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He even has a photo with Mikel Arteta, he is in the Arsenal youth team and can represent Colombia

He even has a photo with Mikel Arteta, he is in the Arsenal youth team and can represent Colombia

By Diego Mendoza

Mikel Arteta. PHOTO: Eurosport
Mikel Arteta. PHOTO: Eurosport
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Alexei Rojas Fedorushchenko is a goalkeeper of Colombian, Russian and English nationality, he is 18 years old, his father is Colombian, his mother is Russian, and he was born in the English city of Basildon north of London, he plays in the lower divisions of Arsenal in England and has trained with the first team led by the Spanish Mikel Arteta.

Mikel Arteta

This player preferred to play with the Colombian National Team and refused to play with Russia and England. Alexei is a goalkeeper who in the future can play for the Colombian Senior Men's National Team , Alexei has already been part of the Colombian U-20 National Team in the South American U-20 and the U-20 World Cup.

Alexei Rojas Fedorushchenko has already played 11 games with Arsenal U18 in the current campaign. According to Transfermarkt , this player also played in Chelsea 's youth system between 2016 and 2019. Since 2019, he has been in the Gunners' youth system.

Likewise, Alexei Rojas Fedorushchenko is a young goalkeeper who has a clear goal of playing for the Colombian National Team and wants to win titles: “ I want to play with Colombia. I have been very clear about it since I was very young . I have a lot of love for the country, the culture and the people of Colombian football. My goal is to win the World Cup with the Colombian National Team and I know that is something that we are going to achieve. I want to be a starter in the 2026 World Cup and win it,” Alexei said in El Futbolero.

Alexei Rojas Fedorushchenko's role models

Alexei Rojas Fedorushchenko, despite having spent his entire life in Europe, has extensive knowledge of Colombian players and said who his role models are in goal: “ René Higuita and David Ospina have been my role models; ask anyone and they know the 'Scorpion Higuita' and David Ospina , who also saved for Arsenal and I have already spoken to him,” said Alexei.


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