Paolo Guerrero
Guerrero 2012
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| Full name | José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1984 | |||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Flamengo | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2002 | Alianza Lima | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Bayern Munich | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 60 | (23) | |||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Flamengo | 36 | (12) | |||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2004– | Peru | 77 | (28) | |||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2016 |
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José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse paˈolo ɣeˈreɾo ɣonˈsales]; born 1 January 1984) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a striker for Brazilian club Flamengo and the Peru national team.
Guerrero spent his early career in Germany, formed at Bayern Munich, and later playing at Hamburger SV, amassing Bundesliga totals of 161 games and 47 goals across eight seasons. He later played in Brazil, scoring the goal which won the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup Final for Corinthians.
Since his international debut in 2004, Guerrero has earned over 70 caps for Peru and is the nation's all-time top goal scorer, representing them at four Copa América tournaments. He helped them to third place in the 2011 and 2015 editions, also finishing as top scorer in both tournaments. Recently, Guerrero appeared in the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or 59 nominees list, making him the first Peruvian football player to achieve such international recognition.
Guerrero was born in Lima, starting his football career in the lower categories of Alianza Lima. In 2003, he signed a contract with Bavarian giants Bayern Munich. During 2003–04, Guerrero played in the Regionalliga Süd where he scored 21 goals in 23 games. During the 2004–05 season, he joined fellow countryman Claudio Pizarro on the Bayern first team.
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