Eladio Alberto Rojas Días ( Spanish: Eladio Alberto Rojas Díaz ; November 8, 1934 , Tierra Amarilla - January 13, 1991 , Viña del Mar ) - Chilean footballer , midfielder .
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| Full name | Eladio Alberto Rojas Diaz | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 8, 1934 Tierra Amarilla , Chile | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | January 13, 1991 (56 years old) Viña del Mar , Chile | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Chile | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 181 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Although Rojas began his career as a striker , he mainly played as a defensive midfielder [1] .
Club
Rojas made his debut in 1954 for the Everton Club (Viña del Mar), where he played until 1963. Then he moved to River Plate , but could not take a place in the first team, so he had to return to his homeland, this time to the Kolo-Kolo club [1] . In 1967, he returned to Everton (Viña del Mar), but after a car accident in 1968 he was forced to end his career. A farewell match was held in Tierra Amarilla at the stadium bearing his name [2] .
Team
Rojas made his debut for the national team on February 26, 1959 [1] , and in 1962 he was included in the 1962 World Cup , where he noted that he scored the winning goal in the match against the USSR against Lev Yashin , which allowed Chile to take third place. France Football magazine ranked Rojas 81st among the best football players in the world [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Hicieron historia: Eladio Rojas (port.) (Link not available) . chilefutbol.cl (June 10, 2009). Date of treatment April 29, 2012. Archived on September 19, 2012.
- ↑ Diario de Atacama. El "León" vuelve a la carga por el "Eladio Rojas" (Spanish) (May 1, 2009). Date of treatment April 29, 2012. Archived on September 19, 2012.
- ↑ France Football's World Cup Top-100 1930-1990 . rsssf.com. Date of treatment April 29, 2012. Archived on September 19, 2012.
Links
- Profile on once-onze.narod.ru (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment April 29, 2012. Archived May 25, 2012.
- Profile on fifa.com . Date of treatment April 29, 2012. Archived May 25, 2012.