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Roque Santa Cruz
Roque Luis Santa Cruz Cantero is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Paraguayan Primera División club Nacional. He is the record goal scorer and has earned over 100 caps for the Paraguay national team, thus he is regarded as one of the best players in the nation's history. Santa Cruz has scored goals at a professional level in each of the last four decades. He is also o…
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sports · Paraguayan footballer (born 1981) · association football player · also Roque Santa Cruz, Roque Luis Santa Cruz Cantero, Cruz
Born 16 August 1981 · Q152492
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2026· 4 entries
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2025· 1 entry
Won: Paraguayan Primera División with Libertad (2025).
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2024· 3 entries
Won: Copa Paraguay with Libertad (2024).
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Won: Supercopa Paraguay with Libertad (2024).
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Won: Paraguayan Primera División with Libertad (2024).
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2023· 3 entries
Won: Paraguayan Primera División with Libertad (2023).
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Won: Supercopa Paraguay with Libertad (2023).
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Won: Copa Paraguay with Libertad (2023).
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2022· 2 entries
Won: Paraguayan Primera División with Libertad (2022).
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Played for Club Libertad (2022–2025) — 132 appearances, 23 goals.
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2021· 3 entries
Won: Supercopa Paraguay with Olimpia Asunción (2021).
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Won: Copa Paraguay with Olimpia Asunción (2021).
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Santa Cruz left Olimpia Asunción as its second-highest scorer behind Mauro Caballero, with 91 goals
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2020· 1 entry
Won: Paraguayan Primera División with Olimpia Asunción (2020).
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2019· 3 entries
Won award: Paraguayan Primera División Apertura Top Scorer (2019).
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Won: Paraguayan Primera División with Olimpia Asunción (2019).
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Won award: Paraguayan Primera División Clausura Top Scorer (2019).
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2018· 3 entries
Won award: Copa Paraguay Top Scorer (2018).
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Won: Paraguayan Primera División with Olimpia Asunción (2018).
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Won award: Paraguayan Footballer of the Year (2018).
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2017· 1 entry
As well as the third-oldest goalscorer in international club tournaments in South America, only behind Roberto and Richard Pellejero, who scored a brace in the 2019 Copa Sudamericana, aged 43 years and 31 days
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2016· 1 entry
Played for Club Olimpia (2016–2021) — 148 appearances, 66 goals.
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2015· 2 entries
Played for Málaga CF (2015–2016) — 17 appearances, 2 goals.
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Played for Cruz Azul (2015–2016) — 10 appearances, 4 goals.
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2014· 1 entry
Won award: Pope Francis International Peace Match Invitation (2014).
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2013· 2 entries
Played for Málaga CF (2013–2014) — 43 appearances, 9 goals.
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Santa Cruz himself then stated to Paraguay's Telefuturo that Chilavert's comments were false because they were stated more than ten years after the incident
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2012· 1 entry
Played for Málaga CF (2012–2013) — 31 appearances, 8 goals.
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2011· 5 entries
Runner-up: Copa América with Paraguay (2011).
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Played for Blackburn Rovers F.C. (2011–2011) — 9 appearances, 0 goals.
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Joined Betis in 2011.
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Joined Blackburn in 2011.
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Played for Real Betis Balompié (2011–2012) — 33 appearances, 7 goals.
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2010· 2 entries
Won award: Special decoration by the Presidency of the Republic (2010).
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Won award: Domingo Martínez de Irala Medal by the Municipality of Asunción (2010).
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2009· 2 entries
Played for Manchester City F.C. (2009–2013) — 20 appearances, 3 goals.
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Joined Manchester City in 2009.
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2008· 1 entry
Won award: Blackburn Rovers Player of the Season (2007–08).
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2007· 3 entries
Won award: Premier League Player of the Month (December 2007).
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Joined Blackburn in 2007.
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Played for Blackburn Rovers F.C. (2007–2009) — 57 appearances, 23 goals.
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2006· 3 entries
Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2005–06).
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Won award: FIFA World Cup Most Handsome Player (2006).
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Won: DFB-Pokal with Bayern Munich (2005–06).
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2005· 4 entries
Won the German Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2004-2005).
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Won: DFB-Pokal with Bayern Munich (2004–05).
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Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2004–05).
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Played for FC Bayern Munich II (2005–2006) — 6 appearances, 2 goals.
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2004· 2 entries
Won: DFB-Ligapokal with Bayern Munich (2004).
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Santa Cruz was the subject of the song "Ich, Roque" by the German band Sportfreunde Stiller
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2003· 3 entries
Won the German Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2002-2003).
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Won: DFB-Pokal with Bayern Munich (2002–03).
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Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2002–03).
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2002· 1 entry
The media stated that the match would have special significance for Santa Cruz due to playing for a German club
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2001· 5 entries
Won the FIFA Club World Cup with Bayern Munich (2001).
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Won the German Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2000-2001).
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Won: Intercontinental Cup with Bayern Munich (2001).
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Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2000–01).
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Won: UEFA Champions League with Bayern Munich (2000–01).
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2000· 6 entries
Won the German Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (1999-2000).
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Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (1999–2000).
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Won: DFB-Ligapokal with Bayern Munich (2000).
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Won: DFB-Pokal with Bayern Munich (1999–2000).
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Santa Cruz was selected to represent the under-23 at the 2000 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament in Brazil, which saw Paraguay fail to qualify for the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Played for Paraguay Olympic football team (2000–2000) — 4 appearances, 2 goals.
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1999· 8 entries
Won: Paraguayan Primera División with Olimpia Asunción (1999).
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Won award: Paraguayan Footballer of the Year (1999).
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And Olimpia club president Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb had assessed Santa Cruz to value from around US$20 million, however Santa Cruz was eventually sold to Bayern Munich for US$7 million, the transfer fee becoming the record
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Joined Bayern Munich in 1999.
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Played for Paraguay men's national football team (1999–2016) — 112 appearances, 32 goals.
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Played for Paraguay national under-20 football team (1999–1999) — 13 appearances, 6 goals.
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Played for FC Bayern Munich (1999–2007) — 155 appearances, 31 goals.
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Santa Cruz represented Paraguay's under-20 team before receiving a call up to the senior team when he made his debut aged 17 in a friendly match against Mexico on 28 April 1999
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1998· 1 entry
Won: Paraguayan Primera División with Olimpia Asunción (1998).
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1997· 2 entries
Won: Paraguayan Primera División with Olimpia Asunción (1997).
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Played for Club Olimpia (1997–1999) — 24 appearances, 13 goals.
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1981· 1 entry
Born 1981-08-16.
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