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Roque Júnior

ロッキ・ジュニオール　/　ろっき・じゅにおーる

Association football player from Brazil

August 31, 1976 (age 49)　・　Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Minas Gerais
association football player
association football coach

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.

Overview

José Vítor Roque Júnior (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʁɔki ˈʒuni.oʁ]; born 31 August 1976, and also not to be confused with Vitor Roque), more commonly known as Roque Júnior, is a Brazilian football pundit and former player who played as a defender. He won 48 caps for Brazil and was part of the winning squad at the 2002 World Cup.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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
Blood type: Private
Height: 186 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/roquejr04/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

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