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Roque Santa Cruz

1981 - Today

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Roque Luis Santa Cruz Cantero (locally [ˈroke ˈlwis santa ˈkɾus kanˈteɾo]; born 16 August 1981) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Paraguayan Primera División club Libertad. 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. Santa Cruz started his career with Olimpia, progressing through their youth system to the first-team squad where he made his debut at the age of 15 in 1997. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roque Santa Cruz is the 1,506th most popular soccer player (up from 1,917th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Paraguay (up from 27th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Paraguayan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Roque Santa Cruz ranks 1,506 out of 21,273. Before him are Nils Axelsson, Luis Fernández, Shunichiro Okano, Václav Ježek, Albert Batteux, and Valdo Filho. After him are Ken Armstrong, Rodolfo Orlandini, Bill Slater, Tony Woodcock, Sandro Salvadore, and Vladica Kovačević.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Roque Santa Cruz ranks 60. Before him are Fan Bingbing, Park Hae-soo, Maxwell, Andrey Arshavin, Floor Jansen, and Tom Hiddleston. After him are Bryce Dallas Howard, Bruno Alves, Tiago Mendes, Júlio Baptista, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Toše Proeski.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, Roque Santa Cruz ranks 19 out of 203. Before him are Julio César Romero (1960), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Manuel Fleitas Solich (1900), Raúl Cubas Grau (1943), Federico Franco (1962), and Eusebio Ayala (1875). After him are Nicanor Duarte (1956), Cirilo Antonio Rivarola (1836), Bernardino Caballero (1839), Luis Ángel González Macchi (1947), Eulogio Martínez (1935), and Cayetano Ré (1938).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Paraguay

Among soccer players born in Paraguay, Roque Santa Cruz ranks 5. Before him are José Luis Chilavert (1965), Arsenio Erico (1915), Julio César Romero (1960), and Manuel Fleitas Solich (1900). After him are Eulogio Martínez (1935), Cayetano Ré (1938), Heriberto Herrera (1926), Aurelio González (1905), Delfín Benítez Cáceres (1910), Ángel Berni (1931), and Luis Vargas Peña (1905).

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