Roger Guerreiro (, ; born on 25 May 1982), commonly known as Roger, is a former professional

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who played as an

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. Born in Brazil, he was granted Polish citizenship and represented Poland at the international level.

Club career

AEK Athens

On 27 August 2009, Guerreiro signed a four-year contract with

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. 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

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and was not included in any squads. In the transfer period, Guerreiro was for sale and was offered to many European clubs. After the transfer period ended, Guerreiro apologized to Bajevic and was given another chance. Guerreiro's first match of the 2010–11 season was an away game against

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, the match ended 0–4 to AEK Athens. Guerreiro scored his first goal for AEK against

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scoring the only goal of the match giving AEK the 1–0 win. His contract ended in 2013 and did not get renewed.

International career

He was granted

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on 17 April 2008. Roger received the citizenship in a speedy procedure, and was guaranteed a place in the Poland's football team for the 2008 European Championships (coached by

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). He made his debut in a Poland shirt in the game versus

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on 27 May 2008.

Euro 2008

On 12 June, he scored his first goal for the Poland national team with a 30th-minute shot against

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in both teams' second Group B match of

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. For this game, UEFA awarded him

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. It was Poland's first-ever goal in the European Championship.

Statistics

Career total

Honours

Legia Warsaw *

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

: 2005–06 *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 2007–08 *

Polish Super Cup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been ...

: 2008 AEK Athens *

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Individual * ''Piłka Nożna'' Foreigner of the Year: 2007

References

External links

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Player website
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PZPN.pl profile

Player profile on Polish SOCA!

thinkball.com profile

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