Come in and listen to David Rojas as he share his story and journey from Columbia to Canada in 2016 and landed in Montreal.
David began Coaching with us in late 2019 and has continued to grow in the club both on the field and in the admin area.
David grew up playing soccer in the city soccer league of Bogota (Colombia) and also played on the high school and university teams in Colombia.
David holds a Canada National Youth Licence in addition to his National Argentina-B Licence.
Coaching Experience
Assistant Coach 2003 Whitecaps Regional Girls (2018/19)
Assistant Coach 2002 Whitecaps Regional Boys (2018/19)
Head Coach 2007 Whitecaps Regional Boys (2019/2021)
Head Coach 2009 Whitecaps Regional Boys (2021/2022)
Head Coach 2007 Whitecaps Regional Girls (2019/2023)
Assistant Coach 2008 Whitecaps OPDL Girls (2022/2023)
A little more about...
In Colombia, everybody starts playing soccer since we are really little and it was the same for me. At 4 years old my parents registered me in the grassroots team of the club that since then I am fan, Independiente Santa Fe. The first champion of the professional soccer in Colombia. There I grew as a player for a couple of years and then my parents registered me in a small club created by a former Goalkeeper of Santa Fe. In that club, I played from U13 to U16 playing the Bogota (Colombian capital city) league and getting one second place in the league. At the same time, I played in the teams from my school. When I wasn’t training with my teams I was playing soccer on the street in front of my house with my friends. During recess at school, we also played. It wasn’t strange to see 2 or 3 games on the same field at school happening at the same time, but we didn't care, we just love to play. So with a lot of game time, of course a lot of great players are created and for a lot of us the dream is to be a professional player, however I believe that being good is not enough, you also need luck.
When I was 15, I almost had a chance to sign with Santa Fe but luck was not on my side. The owner and former pro player was my coach and he asked me to talked with him. He told me that Santa Fe watch me played in some games and they were interested in sign me for their youth team but he was close to live the country since he got a job in USA, so his brother was keeping the club and he would help me with the process. But unfortunately he never did anything and I was good but I was not Messi so the club didn’t chase me so the opportunity just disappeared.
Then I started playing in the university just for fun and with the dream of being professional in the past. But then my little brother was the one playing a lot at the time and one weekend a game for parents and players was arranged and I went there and play. Just for fun.
And I was like … no, I was born in November 1983. So the opportunity once again just disappeared. He said sorry but the tournament makes the cut for players born in the 84. So good bye to my last chance. I was 19 years old,.
I kept playing in the university finished my degree as systems engineer and then I started working in an Insurance Company. Of course I had to play in the company team and we played tournaments of insurance companies.
Then I moved to Canada, and I decided to pursue a career as a coach. I registered in ATFA that is the best school for coaches in South America based in Argentina. Argentinian Coaches such as Bielsa , Tata Martino, Simeone, the assistant coach of the Argentina national team Pablo Aimar, got their first credentials as coaches in ATFA. I studied most of the course online in the same way Canada soccer run their courses, and the I travelled to Argentina for a week to receive in person classes and present the exams. I got my Argentina B licence there and I got back to Canada to start working in my passion. I joined Whitecaps London as assistant coach and I have been growing from there.
