Veteran Paraguayan striker Roque Santa Cruz came through the youth system at Olimpia in his home country before making his debut for the team in 1997. In his two years with Olimpia at the start of his career, Roque Santa Cruz scored 13 goals in 24 league appearances. Bayern Munich negotiated the transfer for Roque …
Paraguay stunned a lot of football stakeholders by making a deserved appearance at the 2011 Copa America final. The Paraguayans were drawn in Group B at the tournament alongside Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela. At the end of proceedings in their group, Paraguay finished third behind Venezuela and leaders Brazil and ahead of bottom team Ecuador …
Olimpia FC of Paraguay Roque Santa Cruz made his debut for the senior national team as a teenager. His first game for Paraguay was in a friendly game against Mexico on April 28, 1999. His debut goal for the Paraguay senior team came some weeks later as he scored one of the goals in a …
Paraguayan football icon Roque Santa Cruz signed for Spanish La Liga club Real Betis on loan from Premier League giants Manchester City at the start of the 2011/12 season. Roque Santa Cruz signed for Real Betis on loan in August 2011. He signed for Betis on August 27 having been linked with a move to …
Roque Santa Cruz spent four years as a Manchester City player from 2009 to 2013. The Paraguayan international was one of the earliest signings of the new Manchester City under the City Football Group. The Citizens signed the former Bayern Munich striker for a fee of around £17.5m. He was signed from Blackburn Rovers whom …
Roque Santa Cruz isstill going strong at the veteran age of 39 and he’s currently the captain of both club and country. Santa Cruz plays his club football for Olimpia in his native Paraguay. In addition to being the Olimpia skipper, the Ex-Bayern Munich hitman is also the Paraguay national team skipper. Roque Santa Cruz …
Roque Santa Cruz is an icon as far as Paraguayan football is concerned and the former Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers and Bayern Munich striker is still going strong at the veteran stage of his career. The Olimpia FC of Paraguay player is back in his country after several years in European football. Roque Santa Cruz …
It’s surprising to learn that some players are still going strong in their professional careers after almost two decades. Let’s examine the players that are still playing till now in a surprising manner: Roque Santa Cruz – The Paraguayan international player is still an active footballer at the age of 39. Roque Santa Cruz scored …
Roque Santa Cruz has talked about the Paraguayan team and has said that they lack the strength in regard to recovering the ball. In the Copa America, the Paraguayan National Team is depending on some miracle in order to get access to the quarter-finals which are to take place in Brazil. Albirroja is putting their …
Just over 10 years ago in the 2007/2008 season, an unknown Paraguayan became the scourge of the Premier League playing for Blackburn Rovers. His name was Roque Santa Cruz, having made a $3.5 million move from Bayern Munich expectations on the player was low. He had spent 8 years at the German side without breaking …