Roque Santa Cruz

**Roque Santa Cruz** (born 16 August 1981) is a Paraguayan football player. He plays for Club Libertad.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National cup|colspan=2|League cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Olimpia Asunción|1997|rowspan="3"|Primera División|1|0|—|—|0|0|—|1|0|||||
|1998|9|3|—|—|6|4|—|15|7|>||||||||
|1999|14|10|—|—|5|2|—|19|12|||||||||
|rowspan="9"|Bayern Munich|1999–2000|rowspan="8"|Bundesliga|28|5|5|3|0|0|15|1|—|48|9|||
|2000–01|19|5|1|0|2|1|6|0|—|28|6|||||||
|2001–02|22|5|3|1|1|0|11|3|1|0|38|9||||||
|2002–03|14|5|3|2|0|0|2|1|—|19|8|||||||
|2003–04|29|5|4|4|0|0|8|0|—|41|9|||||||
|2004–05|4|0|1|4|2|1|0|0|—|7|5|||||||
|2005–06|13|4|3|0|1|0|2|0|—|19|4|||||||
|2006–07|26|2|3|0|2|1|7|1|—|38|4|||||||
|rowspan="3"|Bayern Munich II|2004–05|rowspan="2"|Regionalliga Süd|5|2|0|0|—|—|—|5|2|||||
|2005–06|1|0|—|—|—|—|1|0||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|Blackburn Rovers|2007–08|rowspan="2"|Premier League|37|19|0|0|3|3|3|1|—|43|23|||
|2008–09|20|4|4|1|3|1|—|—|27|6||||||||
|rowspan="3"|Manchester City|2009–10|rowspan="2"|Premier League|19|3|2|0|1|1|—|—|22|4||||
|2010–11|1|0|0|0|1|0|—|—|2|0||||||||
|Blackburn Rovers (loan)|2010–11|Premier League|9|0|1|0|—|—|—|10|0|||||||
|Real Betis (loan)|2011–12|La Liga|33|7|2|0|—|—|—|35|7|||||||
|rowspan="4"|Málaga|2012–13|rowspan="3"|La Liga|31|8|4|3|—|10|1|—|45|12||||
|2013–14|31|6|1|0|—|—|—|32|6|||||||||
|2014–15|12|3|1|2|—|—|—|13|5|||||||||
|Cruz Azul|2014–15|Liga MX|10|4|||—|—|—|10|4|||||||
|Málaga (loan)|2015–16|La Liga|17|2|2|1|—|—|—|19|3|||||||
|rowspan="6"|Olimpia Asunción|2016|rowspan="9"|Primera División|16|5|—|—|—|—|16|5||||||
|2017|26|3|—|—|6|1|—|32|4|||||||||
|2018|34|13|4|4|—|4|1|—|42|18||||||||
|2019|34|26|—|—|8|2|—|42|28|||||||||
|2020|27|17|—|—|5|0|—|32|17|||||||||
|2021|25|4|—|—|6|1|1|1|32|6||||||||
|Club Libertad|2022|39|12|—|—|4|2|—|14|3||||||||
|2023|37|3|5|0|—|4|0|—|46|3||||||||
|2024|13|1|—|—|3|1|—|16|2|||||||||

### International

|Year||Apps||Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan=3|Paraguay||||
|1999|8|4|||
|2000|9|2|||
|2001|4|1|||
|2002|7|2|||
|2003|5|1|||
|2004|4|0|||
|2005|5|3|||
|2006|3|0|||
|2007|12|5|||
|2008|7|2|||
|2009|2|0|||
|2010|13|3|||
|2011|10|2|||
|2012|2|0|||
|2013|6|3|||
|2014|7|2|||
|2015|6|2|||
|2016|2|0|||

#### Paraguay U20

- _Scores and results list Paraguay U20's goal tally first_
|Goal||Date||Venue||Opponent||Score||Result||Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|8 January 1999|Estadio San Martín, Tandil||**1**–1|2–1|1999 South American Youth Championship|||||||
|2.|10 January 1999|Estadio San Martín, Tandil||**1**–0|1–1|1999 South American Youth Championship|||||||
|3.|21 January 1999|Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata||**3**–1|3–2|1999 South American Youth Championship|||||||
|4.|7 April 1999|National Stadium, Lagos||**1**–0|3–1|1999 World Youth Championship|||||||
|5.|14 April 1999|National Stadium, Lagos||**1**–2|2–2 (9–10 penalties)|1999 World Youth Championship|||||||
|6.||**2**–2|||||||||||

#### Paraguay U23

- _Scores and results list Paraguay U20's goal tally first_
|Goal||Date||Venue||Opponent||Score||Result||Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|22 January 2000|Cascavel, Brazil||**1**–0|3–4|2000 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament Championship|||||||
|2.||**2**–2|||||||||||

