Matías Rojas (footballer, born 1995)

Matías Nicolás Rojas Romero (born 3 November 1995) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF and the Paraguay national football team.

Club career
Rojas' first club in his career was Cerro Porteño. He made his debut for the Paraguayan Primera División club in March 2014 during a defeat to Nacional. A year later, Rojas netted his first senior goal on 13 March 2015 as Cerro Porteño beat Deportivo Capiatá 3–2 at the Estadio Defensores del Chaco. One further goal, against Sportivo Luqueño, followed as Rojas featured thirty-four times across 2015 and 2016. On 10 January 2017, Rojas was loaned to Lanús of the Argentine Primera División. He remained for seventeen months, making eighteen appearances and scoring once; in the Copa Argentina.

Rojas arrived back to Cerro Porteño on 30 June 2018, but returned to Argentina on loan weeks later after agreeing to join fellow Argentine Primera División side Defensa y Justicia. He scored on his first start, netting an equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Belgrano. Rojas departed Cerro Porteño permanently in June 2019, staying in Argentina after signing terms with Racing Club of the Primera División.

Inter Miami
On April 23rd in 2024, Rojas transferred to Major League Soccer club Inter Miami as a free transfer. On April 27th he made his MLS debut in a 4-1 win against New England Revolution. On May 4th he scored his first two goals for Inter Miami in a thrashing 6-2 win against New York Red Bulls. He then scored against CF Montréal it resulted in a 2-3 win.

International career
On 2 March 2019, Rojas received a call-up to the Paraguay national team from Eduardo Berizzo ahead of that month's friendlies with Peru and Mexico. He made his debut on 22 March in the game against Peru, as a 66th-minute substitute for Cecilio Domínguez. Berizzo subsequently selected Rojas in his preliminary squad for the 2019 Copa América on 13 May, before making the official tournament squad on 29 May.

Honours
Cerro Porteño Racing Club
 * Paraguayan Primera División: 2015 Apertura, 2017 Clausura


 * Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional: 2022