Eladio Rojas

For the Chilean football manager and former midfielder, see Eladio Rojas (footballer, born 1971).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.

Eladio Alberto Rojas Díaz (8 November 1934, in Tierra Amarilla, Chile – 13 January 1991, in Viña del Mar, Chile) was a former Chilean footballer who played as a midfielder for Everton and Colo-Colo of Chile, River Plate of Argentina, and the Chile national football team in the 1962 FIFA World Cup on home soil. Rojas scored the match winning goal for Chile in the 90th minute against Yugoslavia in the 1962 World Cup; his goal secured a third place finish for the World Cup hosts, which is Chile's best finish in the tournament to date.^[1] Rojas was also a starter on the River Plate teams of the 1960s that fiercely contested the Argentine Primera División title. While Rojas never won the title, River Plate did manage to place second in 1962 and 1963 as well as third in 1964.

Eladio Rojas

Eladio Rojas
Personal information
Full name	Eladio Alberto Rojas Díaz
Date of birth	(1934-11-08)November 8, 1934
Place of birth	Tierra Amarilla, Chile
Date of death	January 13, 1991(1991-01-13) (aged 56)
Place of death	Puchuncaví, Chile
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1962	Everton
1962–1965	River Plate
1965–1967	Colo-Colo
1967–1968	Everton
International career
1959–1966	Chile	23	(3)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Chile FIFA World Cup 1962 Chile
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Teams

• Everton 1954–1962
• River Plate 1962–1965
• Colo-Colo 1965–1967
• Everton 1967–1968

Personal life

His cousin, Leonel Herrera Rojas, is a historical player of Colo-Colo and the Chile national team and, also, the father of Leonel Herrera Silva, who scored in the 1991 Copa Libertadores final match for the same team.^[2]

Honours

Club

River Plate

• Copa Ciudad de Bogotá (1): 1964
• Copa Confraternidad Iberoamericana (1): 1964 ^[es]

International

Chile^[3]

• FIFA World Cup Third place (1): 1962
• Copa O'Higgins (1): 1966