Alcibíades Rojas

Alcibíades Rojas McRay (born 15 August 1986) is a former Panamanian football player.

Alcibíades Rojas
Personal information
Full name Alcibíades Rojas McRay
Date of birth (1986-08-15) 15 August 1986
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)
National team‡
2013 Panama 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2013
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is McRay.

Club career

Nicknamed Pepón,[1] Rojas has played the majority of his career in his native Panama, but also had spells with Colombian side Academia, Juventud Retalteca[2] in Guatemala and Honduran outfit Victoria.[3]

In June 2013 he joined reigning champions Sporting SM[4] and after his time in jail returned to Chorrillo. In December 2014 he was snapped up by San Francisco,[5] only to be released by the club ahead of the 2015 Apertura.[6]

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[7] and at the 2013 Copa Centroamericana.[8]

International goals
Scores and results list Panama goal tally first.
N.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 January 2013Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica Guatemala2–03-12013 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.[9] In April 2014 he announced his return to professional football after spending several months in prison.[10]

References
  1. Alcibíades Rojas detenido, Chorrillo FC investigará la situación - Telemetro (in Spanish)
  2. Reu confirma 17 jugadores para el Apertura 2010 - Prensa Libre (in Spanish)
  3. Alcibiades Rojas y Cristian Blanco reforzarán al Victoria - Fútbol de Honduras (in Spanish)
  4. Rojas será uno de los refuerzos del campeón - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  5. 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)
  6. Altas y bajas del Torneo Apertura 2015 - LPF (in Spanish)
  7. Alcibíades Rojas – FIFA competition record
  8. Copa Centroamericana 2013 (UNCAF Nations Cup) - RSSSF
  9. Ex del Victoria es arrestado junto a supuesta banda de secuestradores - Diez (in Spanish)
  10. Alcibiades Rojas vuelve al fútbol tras meses detenido por la policía - Diez (in Spanish)
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