Marcos Rojo

Faustino Marcos Alberto Rojo was born in La Plata on March 20, 1990 and emerged at Estudiantes, where he made his professional debut in 2008. A center-back who also plays as a left-back, he was part of the squad that won the Copa Libertadores in 2009 and the Argentine Championship (Apertura) in 2010. He left Argentina in 2011 to play for Spartak Moscow and, in 2012, moved to Sporting, from Portugal. In 2014 he transferred to Manchester United, where he stayed until 2021 and won the FA Cup 2015-16, the English Super Cup 2016, the English League Cup 2016-17 and the Europa League 2016-17. For the Argentine national team, he played 61 matches and scored 3 goals between 2011 and 2019. He was runner-up in the World Cup 2014, when he scored the winning goal in a 3-2 victory against Nigeria and was included in the tournament's team, and runner-up in the Copa América in 2015 and 2016. In 2018, he scored again against Nigeria (2-1) and played in the loss to France in the Round of 16. After playing for Boca Juniors (2021-2025), where he won the Argentine Championship and the League Cup in 2022, he signed with Racing in 2025 and, in 2026, returned to Estudiantes.