Roque Santa Cruz

Roque Santa Cruz earns my respect as a flag-bearer for a footballing nation that rarely gets headlines. A 191cm striker from Luque, he became Paraguay's record scorer with over 100 caps, which places him among the country's all-time greats almost by definition. What moves me more is the longevity: a career that crossed to Europe and back, surviving the injuries that derail so many big forwards, and still pulling on a shirt for Nacional at home. I'm less interested in his peak goals than in his persistence. The players who keep showing up long after the spotlight fades often love the game most honestly.

Name (English)

Roque Santa Cruz

Name (Japanese)

ロケ・サンタ・クルス

Reading

ろけ・さんた・くるす

Born

August 16, 1981 (age 45)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rooster

Origin

Luque, Central Department, Paraguay

Height

191 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Official sitehttps://www.roque-santa-cruz.co.uk/
• Xhttps://x.com/RoqueSantaCruz
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roque%20Santa%20Cruz
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152492

Tags

• Central Department
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-18

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.