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Which team did the player Marcos Rojo belong to from 2012 to 2014?
Marcos Rojo Faustino Marcos Alberto Rojo ( born 20 March 1990 ) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Boca Juniors and the Argentina national team . He began his career at local club Estudiantes de La Plata , where he won the Copa Libertadores in 2009 , played in the FIFA Club World Cup Final later that year and won the Primera Division in 2010 . After a short spell with Spartak Moscow he joined Sporting CP in 2012 , and transferred to Manchester United for £16 million two years later . He won four trophies with the English club : the FA Cup in 2016 and the FA Community Shield , EFL Cup and UEFA Europa League in 2017 . After falling out of favour at Manchester United , Rojo returned to Estudiantes on loan in January 2020 , before making a permanent transfer to Boca Juniors in February 2021 , almost seven years after arriving in England . Rojo made his first appearance for Argentina in 2011 and has since earned over 60 caps . He was part of their side which reached the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final . He was also a Copa América runner-up in 2015 and 2016 and took part at the 2018 FIFA World Cup . Club career . Estudiantes . Rojo grew up in La Plata , Argentina and joined his local side Estudiantes de La Plata at the age of ten . In 2009 , he was promoted to the clubs main team , after signing his first professional contract . He spent three years with the club , making 43 appearances and scoring three goals for the team . He played in the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup Final , coming on for extra time as Estudiantes lost 2–1 to FC Barcelona in Dubai . During his time at Estudiantes , Rojo won a Copa Libertadores and an Argentine Primera División title . The defender spent most matches as a left-back and developed a reputation as a capable attacker , scoring his first goal in a 2–1 defeat against LDU Quito in the 2010 Recopa Sudamericana . Spartak Moscow . In December 2010 , Rojo signed a five-year contract with Spartak Moscow . He scored his only goal for Spartak on 20 April 2011 , netting the opening goal of a 2–1 defeat of Krasnodar in the quarter-finals of the Russian Cup . Sporting CP . In July 2012 , Rojo moved from Spartak Moscow to Sporting CP for £3.5 million , signing a four-year contract . Rojo made his Primeira Liga debut for Sporting on 19 August 2012 , playing the entire match and receiving a yellow card in a 0–0 draw with Vitória de Guimarães . He received his first red card for Sporting in a league match against Porto on 7 October 2012 , picking up two cautions within three minutes as Sporting fell to a 2–0 defeat . He scored his first goal for Sporting on 28 April 2013 , netting the winner against Nacional . Rojo played mostly at centre-back in his first season in Portugal , occasionally at left-back , as the team had a comparatively bad season , finishing seventh in the league . In the second league match of the 2013–14 season , Rojo scored his first goal of the season , netting Sportings second goal in their 4–0 win over Académica de Coimbra . On 19 April 2014 , Rojo was sent off in a Primeira Liga match against Belenenses , but Sporting held on for a 1–0 win . In an improved season , he contributed six goals as Sporting finished as runners-up . On 13 August 2014 , it was announced that Rojo was being disciplined by his club over his refusal to train after handing in a transfer request to force through a move to Premier League club Manchester United . Sporting president Bruno de Carvalho later alleged that third-party owners of Rojo who were not representatives of Manchester United had pressured his club into selling the player . Manchester United . On 19 August 2014 , an agreement to sell Rojo for €20 million ( £16 million ) was announced by both Sporting and Manchester United . The next day , United announced that they had signed him on a five-year contract , with Nani moving to Sporting on a season-long loan . Rojo stated that it was a dream for me to play with Manchester United . Rojo missed three matches for United due to difficulties in gaining a work permit , because of pending criminal charges in Argentina , where he is alleged to have had an altercation with a neighbour in 2010 . On 4 September , he was granted a work permit by the UK Border Agency to work in England . Ten days later he made his debut at Old Trafford as United won for the first time in the season , playing the entirety of the 4–0 victory over Queens Park Rangers . Rojo was stretchered off in Uniteds 1–0 defeat in the Manchester derby on 2 November , sustaining shoulder damage from a tackle on Manchester Citys Martín Demichelis . It was later confirmed that he had dislocated his shoulder , adding to Uniteds defensive injuries alongside Jonny Evans and Phil Jones . On 3 February 2015 , Rojo scored his first goal for United , heading a ball played by Robin van Persie for the second goal of a 3–0 win over Cambridge United in an FA Cup fourth round replay . During Manchester Uniteds 2015 pre-season tour of North America , Rojo was expected to join up with the rest of the squad following an extended break granted after competing for Argentina in the Copa América . However , passport issues reportedly caused Rojo to miss pre-season tour entirely , and the matter was said to have