1000 GAMES FOR ROQUE SANTA CRUZ
Picture : 1997 - 2025 : Roque Santa Cruz joins the 1000+ World Club !
Roque Santa Cruz: 1000 games!
«Eternal» Roque Santa Cruz has just played the 1000th top-level game in his career. He reached the milestone in the Copa Libertadores game captaining Club Libertad Asuncion against São Paulo (1-1).
The Paraguyan striker who will turn 44 in August has debutted at top level yet in 1997, so his senior career is lasting already 28 years.
Santa Cruz became the first representative of his country in the “Club 1000+ games” and it’s 26th member overall.
His amount is made up of 888 appearances for 9 clubs throughout his career and 112 for the national team.
| ROQUE SANTA CRUZ | GAMES | ||||||
| Years | Team | League | NL | NC | OC | IСС | Games |
| 1997-99 | Olimpia | Paraguay | 24 | 13 | 37 | ||
| 1999-07 | Bayern Munich | Germany | 155 | 23 | 8 | 52 | 238 |
| 2007-09 | Blackburn | England | 57 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 70 |
| 2009-10 | Manchester City | England | 20 | 2 | 2 | 24 | |
| 2011 | Blackburn | England | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 2011-12 | Betis | Spain | 33 | 2 | 35 | ||
| 2012-14 | Málaga | Spain | 74 | 6 | 10 | 90 | |
| 2015 | Cruz Azul | Mexico | 10 | 10 | |||
| 2015-16 | Málaga | Spain | 17 | 2 | 19 | ||
| 2016-21 | Olimpia | Paraguay | 162 | 9 | 1 | 29 | 201 |
| 2022- | Libertad | Paraguay | 118 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 154 |
| 1999-16 | Paraguay NT | 112 | |||||
| Total | 679 | 61 | 18 | 130 | 1000 |
NL = National Leagues
NC = National Cup
OC = other domestic cups (League Cup, Super Cup)
MI = Major International Club Competitions (continental and global)