IFFHS STATISTICS - ROQUE SANTA CRUZ THIRD OLDEST GOAL SCORER
Picture : Roque Santa Cruz, a Legend in Paraguay !
Roque Santa Cruz – third oldest scorer in Copa Libertadores
The Paraguayan forward Roque Santa Cruz became 9th player in the Copa Libertadores history to score at the age of 40+. He did it on 27 May for his current club Libertad in the game vs The Strongest (4-1).
His exact age was 40 years 284 days, so he is now placed third in the all-time ranking of the competition’s oldest goal-scorers.
The record belongs to the Brazilian Zé Roberto who scored for Palmeiras in 2017 being nearly 43-year old.
| OLDEST | GOAL | SCORERS | IN | COPA LIBERTADORES | ||
| Player | Nationality | Club | Age (Y-D) | Game | Date | |
| 1 | Zé Roberto | Brazil | Palmeiras | 42-322 | Atlético Tucumán (Argentina) 3-1 | 24/05/2017 |
| 2 | Óscar Aguirregaray | Uruguay | Peñarol | 41-189 | Vasco da Gama (Brazil) 1-3 | 02/05/2001 |
| 3 | Roque Santa Cruz | Paraguay | Libertad | 40-284 | The Strongest (Bolivia) 4-1 | 27/05/2022 |
| 4 | Richard Pellejero | Uruguay | Cerro | 40-246 | Unión Española (Chile) 2-3 | 31/01/2017 |
| 5 | Jaime Ramírez | Chile | Unión San Felipe | 40-213 | Universitario (Peru) 1-3 | 21/03/1972 |
| 6 | Rogério Ceni | Brazil | São Paulo | 40-085 | Atlético Mineiro (Brazil) 2-0 | 17/04/2013 |
| 7 | Carlos Borja | Bolivia | Bolívar | 40-056 | Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia) 4-0 | 19/02/1997 |
| 8 | Esteban Paredes | Chile | Colo Colo | 40-046 | Peñarol (Uruguay) 2-1 | 16/09/2020 |
| 9 | Gabriel González | Paraguay | Olimpia | 40-019 | Cruzeiro (Brazil) 3-4 | 06/04/2001 |