represented Honduras in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[6]

Rojas made his senior debut against El Salvador on 5 September 2010, scoring his first goal in the process. This goal also meant that Rojas became the youngest ever goal scorer in the Honduran national team's history.^[7]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	September 4, 2010	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	El Salvador	2-2	Draw	Friendly
2	October 12, 2010	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Guatemala	2-0	Win	Friendly
3	June 11, 2013	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Jamaica	2-0	Win	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours and awards

Club

C.D. Olimpia

Liga Profesional de Honduras (6): 2009–10 C, 2011–12 A, 2011–12 C, 2012–13 A, 2012–13 C, 2013–14 C

References

↑
↑ Roger Rojas, camino a ser el nuevo “matador” del Olimpia - Diez (Spanish)
↑ Roger Rojas jugará a préstamo por un año con el Al Etiffaq - Diez (Spanish)
↑ Roger Rojas anota su primer gol con el Ettifaq - Diez (Spanish)
↑ Osman Madrid: "Roger Rojas fue prestado por seis meses al Necaxa"
↑ FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: Roger ROJAS
↑ "Roger Rojas: "Espero anotar mi primer gol en Puerto Cortés"" (in Spanish). Diario Tiempo. 10 September 2010.

External links

Roger Rojas at National-Football-Teams.com

Honduran Liga Nacional awards

Top goalscorers	1965–66: Grey 1966–67: Caballero 1967–68: Garden 1968–69: Abrussezze 1969–70: Ortega 1970–71: Alvarado 1971–72: Alvarado 1972–73: none 1973–74: Blandón & Plummer 1974–75: Rodríguez 1975–76: López 1976–77: O. Hernández 1977–78: Carreño 1978–79: Bernárdez 1979–80: Norales 1980–81: Altamirano 1981–82: Altamirano 1982–83: Altamirano 1983–84: Gamboa 1984–85: Altamirano 1985–86: Flores 1986–87: Dueñas 1987–88: Machado 1988–89: Matthews, Alonso, Lobo & Gamboa 1989–90: Ávila 1990–91: Vallejo 1991–92: Bennett 1992–93: Arriola 1993–94: Chacón 1994–95: Ávila 1995–96: Castro 1996–97: Costa 1997–98 A: Velásquez 1997–98 C: Guevara & Velásquez 1998–99: de Lima 1999–00 A: Velásquez 1999–00 C: Cárcamo 2000–01 A: Verón 2000–01 C: Cacho 2001–02 A: Reneau 2001–02 C: M. Ferreira 2002–03 A: M. Ferreira 2002–03 C: Costa, Cacho & Emílio 2003–04 A: Tosello 2003–04 C: Emílio 2004–05 A: Emílio 2004–05 C: Ramírez 2005–06 A: Ramírez 2005–06 C: Emílio 2006–07 A: Costly 2006–07 C: Pavón 2007–08 A: E. Martínez 2007–08 C: Velásquez 2008–09 A: E. Ferreira 2008–09 C: Diduch 2009–10 A: Palacios 2009–10 C: Bengtson 2010–11 A: Bengtson 2010–11 C: Bengtson 2011–12 A: Cardozo 2011–12 C: Torlacoff & Copete 2012–13 A: Rojas 2012–13 C: R. Martínez 2013–14 A: Castillo 2013–14 C: R. Martínez 2014–15 A: E. Hernández 2014–15 C: Castillo 2015–16 A: Vega 2015–16 C: Elis & Vega 2016–17 A: Zalazar

Best goalkeepers	1965–66: Chesman 1966–67: Norales 1967–68: Norales 1968–69: Norales 1969–70: Norales 1970–71: Dubois 1971–72: Santini 1972–73: none 1973–74: Mayorga 1974–75: Mayorga 1975–76: Santini 1976–77: Rivera 1977–78: Rivera 1978–79: Morales 1979–80: Mayorga 1980–81: Stewart 1981–82: Morales 1982–83: Rivera 1983–84: Solís 1984–85: Guerrero 1985–86: Banegas 1986–87: Herrera 1987–88: Rivera 1988–89: Banegas 1989–90: Tejeda 1990–91: Bautista 1991–92: Henríquez 1992–93: Cubillo 1993–94: Palacios 1994–95: Banegas 1995–96: Flores 1996–97: Prono 1997–98 A: Vásquez 1997–98 C: Vásquez 1998–99: Prono 1999–00 A: Prono 1999–00 C: Prono 2000–01 A: González 2000–01 C: González 2001–02 A: González 2001–02 C: Flores 2002–03 A: James 2002–03 C: Medina 2003–04 A: Escober 2003–04 C: Coello 2004–05 A: Morales 2004–05 C: Vásquez 2005–06 A: Valladares 2005–06 C: James 2006–07 A: Valladares 2006–07 C: Vallecillo 2007–08 A: Bodden 2007–08 C: Valladares 2008–09 A: Canales 2008–09 C: Escober 2009–10 A: Morales 2009–10 C: de León 2010–11 A: Bodden 2010–11 C: Orio 2011–12 A: Escober 2011–12 C: Orio 2012–13 A: Morales 2012–13 C: Cárcamo 2013–14 A: Bodden 2013–14 C: Portigliatti 2014–15 A: Cárcamo 2014–15 C: Morales 2015–16 A: Zúniga 2015–16 C: Morales

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship awards

Top goalscorer:	2009: Randy Edwini-Bonsu & Josué Martínez & Roger Rojas (3 goals) 2011: Joel Campbell (6 goals) 2013: Amet Ramirez (4 goals)

Player of the tournament:	2013: Antonio Briseño

Honduras squads

Honduras squad – 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists

1 Mendoza 2 O. Chávez (c) 3 Beckeles 4 Jo. Palacios 5 Velásquez 6 García 7 Reyes 8 Rodas 9 Je. Palacios 10 M. Martínez 11 R. Martínez 12 Peralta 13 Medina 14 Najar 15 Berríos 16 López 17 M. Chávez 18 Hernández 19 Fuentes 20 Claros 21 Rojas 22 Escober 23 Delgado 24 Norales Coach: Suárez

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