Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alcibíades Rojas McRay | ||
Date of birth | (1986-08-15) 15 August 1986 (age 38) | ||
Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Sporting SM | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008 | Academia | ||
2008 | Plaza Amador | ||
2009–2010 | Chorrillo | ||
2010 | Juventud Retalteca | ||
2011 | Chorrillo | ||
2012 | Victoria | 14 | (0) |
2012 | Chorrillo | 15 | (1) |
2013 | → Atlético Chiriquí (loan) | 13 | (3) |
2013–2014 | → Sporting SM (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2014 | Chorrillo | 10 | (1) |
2015 | San Francisco | 12 | (0) |
International career | |||
2013 | Panama | 6 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2013 |
Alcibíades Rojas McRay (born 15 August 1986) is a former Panamanian football player.
Club career
Nicknamed Pepón, Rojas has played the majority of his career in his native Panama, but also had spells with Colombian side Academia, Juventud Retalteca in Guatemala and Honduran outfit Victoria.
In June 2013 he joined reigning champions Sporting SM and after his time in jail returned to Chorrillo. In December 2014 he was snapped up by San Francisco, only to be released by the club ahead of the 2015 Apertura.
International career
Rojas made his debut for Panama in a January 2013 friendly match against Guatemala and has, as of November 2013, earned a total of 6 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and at the 2013 Copa Centroamericana.
International goals
- Scores and results list Panama goal tally first.
N. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 25 January 2013 | Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica | Guatemala | 2–0 | 3-1 | 2013 Copa Centroamericana |
Arrested on kidnapping allegations
On 16 November 2013, Rojas was arrested by Panamanian police after they captured an alleged gang of kidnappers, Rojas being one of them. In April 2014 he announced his return to professional football after spending several months in prison.
References
- Alcibíades Rojas detenido, Chorrillo FC investigará la situación - Telemetro (in Spanish)
- Reu confirma 17 jugadores para el Apertura 2010 - Prensa Libre (in Spanish)
- Alcibiades Rojas y Cristian Blanco reforzarán al Victoria - Fútbol de Honduras (in Spanish)
- Rojas será uno de los refuerzos del campeón - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- El SanFra incorpora a Alcibiades Rojas y a Francisco Perea a la plantilla Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine - San Francisco (in Spanish)
- Altas y bajas del Torneo Apertura 2015 - LPF (in Spanish)
- Alcibíades Rojas – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Copa Centroamericana 2013 (UNCAF Nations Cup) - RSSSF
- Ex del Victoria es arrestado junto a supuesta banda de secuestradores - Diez (in Spanish)
- Alcibiades Rojas vuelve al fútbol tras meses detenido por la policía - Diez (in Spanish)
External links
- Alcibíades Rojas at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Panama City
- Men's association football forwards
- Panamanian men's footballers
- Panama men's international footballers
- C.D. Plaza Amador players
- Club Deportivo Universitario players
- C.D. Victoria players
- Atlético Chiriquí players
- Sporting San Miguelito players
- San Francisco F.C. players
- Panamanian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala
- Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players