Roque Santa Cruz

Roque Santa Cruz (born 16 August 1981) is a Paraguayan football player. He plays for Club Libertad.

Roque Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz with Paraguay in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Roque Luis Santa Cruz Cantero
Date of birth	16 August 1981 (aged 44)
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
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

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

• Paraguayan Primera División: 2022 Apertura, 2023 Apertura, 2023 Clausura
• Copa Paraguay: 2023
• Supercopa Paraguay: 2023

International

Paraguay

• Copa América runner-up: 2011

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

Individual

• Blackburn Rovers Player of the Season: 2007–08
• Paraguayan Footballer of the Year: 1999, 2018
• Premier League Player of the Month: December 2007

Roque Santa Cruz Media

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  Santa Cruz with Bayern Munich

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  Santa Cruz during his first spell with Blackburn

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  Santa Cruz training with Malaga in 2012

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  Santa Cruz during the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League against Zenit Saint Petersburg

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  Santa Cruz during his second year with Málaga CF