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.
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| Full name | Eladio Alberto Rojas Díaz | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | November 8, 1934 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tierra Amarilla, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | January 13, 1991 (aged 56) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Puchuncaví, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1962 | Everton | ||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1965 | River Plate | ||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1967 | Colo-Colo | ||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | Everton | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1966 | Chile | 23 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Teams edit
- Everton 1954–1962
- River Plate 1962–1965
- Colo-Colo 1965–1967
- Everton 1967–1968
Personal life edit
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 edit
Club edit
- River Plate
- Copa Ciudad de Bogotá (1): 1964
- Copa Confraternidad Iberoamericana (1): 1964 [es]
International edit
- Chile[3]
- FIFA World Cup Third place (1): 1962
- Copa O'Higgins (1): 1966
References edit
- ^ Vicente Quijada (8 November 2021). "Eladio Rojas: El autor del gol que valió un tercer lugar para Chile". LaRoja.cl. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ Fernández, Denís; Navarrete, Luis (25 August 2018). "De Leonel a Leonel" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Eladio Rojas". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2022.
External links edit
- Profile at FIFA.com Profile at
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