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Roque Santa Cruz Biography
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Roque Luis Santa Cruz Cantero |
| Date of birth |
August 16, 1981 (1981-08-16) (age 26) |
| Place of birth |
Asunción, Paraguay |
| Height |
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Playing position |
Striker |
Roque Luis Santa Cruz (born 16 August 1981 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan football striker, who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers.
Off the pitch
- He married his former national team and Olimpia teammate Ricardo Tavarelli's sister Giselle in 2004. He has one son, Tobias (born December 17, 2003), and one daughter, Fiorella (born November 11, 2005).
- In 2004 he teamed up with German rock band Sportfreunde Stiller to sing the words "Ich, Roque" in the song with the same title - a pun on the phrase I rock. The song made it into the Top-40 in Austria and Germany.
- In a 2006 World Cup edition of German magazine Kicker he was voted the sexiest man to be taking part in the tournament.
- He was also chosen by the German newspaper Die Welt as the sexiest footballer of the 2006 World Cup.
- He is on the cover of the German version of the PC, PS2 and Xbox 360 game Pro Evolution Soccer 6.
source: wikipedia.org
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