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 Argentine Primera División club River Plate. He also plays for 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.

Corinthians

He would then move to Brazil, joining Corinthians on 11 July 2023.On 22 of July, Rojas made his debut for Corinthians in a 2-0 loss against Bahia.

Inter Miami

On 23 April 2024, Rojas transferred to Major League Soccer club Inter Miami on a free transfer. On 27 April he made his MLS debut in a 4-1 win against New England Revolution. Then on 4 May 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. On 9 December 2024, Inter Miami chose to not renew his contract.

River Plate

On 3 January 2025, he would go back to Argentina signing for River Plate on a free transfer keeping him at the club for their 2025 season. On 17 January he would make his debut for the club in a friendly in a 2-1 win against Chilean club Club Universidad de Chile. Rojas would then scored his first goal for the club on his debut in the Argentine Primera División for River Plate in a 1-1 draw against Platense.

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. He was selected for the 26-man final preliminary squad 2024 Copa América on June 15. He would make only appearance in one of their three games. as Paraguay were eliminated at the bottom of their group winning no games.