Global InformationPaolo Guerrero information
 Guerrero with Flamengo in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | José Paolo Guerrero Gonzáles[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Universidad Cesar Vallejo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2002[3] | Alianza Lima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | Bayern Munich II | 66 | (45) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Bayern Munich | 27 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2012 | Hamburger SV | 134 | (37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Corinthians | 104 | (40) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Flamengo | 89 | (37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Internacional | 40 | (19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Avaí | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Racing Club | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | LDU Quito | 13 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Universidad César Vallejo | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Peru U17 | 20 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Peru U23 | 4 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004– | Peru | 117 | (39) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
José Paolo Guerrero Gonzáles (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse paˈolo ɣeˈreɾo ɣonˈsales]; born 1 January 1984), known as Paolo Guerrero, is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Peruvian Primera División club Universidad César Vallejo and the Peru national team.
Forging his career in Germany, Guerrero started at giants Bayern Munich, before making his name at Hamburger SV, scoring 47 goals across eight Bundesliga seasons. His greatest successes came in Brazil, where he scored the winning goal of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup final for Corinthians.
With 39 goals in 117 matches for Peru since debuting at 20, Guerrero holds the honour of being the highest goalscorer for his national team. He has represented them at five Copas América and one World Cup. He led them to third place in the 2011 and 2015 Copas, and to runners-up in 2019, finishing as top scorer in all three of these tournaments.[4] He is also the top scoring active player in the Copa América. He was one of 59 nominees for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or, becoming the first Peruvian to receive that recognition.[5] He's also the oldest Peruvian player to appear in a World Cup, at the age of 34 and 177 days.
In 2021, the IFFHS included Guerrero in their best South American team of the last decade, being recognized as the best South American center forward between 2010 and 2020 (joining the podium with Neymar and Sergio Agüero).[6] In addition, he was voted the "best centre forward in America" in 2012 and 2017 by the newspaper El País, based on the opinion of some two hundred journalists from the region. He has also been named included by CONMEBOL in the teams of the tournament for the 2011, 2015 and 2019 Copas América.
- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2012. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2012.
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Guerrero, José Paolo" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
NB-2019CAwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Paolo Guerrero nominado al Balón de Oro 2015 de la FIFA". Depor.pe (in Spanish). 3 October 2015. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ IFFHS, ed. (30 January 2021). "IFFHS MAN TEAM - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020".