Andy Rojas Scouting Report – Herediano’s 18 Year Old Sensation & Costa Rica’s Football Future

Herediano are enjoying life at the moment.

They sit atop the Costa Rican Primera División Clausura and are through to the Quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League, where they are due to face Mexican side Pachuca.

El Team are a major force on the domestic stage, with 29 league titles to their name, and they are also well-known for producing some of Costa Rica’s most famous players. 

Former Man City and West Ham striker Paulo Wanchope began his professional career at Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero.

More recently, Herediano academy graduate and Costa Rican international Jewison Bennette signed for Championship side Sunderland in 2022.

Current manager Héctor Altamirano has been in charge since the turn of the year, having inherited a squad brimming with experience and potential. 

The club is well-versed in bringing through its young players and giving them first-team experience, and this season is no different.

Throughout the 2023/24 campaign, 18-year-old forward Andy Rojas has stood out, putting in some impressive performances and cementing himself as a future star of Costa Rican football.

This tactical analysis will take the form of a Andy Rojas scout report where we analyse the key aspects of Andy Rojas’ style of play and what he brings to Herediano’s tactics. 

Using data and in-game analysis, we will showcase exactly why we believe he could be the next big star for Costa Rica. 

Andy Rojas Data analysis

To begin this scout report, lets form an overview of what kind of player Andy Rojas is, and we can use the above pizza charts to allow us to do this. 

The charts compare the Herediano forward to fellow forwards in Tier 6 (which is where the Costa Rican Primera División ranks in the TFA tier system).

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