Javier Rojas Alvarez
| Full name | Javier Rojas Alvarez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tucumán, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb; 187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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
[edit]- RFU Championship Cup top points scorer: 2018–19 (65 points)[citation needed]
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is Alvarez.
References
[edit]- ^ "Javier Rojas Alvarez | Rugby Union | Players and Officials | ESPN Scrum". espnscrum.com. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ "ROJAS Javier". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "Argentina Rugby Sevens Squad for Rio 2016 Olympics". rio2016olympicsonline.com. 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- Javier Rojas at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Javier Rojas Alvarez at ESPNscrum
- Javier Rojas at Olympics.com
- Javier Rojas at Olympedia
- Javier Rojas at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Javier Rojas at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)
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