Ricardo Rojas (footballer, born 1974)

Ricardo Francisco Rojas Trujillo (born 7 May 1974) is a Chilean football manager and former player. A centre-back, he played for clubs like Universidad de Chile, América and Colo-Colo.

Club career
As a youth player, he was with Academia Santa Inés, a traditional Football Academy based in La Serena. Rojas began his professional career in his native country, playing for Club de Deportes La Serena from 1990 to 1993. After his stint at La Serena, he signed with Unión Española. The following year Rojas made his debut in the Chile national team, appearing in a game against Argentina. After his time at Unión, Rojas was transferred to Universidad de Chile during the 1997 season.

Ricardo's continued success at both club and national team levels brought attention to him from foreign teams. At the end of the 2000 season he was signed by the Mexican club Club América. Excluding a six-month loan in 2004 to Universidad Católica de Chile, Rojas has been a staple of the Club América defense for seven years. During his stay in Mexico, Rojas won two championships with his club, in the Verano 2002 season and most recently after the Clausura 2005 tournament. Rojas played more than 200 games with Club América during his time there.

In 2009, he played at Necaxa and then he returned to Club América.

International career
Fuentes made 46 appearances for Chile from 1994 to 2006. In addition, he played for Chile B against England B on 10 February 1998. Chile won by 2–1.

Managerial career
Rojas began his managerial career as the coach of Unión Compañías in the Tercera B (Chile) until the end of 2019. At the end of 2020, he became the manager of Provincial Ovalle in the Tercera A (Chile).

In 2023, he moved to Mexico and joined América Fuerzas Básicas, first with the under-13 team.

Personal life
Rojas got a degree in Industrial engineering and also worked as councillor of La Serena from 2013 to 2016 by replacing Mary Yorka Ortiz.

Honours
Universidad de Chile
 * Primera División de Chile: 1999, 2000
 * Copa Chile: 1998, 2000

América
 * Primera División de México: 2002, 2005
 * Campeón de Campeones: 2005

Colo-Colo
 * Primera División de Chile: 2008 Clausura