Javier Rojas Alvarez

For the Bolivian footballer, see Javier Rojas Iguaro.

Javier Rojas Alvarez^[a] (born 15 April 1991 in Tucumán) is an Argentine rugby union footballer playing as a fullback or as a centre. He currently plays for the Cornish Pirates in the English RFU Championship. He previously played for a number of clubs, including Uni Tucumán, Pampas XV in the South African Vodacom Cup, French side Albi in Pro D2 and Rugby Viadana in the Italian Top12.

Javier Rojas

Full name	Javier Rojas Alvarez
Date of birth	(1991-04-15) 15 April 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth	Tucumán, Argentina
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	85 kg (13 st 5 lb; 187 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback, Centre Current team Cornish Pirates Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2011–13 Uni Tucumán () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2011–12 Uni Tucumán 0 (0) 2012–17 Pampas XV 19 (27) 2015-16 Albi 20 (8) 2017-18 Rugby Viadana 0 (0) 2018- Cornish Pirates () Correct as of 4 January 2014 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2011 Argentina U20 8 (0) 2012– Argentina 4 (5) 2013−17 Argentina 7s 7s 88 (358) Correct as of 4 January 2014

He has four caps for Argentina, since 2012, with 1 try scored, 5 points on aggregate.^[1] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for the Argentina national rugby sevens team.^[2][3]

Honors and records

• RFU Championship Cup top points scorer: 2018–19 (65 points)^{[citation needed]}

Notes

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