Transfer ... Marco Rojas is set to move to VfB Stuttgart in Germany. Source: George Salpigtidis / News Limited
German Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart has confirmed Marco Rojas as its latest signing.
The Johnny Warren medallist passed Monday's medical and signs from Melbourne Victory on a free transfer, with the A-League club to receive $180,000 in compensation under FIFA laws.
Rojas has agreed terms on a multi-year deal with the club announcing the signing on Wednesday in Germany (Wednesday night EST).
"Marco has just been voted player of the year in Australia but that's not the only reason we noticed him,'' Stuttgart's head of sports Fredi Bobic told the club's website.
"He is a player who is well used to the attacking wide positions and provides speed.
"It will be interesting to see how quickly he can get used to the pace in Germany.''
Rojas said in a statement he was delighted with the move and looked forward to the challenge of stepping up to European football.
''With the decision that I make, it will probably revolve around those two things - making sure I play football and continue to push myself,'' Rojas said.
"It's important to continue to push myself, to become a better player and it's important to be playing games. That's probably the most important thing.
"No matter how hard you train and how much you do during and after training, it's always important to be playing the games and being in the match situations, that helps more than anything."
Stuttgart is currently 12th on the Bundesliga table and while the German league is one of the best in the world, Rojas said in March that he wanted to move to a club where he would play.
Victory hoped to retain Rojas after his breakthrough season, where he scored 15 goals, but it became evident that his sights were set on Europe when the Rojas camp refused to entertain the idea of extending his contract.
Rojas was signed from Wellington by former Victory coach Ernie Merrick and spent two seasons in Melbourne, though he struggled in his debut season, failing to score a goal.
But his stunning transformation this season saw him dubbed ''Kiwi Messi'' as he claimed the A-League player of the year award comfortably ahead of Alessandro Del Piero.
Rojas will join fellow former A-League players including Robbie Kruse, Mitch Langerak and Nikita Rukavytsya in Germany's top flight.
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