Roger Guerreiro

Roger Guerreiro (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʁoʒeʁ ɡeˈʁejɾu]; born on 25 May 1982), commonly known as Roger, is a Polish footballer who last played for Rio Verde as an attacking midfielder. Brazilian-born Roger was granted Polish citizenship.

Roger Guerreiro
Personal information
Full name Roger Guerreiro
Date of birth (1982-05-25) 25 May 1982
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1997–2002[2] São Caetano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Corinthians 5 (0)
2004 → Flamengo (loan) 36 (3)
2005 → Celta de Vigo (loan) 13 (0)
2005–2006 Juventude 21 (1)
2006 → Legia Warsaw (loan) 13 (3)
2007–2009 Legia Warsaw 88 (16)
2009–2013 AEK Athens 84 (4)
2013 Guaratinguetá 0 (0)
2014 Comercial 2 (0)
2015 Rio Branco-PR 16 (2)
2015 Aris Limassol 5 (0)
2016 Villa Nova-MG 9 (1)
2016 Hercílio Luz-SC 10 (2)
2017 Rio Verde 8 (1)
Total 310 (33)
National team‡
2008–2011 Poland 25 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:32, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 October 2011

Club career

AEK Athens

On 27 August 2009, Guerreiro signed a four-year contract with AEK Athens F.C.[3] Guerreiro was the second Brazilian in the team, the other was Leonardo.

Guerreiro made his debut for AEK versus Iraklis on 13 September 2009.

Guerreiro was a regular for AEK until he fell out of favor with coach Dusan Bajevic and was not included in any squads. In the transfer period, Guerreiro was for sale and was offered to many European clubs. After the transfer period ended, Guerreiro apologized to Bajevic and was given another chance and is now a member of the squad. Guerreiro's first match of the 2010–11 season was an away game against Aris, the match ended 0–4 to AEK Athens.

Guerreiro scored his first goal for AEK against Atromitos scoring the only goal of the match giving AEK the 1–0 win. His contract ended in 2013 and did not get renewed.

International career

He was granted Polish citizenship on 17 April 2008.[4] Roger received the citizenship in a speedy procedure, and was guaranteed a place in the Poland's football team for the 2008 European Championships (coached by Leo Beenhakker). He made his debut in a Poland shirt in the game versus Albania on 27 May 2008.

Euro 2008

On 12 June, he scored his first goal for the Poland national team with a 30th-minute shot against Austria in both teams' second Group B match of Euro 2008. For this game, UEFA awarded him man of the match. It was Poland's first-ever goal in the European Championship.[5]

Statistics

Career total
Team Season Apps Goals
Poland 2008 11 2
2009 11 2
2011 3 0
Total 25 4

Last updated: 2010-3-03
Source: Roger Guerreiro at National-Football-Teams.com

Roger: International goals
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
112 June 2008Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Austria0–11–1UEFA Euro 2008
219 November 2008Croke Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland0–22–3Friendly
311 February 2009Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal Wales0–10–1Friendly
49 June 2009Cape Town, South Africa Iraq1–11–1Friendly

Honours

Legia Warsaw

AEK Athens

References
  1. "Roger Guerreiro". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  2. "Roger: o guerreiro da força de vontade – Parte 1". planotatico.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  3. "'Destiny' takes Roger to AEK". uefa.com. 27 August 2009.
  4. Interview with Roger's website Archived 10 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
  5. Austria vs Poland match report


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