Roque Santa Cruz
Roque Santa Cruz (born 16 August 1981) is a Paraguayan football player. He plays for Club Libertad.
 Santa Cruz with Paraguay in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roque Luis Santa Cruz Cantero[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1981 (aged 44) | ||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Libertad | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1997 | Olimpia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1999 | Olimpia | 24 | (13) |
| 1999–2007 | Bayern Munich | 155 | (31) |
| 2005–2006 | Bayern Munich II | 6 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Blackburn Rovers | 57 | (23) |
| 2009–2013 | Manchester City | 20 | (3) |
| 2011 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Betis (loan) | 33 | (7) |
| 2012–2013 | → Málaga (loan) | 31 | (8) |
| 2013–2014 | Málaga | 43 | (9) |
| 2015–2016 | Cruz Azul | 10 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | → Málaga (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2016–2021 | Olimpia | 148 | (66) |
| 2022– | Libertad | 89 | (16) |
| National team | |||
| 1999 | Paraguay U20 | 13 | (6) |
| 2000 | Paraguay U23 | 4 | (2) |
| 1999–2016 | Paraguay | 112 | (32) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 May 2024 | |||
Career statistics
Club
Olimpia Asunción
- Paraguayan Primera División: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2018 Apertura, 2018 Clausura, 2019 Apertura, 2019 Clausura, 2020 Clausura
- Copa Paraguay: 2021
- Supercopa Paraguay: 2021
Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
- DFB-Pokal: 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
- DFB-Ligapokal: 2000, 2004
- UEFA Champions League: 2000–01
- Intercontinental Cup: 2001
Libertad
International
Paraguay
- Copa América runner-up: 2011
International goals
Paraguay U20
- Scores and results list Paraguay U20's goal tally first
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 8 January 1999 | Estadio San Martín, Tandil |  Bolivia |
1–1 | 2–1 | 1999 South American Youth Championship |
| 2. | 10 January 1999 | Estadio San Martín, Tandil |  Brazil |
1–0 | 1–1 | 1999 South American Youth Championship |
| 3. | 21 January 1999 | Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata |  Chile |
3–1 | 3–2 | 1999 South American Youth Championship |
| 4. | 7 April 1999 | National Stadium, Lagos |  Costa Rica |
1–0 | 3–1 | 1999 World Youth Championship |
| 5. | 14 April 1999 | National Stadium, Lagos |  Uruguay |
1–2 | 2–2 (9–10 penalties) | 1999 World Youth Championship |
| 6. | 2–2 |
Paraguay U23
- Scores and results list Paraguay U20's goal tally first
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22 January 2000 | Cascavel, Brazil |  Peru |
1–0 | 3–4 | 2000 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament Championship |
| 2. | 2–2 |
Paraguay
- Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 17 June 1999 | Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay | Uruguay |
1–3 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 2. | 2 July 1999 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay |  Japan |
2–0 | 4–0 | 1999 Copa América |
| 3. | 4–0 | |||||
| 4. | 5 July 1999 | Monumental Río Parapití, Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay | Peru |
1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 5. | 7 October 2000 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia |  Colombia |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6. | 15 November 2000 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay | Peru |
1–0 | 5–1 | |
| 7. | 5 September 2001 | Bolivia |
4–1 | 5–1 | ||
| 8. | 17 May 2002 | Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden |  Sweden |
1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 9. | 2 June 2002 | Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea |  South Africa |
1–0 | 2–2 | 2002 FIFA World Cup |
| 10. | 15 November 2003 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay |  Ecuador |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 11. | 5 June 2005 | Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil | Brazil |
1–3 | 1–4 | |
| 12. | 8 June 2005 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay | Bolivia |
2–1 | 4–1 | |
| 13. | 3 September 2005 |  Argentina |
1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 14. | 25 March 2007 | Estadio Universitario, Monterrey, Mexico |  Mexico |
1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 15. | 28 June 2007 | Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela | Colombia |
1–0 | 5–0 | 2007 Copa América |
| 16. | 2–0 | |||||
| 17. | 3–0 | |||||
| 18. | 17 November 2007 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay | Ecuador |
3–0 | 5–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 19. | 15 June 2008 | Brazil |
1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 20. | 18 June 2008 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia | Bolivia |
1–2 | 2–4 | |
| 21. | 15 May 2010 | Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland |  Korea DPR |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 22. | 17 November 2010 | Hong Kong Stadium, Victoria, Hong Kong |  Hong Kong |
1–0 | 7–0 | |
| 23. | 3–0 | |||||
| 24. | 11 June 2011 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay |  Romania |
2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 25. | 9 July 2011 | Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina | Brazil |
1–1 | 2–2 | 2011 Copa América |
| 26. | 7 June 2013 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay | Chile |
1–2 | 1–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 27. | 6 September 2013 | Bolivia |
2–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 28. | 10 September 2013 | Argentina |
2–4 | 2–5 | ||
| 29. | 29 May 2014 | Kufstein Arena, Kufstein, Austria |  Cameroon |
2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 30. | 18 November 2014 | Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru | Peru |
1–0 | 1–2 | |
| 31. | 6 June 2015 | Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asunción, Paraguay |  Honduras |
1–1 | 2–2 | |
| 32. | 2–2 |
Honours
Individual
- Blackburn Rovers Player of the Season: 2007–08
- Paraguayan Footballer of the Year: 1999, 2018
- Premier League Player of the Month: December 2007[3]
Roque Santa Cruz Media
Santa Cruz with Bayern Munich
Santa Cruz during his first spell with Blackburn
Santa Cruz training with Malaga in 2012
Santa Cruz during the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League against Zenit Saint Petersburg
Santa Cruz during his second year with Málaga CF
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References
- ↑ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- ↑ "Roque Santa Cruz". Club Olimpia (in español). Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ↑ "Roque Santa Cruz: Overview". Premier League. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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