Dilan Rojas

Dilan Rojas
Personal information
Full name Dilan Matías Rojas Barrientos
Date of birth (2004-06-04) 4 June 2004
Place of birth Iquique, Chile
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Full-back
Team information
Current team
Deportes Iquique
Number 4
Youth career
Deportes Iquique
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Deportes Iquique 46 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 September 2025

Dilan Matías Rojas Barrientos (born 4 June 2004) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a full-back for Chilean Primera División side Deportes Iquique.

Club career

A product of Deportes Iquique, Rojas made his senior debut in the 0–0 draw against San Luis de Quillota for the Chilean Primera División on 9 May 2021[2][3] and got regularity during the 2022 season.[4] With them, he got promotion to the Chilean top level for the 2024 season and scored his first goal in the 4–1 win against Cobreloa on 20 October 2024.[5][6] He assumed as the team captain by first time, aged 20, in the Copa Chile match against Cobreloa on 10 February 2025 by replacing Edson Puch, aged 20.[7]

A regular player for Deportes Iquique during 2024 and 2025,[8][9][10] he also took part in the 2025 Copa Sudamericana.[11] In 2025, he was selected by the CIES Football Observatory as an under-25 promising player for the Chile national team[12] and the ninth best under-21 full-back at world level.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Dilan Rojas". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  2. ^ "San Luis rescató empate frente a Deportes Iquique en el norte". G5noticias (in Spanish). 9 May 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Deportes Iquique". 2021 Anuario del Fútbol Chileno (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: ASIFUCH: 161. 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  4. ^ "A pensar en el 2023: Los rescatables de Iquique para el próximo torneo". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 11 October 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Ganó, goleó y gustó: Deportes Iquique derrotó por 4-1 a Cobreloa y sigue soñando con el tercer lugar". SoyChile (in Spanish). 20 October 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2025. encontrando la apertura de la cuenta a las 12' a través de Dilan Rojas, quien anotó su primer gol en el club.
  6. ^ "Deportes Iquique vence por goleada a Cobreloa". T13 (in Spanish). 20 October 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  7. ^ Velásquez González, Johan (13 February 2025). "Deportes Iquique hace valer su cantera con un decisivo gesto a su joven promesa". TOP Mercato (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  8. ^ Suárez, Cristóbal (14 November 2024). "¿Se va Óscar Opazo? Los dos laterales que Colo Colo tiene en carpeta para el Centenario". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  9. ^ "Deportes Iquique confirma renovación de Dilan Rojas, Iam González y Matías Reyes para la temporada 2025". Radio Paulina (in Spanish). 15 November 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  10. ^ Pavez Farías, Felipe (14 August 2025). "Es el último en Chile y ahora realiza arriesgada maniobra para buscar la salvación: "La fe está intacta"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2025. Dilan Rojas ha sido el encargado de sumar gran parte de este minutase.
  11. ^ "Deportes Iquique sufre una derrota 2-1 contra Caracas". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). 30 May 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Nueve sugerencias para Ricardo Gareca: Eligen a los jugadores Sub 25 con "más merecimientos" para debutar en la "Roja"". Emol (in Spanish). 18 February 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  13. ^ "Gillier, Román, Osorio, Assadi y otras cuatro sorpresas: los Sub 21 chilenos que siguen los grandes scouting del mundo". En Cancha (in Spanish). 18 May 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.