angered manager Louis van Gaal . Rojo was resultantly fined £140,000 for failing to join up with the rest of the squad on time . In the 2016 FA Cup Final , which United won 2–1 after extra time against Crystal Palace , Rojo was booked in the first half for fouling Pape Souaré and was substituted for Matteo Darmian after 66 minutes . On 4 March 2017 , Rojo scored his first Premier League goal to open a 1–1 home draw against Bournemouth . He suffered a season-ending cruciate ligament injury on 20 April , during a 2–1 win over Anderlecht in the quarter-finals of the Europa League , a tournament that United ended up winning . He made his return on 28 November 2017 , in a 4–2 win at Watford . On 16 March 2018 , Rojo signed a new contract with Manchester United that would keep him at the club until June 2021 , with the option to extend for a further year . In April 2019 , after a run of injuries , Rojo said that United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær had told him he was part of his plans when Solskjær was appointed on a temporary basis in December 2018 . However , he made only one Premier League start next season , playing nine games in all competitions before being loaned out . Loan return to Estudiantes . On 30 January 2020 , Rojo was loaned to his boyhood club , Estudiantes , for the remainder of the 2019–20 season . Boca Juniors . On 2 February 2021 , Rojo returned to Argentina once again to sign for Boca Juniors for an undisclosed fee . International career . Rojo was first capped on 9 February 2011 , in a 2–1 friendly victory against Portugal at the Stade de Genève , Geneva . Later that year he was included in Argentinas squad as they hosted the 2011 Copa América , and played the opening match on 2 July , a 1–1 draw against Bolivia . Javier Zanetti replaced him at left-back for the rest of the tournament as Argentina reached the quarter-finals . In June 2014 , Rojo was named in Argentinas squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup . He made his FIFA World Cup debut in their 2–1 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Maracanã , playing the full match in defence , and contributing to Sead Kolašinacs own goal . In the teams third group match , Rojo scored his first international goal , the winner in a 3–2 victory against Nigeria . The country reached the final before losing to Germany , and Rojo was the only Argentinean named in the Castrol Index Top 11 for the tournament . Rojo was selected by coach Gerardo Martino for the 2015 Copa América . At the end of Argentinas goalless quarter-final against Colombia in Viña del Mar , Rojo missed in the penalty shootout but his team advanced nonetheless . On 30 June , he opened the scoring in a 6–1 semi-final defeat of Paraguay which put Argentina into the final . He played the entirety of the decisive match against the hosts at the Estadio Nacional de Chile , which Argentina lost on a penalty shootout after a goalless draw . A year later for the Copa América Centenario in the United States , Rojo was again in Martinos squad . In the final on 26 June at MetLife Stadium , he was sent off in the first half for a foul on Arturo Vidal , as both teams ended the goalless game on 10 men and Chile again won on penalties . Rojo was named by Jorge Sampaoli in the Argentina squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia . On 26 June , he scored the winning goal , once again against Nigeria , which his Argentina won 2–1 and secured the teams qualification for the knockout stage as group runners-up behind Croatia . In the round of 16 match against France on 30 June , he was booked after conceding a penalty in the 10th minute for a foul on Kylian Mbappé , which was later converted by Antoine Griezmann , who opened the scoring . Rojo was later replaced by Federico Fazio in the 46th minute . Argentina lost the match 4–3 and were eliminated from the tournament . Style of play . According to football magazine Four Four Two , Rojo was more comfortable as a left-back rather than as a centre-back in his first season at Sporting , due to a number of positional errors and mistimed tackles ; in his second season , his speed helped him in defence . They also attributed a good aerial threat to him , while noting that disciplinary problems remained . In addition to his usual positions at centre-back and left-back , Rojo can play as a winger . On signing for Manchester United , it was theorised that he could feature as a wing-back in Louis van Gaals preferred 3–5–2 formation . Personal life . Rojo is married to Eugenia Lusardo , a lingerie model based in Lisbon . They have a daughter . Rojo has a number of tattoos , including the English words Pride and Glory on each thigh . In December 2014 , Rojo had an affair with a woman he had met at a night club . He accused her of blackmail and took out an injunction to stop newspapers publishing his name in the story . The injunction on his name was lifted in April 2015 due to concerns that other footballers could be suspected of the affair , but it remains in place to prevent the release of images of Rojo . Honours . Estudiantes - Copa Libertadores : 2009 - Argentine Primera División : 2010 Apertura Manchester United - FA Cup : 2015–16 - EFL Cup : 2016–17 - FA Community Shield : 2016 - UEFA Europa League : 2016–17 Individual - FIFA World Cup All-Star Team : 2014 External links . - Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI