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Roger Guerreiro
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Personal information
Full name Roger Guerreiro
Date of birth (1982-05-25) 25 May 1982 (age 44)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position 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)
International career
2008–2011 Poland 25 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roger Guerreiro (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʁoʒeʁ ɡeˈʁejɾu], Polish pronunciation: [ˈrɔʐɛr ɡɛˈrɛjrɔ]; born on 25 May 1982), commonly known as Roger, is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Born in Brazil, he was granted Polish citizenship and represented Poland at the international level.

Club career

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AEK Athens

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On 27 August 2009, Guerreiro signed a four-year contract with AEK Athens.[3] He made his debut for AEK against Iraklis on 13 September 2009.

Guerreiro was a regular for AEK until he fell out of favor with coach Dušan Bajević.[when?] In the transfer period, Guerreiro was offered to many European clubs. After the transfer period ended, Guerreiro apologized to Bajević and was given another chance. Guerreiro's first match of the 2010–11 season was an away game against Aris, the match ended in a 4–0 win for AEK Athens.[citation needed]

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 was not renewed.[citation needed]

International career

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He was granted Polish citizenship on 17 April 2008.[4] Roger received the citizenship in a speedy procedure, and was called-up by the Poland national team, coached by Leo Beenhakker, for the UEFA Euro 2008. He made his debut for Poland in against Albania on 27 May 2008.

UEFA Euro 2008

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

Career statistics

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International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Poland
2008112
2009112
201130
Total254
Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Guerreiro goal.
List of international goals scored by Roger Guerreiro
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
112 June 2008Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, AustriaImage Austria1–01–1UEFA Euro 2008
219 November 2008Croke Park, Dublin, Republic of IrelandImage Republic of Ireland2–03–2Friendly
311 February 2009Vila Real de Santo António, PortugalImage Wales1–01–0Friendly
49 June 2009Cape Town, South AfricaImage Iraq1–11–1Friendly

Honours

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Legia Warsaw

AEK Athens

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ "Roger Guerreiro". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Roger: o guerreiro da força de vontade – Parte 1". planotatico.com. Retrieved 5 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "'Destiny' takes Roger to AEK". UEFA. 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
  6. ↑ "Roger Guerreiro". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "Laureaci". pilkanozna.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 June 2024.
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