Roger (footballer, born 1985)

Roger
	Roger playing for Chapecoense in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Roger Rodrigues da Silva
Date of birth	7 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Campinas, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Athletic-MG (head coach)
Youth career
2003–2004	Ponte Preta
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2005	Ponte Preta
2005–2010	São Paulo
2006	→ Palmeiras (loan)
2007	→ Ponte Preta (loan)
2007	→ Al-Nasr (loan)
2008	→ Sport Recife (loan)
2009	→ Fluminense (loan)
2009	→ Vitória (loan)
2010	→ Guarani (loan)
2010–2011	Kashiwa Reysol
2011	→ Ceará (loan)
2012	Ponte Preta
2013	Sport Recife
2013	Atlético Paranaense
2014	Suwon Bluewings
2015	Chapecoense
2015–2016	Bahia
2016	Red Bull Brasil
2016	Ponte Preta
2017	Botafogo
2018	Internacional
2018–2019	Corinthians
2019	Ceará
2019–2020	Ponte Preta
2020	Operário Ferroviário
2021	Inter de Limeira
Managerial career
2021	Inter de Limeira (interim)
2022	Athletic-MG
2022	Inter de Limeira
2023	Athletic-MG
2023	Pouso Alegre
2023	Manaus
2024	Primavera
2024–	Athletic-MG
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roger Rodrigues da Silva (born 7 January 1985), simply known as Roger, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a striker. He is the current head coach of Athletic-MG.

Playing career[edit]

Born in Campinas, Roger was detected by Ponte Preta, where he played for three years before playing at São Paulo. In this club as a substitution, he won the Libertadores 2005.

He was loaned to Palmeiras in 2006, but was unsuccessful and in 2007, eventually returning to Ponte Preta, to dispute Serie B. After a brief spell at Al Nassr, was hired by Sport, Pernambuco where he was champion and winner of the Brazil Cup 2008.

In early 2009, even with their economic rights belonging to São Paulo, was on loan again, this time to Fluminense in a deal involving the player Arouca, who went to the club in São Paulo.

After just four months for Fluminense and with few chances in the team, especially after the arrival of Fred, eventually terminating his contract with the tricolor carioca hit and also on loan to the Vitória. In April 2010 Guarani Futebol Clube signed the forward on loan from São Paulo until December 2010.

In mid 2017, went away from field to retirate a tumor.

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

São Paulo

Copa Libertadores: 2005

Sport

Campeonato Pernambucano: 2008
Copa do Brasil: 2008

Individual[edit]

Campeonato Paulista Team of the year: 2016^[1]

References[edit]

^ "Santos domina seleção do Paulistão; Audax emplaca dois e mais o técnico" [Santos dominate the Paulistão team of the year; Audax include two and the manager] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

External links[edit]

Roger at Sambafoot (archived)
Roger at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Roger – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
Roger at Soccerway

[1] "Santos domina seleção do Paulistão; Audax emplaca dois e mais o técnico" [Santos dominate the Paulistão team of the year; Audax include two and the manager] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

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