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My Take
Roque Junior is the kind of footballer whose career I think gets unfairly flattened to one rough season abroad. People remember the difficult Leeds spell, but I keep coming back to the bigger picture: a 186cm defender who earned 48 caps for Brazil and was part of the 2002 World Cup-winning squad. That is rarefied company. Coming out of Santa Rita do Sapucai in Minas Gerais to anchor a defense at the highest level says plenty about his reading of the game. These days he works as a pundit, which feels natural, the defenders often make the sharpest analysts.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Roque Júnior
- Name (Japanese)
- ロッキ・ジュニオール
- Reading
- ろっき・じゅにおーる
- Born
- August 31, 1976 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dragon
- Origin
- Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Height
- 186 cm
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Roque Júnior born?
Born August 31, 1976 (age 49).
Where is Roque Júnior from?
Roque Júnior is from Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
What does Roque Júnior do?
Roque Júnior works as association football player, association football coach.
How tall is Roque Júnior?
Roque Júnior is 186 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.