{"id":324936,"date":"2025-03-31T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/?p=324936"},"modified":"2025-03-31T14:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T01:45:04","slug":"rojas-released-from-the-remainder-of-his-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/rojas-released-from-the-remainder-of-his-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Rojas released from the remainder of his contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Marco Rojas and the Wellington Phoenix have agreed to cut short his second stint at the club, with the remaining three months of his one-year contract terminated by mutual consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The skilful forward, who started his decorated professional career in Wellington in 2009, has been limited to seven appearances for the Nix in his return season, of which only two were starts.

Rojas still managed to provide reminders of his talent and he is second only to Hideki Ishige on the team\u2019s assists tally this campaign.

An ankle injury sidelined him for nine matches from late December to mid-February and he has featured in just three games since.

Rojas was an unused substitute for the 2-2 draw with Western Sydney Wanderers at Sky Stadium on Saturday, having been keenly involved in the Match For Good<\/em> to raise funds and awareness for Ronald McDonald House Charities New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND – MARCH 29: The bespoke Ronald McDonald House Charities kit of Marco Rojas on display prior to the round 24 A-League Men match between Wellington Phoenix and Western Sydney Wanderers at Sky Stadium, on March 29, 2025, in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Phoenix director of football Shaun Gill has thanked Marco Rojas for his contribution to the club, on and off the pitch.

\u201cWe\u2019re all disappointed we didn\u2019t get to see the best of Marco in a Phoenix shirt,\u201d Gill said.

\u201cInjuries are an unfortunate part of football and they curtailed his involvement this season.

\u201cEven though it\u2019s been brief, it\u2019s been great to see Marco back in Wellington where his football career began and we wish him all the best for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND – OCTOBER 03: Marco Rojas looks on during a Wellington Phoenix A-league training session on October 03, 2024 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":324937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[329,330,356,343],"tags":[],"competition":[],"acf":{"match_card_embed_league":null,"match_card_embed_club":null,"match_card_embed_match":false,"match_card_embed_disable":true,"auto_publish_updates":true,"reference_article":null,"article_featured_video":"","article_featured_video_tagline":"","article_byline":"","article_media_type":"news","article_video":"","gallery":"","shared_ffa_source":"keepup","shared_hide_in_app":false,"article_player":"","article_team":"","article_competition":"","article_match":"","credit":"","related_articles":"","push_to_social":false,"priority":1,"sport":false,"language":"en","private_content":false,"access_level":"","article_id":"","app_featured_image":null,"article_content_group":"news"},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/rojas-released-from-the-remainder-of-his-contract\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Rojas released from the remainder of his contract","url":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/rojas-released-from-the-remainder-of-his-contract\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/news\/rojas-released-from-the-remainder-of-his-contract\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/ThankYou_MarcoRojas_Web.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/ThankYou_MarcoRojas_Web.png"},"articleSection":"Breaking News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"brenton"}],"creator":["brenton"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wellington Phoenix","logo":"https:\/\/wellingtonphoenix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/cropped-Wellington_Phoenix_FC_logo-2.png"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2025-03-31T02:00:00Z","datePublished":"2025-03-31T02:00:00Z","dateModified":"2025-03-31T02:00:00Z"},"rendered":"