SOCCER PLAYER

Roberto Rojas

1957 - Today

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Roberto Antonio Rojas Saavedra (born 8 August 1957), nicknamed El Cóndor, is a retired Chilean football goalkeeper. In 1989, he was found to have deliberately injured himself during a World Cup qualifying match, reportedly in an attempt to have the match of the Chile national team annulled. The incident resulted in a lifetime ban for Rojas and one World Cup ban for Chile. His ban was subsequently lifted in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roberto Rojas is the 3,011th most popular soccer player (down from 1,219th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Chile (down from 50th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Chilean Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Roberto Rojas ranks 3,011 out of 21,273. Before him are Zeki Rıza Sporel, Francisco Sá, John Collins, Marc Bartra, Guillermo Escalada, and Jørn Andersen. After him are David Ospina, Mauro Bellugi, Tarak Dhiab, Peter Withe, Ståle Solbakken, and Marc Cucurella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Roberto Rojas ranks 291. Before him are Yoshio Kato, Shirō Sagisu, Michael Bowen, Reiner Knizia, Simon Donaldson, and Kadim Al Sahir. After him are John Kassir, Cameron Crowe, Andrei Kolkoutine, Steve Porcaro, Lisa Murkowski, and Chris Wedge.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Roberto Rojas ranks 109 out of 321. Before him are José Joaquín Prieto (1786), Federico Errázuriz Zañartu (1825), Fernando Riera (1920), César Espinoza (1900), Arturo Torres Carrasco (1906), and Hugo Villanueva (1939). After him are Guillermo Saavedra (1903), Fernando Roldán (1921), Raúl Silva Henríquez (1907), Carlos Lucas (1930), Adriana Hoffmann (1940), and Gonzalo Rojas (1917).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Chile

Among soccer players born in Chile, Roberto Rojas ranks 25. Before him are Jorge Toro (1939), Carlos Schneeberger (1902), Fernando Riera (1920), César Espinoza (1900), Arturo Torres Carrasco (1906), and Hugo Villanueva (1939). After him are Guillermo Saavedra (1903), Fernando Roldán (1921), Atilio Cremaschi (1923), Roberto Cortés (1905), George Robledo (1926), and Ernesto Chaparro (1901).

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