#### Paraguay

- _Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first._
|Goal||Date||Venue||Opponent||Score||Result||Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|17 June 1999|Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay||**1**–3|2–3|Friendly|||||||
|2.|2 July 1999|Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay||**2**–0|4–0|1999 Copa América|||||||
|3.|align=center|**4**–0|||||||||||
|4.|5 July 1999|Monumental Río Parapití, Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay||**1**–0|1–0||||||||
|5.|7 October 2000|Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia||**1**–0|2–0|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||
|6.|15 November 2000|Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay||**1**–0|5–1||||||||
|7.|5 September 2001||**4**–1|5–1|||||||||
|8.|17 May 2002|Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden||**1**–0|2–1|Friendly|||||||
|9.|2 June 2002|Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea||**1**–0|2–2|2002 FIFA World Cup|||||||
|10.|15 November 2003|Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay||**1**–0|2–1|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||
|11.|5 June 2005|Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil||**1**–3|1–4||||||||
|12.|8 June 2005|Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay||**2**–1|4–1||||||||
|13.|3 September 2005||**1**–0|1–0|||||||||
|14.|25 March 2007|Estadio Universitario, Monterrey, Mexico||**1**–2|1–2|Friendly|||||||
|15.|28 June 2007|Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela||**1**–0|5–0|2007 Copa América|||||||
|16.|align=center|**2**–0|||||||||||
|17.|align=center|**3**–0|||||||||||
|18.|17 November 2007|Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay||**3**–0|5–1|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||
|19.|15 June 2008||**1**–0|2–0|||||||||
|20.|18 June 2008|Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia||**1**–2|2–4||||||||
|21.|15 May 2010|Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland||**1**–0|1–0|Friendly|||||||
|22.|17 November 2010|Hong Kong Stadium, Victoria, Hong Kong||**1**–0|7–0||||||||
|23.|align=center|**3**–0|||||||||||
|24.|11 June 2011|Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay||**2**–0|2–0||||||||
|25.|9 July 2011|Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina||**1**–1|2–2|2011 Copa América|||||||
|26.|7 June 2013|Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay||**1**–2|1–2|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||
|27.|6 September 2013||**2**–0|4–0|||||||||
|28.|10 September 2013||**2**–4|2–5|||||||||
|29.|29 May 2014|Kufstein Arena, Kufstein, Austria||**2**–0|2–1|Friendly|||||||
|30.|18 November 2014|Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru||**1**–0|1–2||||||||
|31.|6 June 2015|Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asunción, Paraguay||**1**–1|2–2||||||||
|32.|align=center|**2**–2|||||||||||

### Club

**Olimpia Asunción**
- Paraguayan Primera División: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2018 Apertura, 2018 Clausura, 2019 Apertura, 2019 Clausura, 2020 Clausura
- Copa Paraguay: 2021
- Supercopa Paraguay: 2021

**Bayern Munich**
- Bundesliga: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
- DFB-Pokal: 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
- DFB-Ligapokal: 2000, 2004
- UEFA Champions League: 2000–01
- Intercontinental Cup: 2001

**Libertad**
- Paraguayan Primera División: 2022 Apertura, 2023 Apertura, 2023 Clausura
- Copa Paraguay: 2023
- Supercopa Paraguay: 2023

### International

**Paraguay**
- Copa América runner-up: 2011

### Individual

- Blackburn Rovers Player of the Season: 2007–08
- Paraguayan Footballer of the Year: 1999, 2018
- Premier League Player of the Month: December 2007

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Roque Santa Cruz
- **image**: Roque Luis Santa Cruz.jpg
- **caption**: Santa Cruz with Paraguay national football team, Paraguay in 2011
- **fullname**: Roque Luis Santa Cruz Cantero
- **birth place**: Asunción, Paraguay
- **height**: 1.93 m
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Striker, Striker
- **currentclub**: Club Libertad, Libertad
- **clubnumber**: 24
- **youthyears1**: 1990–1997
- **youthclubs1**: Club Olimpia, Olimpia
- **years1**: 1997–1999
- **clubs1**: Club Olimpia, Olimpia
- **caps1**: 24
- **goals1**: 13
- **years2**: 1999–2007
- **clubs2**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **caps2**: 155
- **goals2**: 31
- **years3**: 2005–2006
- **clubs3**: FC Bayern Munich II, Bayern Munich II
- **caps3**: 6
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 2007–2009
- **clubs4**: Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers
- **caps4**: 57
- **goals4**: 23
- **years5**: 2009–2013
- **clubs5**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **caps5**: 20
- **goals5**: 3
- **years6**: 2011
- **clubs6**: → Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers (loan)
- **caps6**: 9
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2011–2012
- **clubs7**: → Real Betis, Betis (loan)
- **caps7**: 33
- **goals7**: 7
- **years8**: 2012–2013
- **clubs8**: → Málaga CF, Málaga (loan)
- **caps8**: 31
- **goals8**: 8
- **years9**: 2013–2014
- **clubs9**: Málaga CF, Málaga
- **caps9**: 43
- **goals9**: 9
- **years10**: 2015–2016
- **clubs10**: Cruz Azul
- **caps10**: 10
- **goals10**: 4
- **years11**: 2015–2016
- **clubs11**: → Málaga CF, Málaga (loan)
- **caps11**: 17
- **goals11**: 2
- **years12**: 2016–2021
- **clubs12**: Club Olimpia, Olimpia
- **caps12**: 148
- **goals12**: 66
- **years13**: 2022–
- **clubs13**: Club Libertad, Libertad
- **caps13**: 89
- **goals13**: 16
- **nationalyears1**: 1999
- **nationalteam1**: Paraguay national under-20 football team, Paraguay U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 13
- **nationalgoals1**: 6
- **nationalyears2**: 2000
- **nationalteam2**: Paraguay national under-23 football team, Paraguay U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 1999–2016
- **nationalteam3**: Paraguay national football team, Paraguay
- **nationalcaps3**: 112
- **nationalgoals3**: 32
- **club-update**: 8 May 2024