Roger Guerreiro (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʁoʒeʁ ɡeˈʁejɾu], Polish pronunciation: [ˈrɔʐɛr ɡɛˈrɛjrɔ]; born on 25 May 1982), commonly known as Roger, is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Born in Brazil, he was granted Polish citizenship and represented Poland at the international level.
On 27 August 2009, Guerreiro signed a four-year contract with AEK Athens. He made his debut for AEK against Iraklis on 13 September 2009.
Guerreiro was a regular for AEK until he fell out of favor with coach Dušan Bajević. In the transfer period, Guerreiro was offered to many European clubs. After the transfer period ended, Guerreiro apologized to Bajević and was given another chance. Guerreiro's first match of the 2010–11 season was an away game against Aris, the match ended in a 4–0 win for AEK Athens.
Guerreiro scored his first goal for AEK against Atromitos scoring the only goal of the match giving AEK the 1–0 win. His contract ended in 2013 and was not renewed.
He was granted Polish citizenship on 17 April 2008.
Roger received the citizenship in a speedy procedure, and was called-up by the Poland national team, coached by Leo Beenhakker, for the UEFA Euro 2008. He made his debut for Poland in against Albania on 27 May 2008.
On 12 June, he scored his first goal for the Poland national team with a 30th-minute shot against Austria in the second Group B match of the UEFA Euro 2008. For this game, UEFA named him the man of the match. It was Poland's first-ever goal in the European Championship.
Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Guerreiro goal.
Piłka Nożna Foreigner of the Year: 2007
Roger Guerreiro at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Roger Guerreiro – FIFA competition record (archived)
Roger Guerreiro at National-Football-Teams.com
Player profile on Polish SOCA! (in English)