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)
Playing 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
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name 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]

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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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