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Roque Santa Cruz
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ParaguayArchive goals
21
for Paraguay
Matches scored in
18
1 hat-trick among them
Tournaments
3
most in the FIFA World Cup qualification (13)
Career span
1999–2013
first 1999-07-02 · last 2013-09-10
Counted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Roque Luis Santa Cruz Cantero is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Paraguayan Primera División club Nacional. He is the record goal scorer and has earned over 100 caps for the Paraguay national team, thus he is regarded as one of the best players in the nation's history. Santa Cruz has scored goals at a professional level in each of the last four decades. — Wikipedia
identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-07-13
Every goal
from the international archive · 21 goals in 18 matches| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-10 |  Argentina | L2–5(h) | 85' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Asunción |
| 2013-09-06 |  Bolivia | W4–0(h) | 47' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Asunción |
| 2013-06-07 |  Chile | L1–2(h) | 87' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Asunción |
| 2011-07-09 |  Brazil | D2–2(n) | 54' | Copa América | Córdoba |
| 2008-06-18 | Bolivia | L2–4(a) | 66' | FIFA World Cup qualification | La Paz |
| 2008-06-15 | Brazil | W2–0(h) | 26' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Asunción |
| 2007-11-17 |  Ecuador | W5–1(h) | 50' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Asunción |
| 2007-06-28 |  Colombia | W5–0(n) | 30' 46' 80'hat-trick | Copa América | Barinas |
| 2005-09-03 | Argentina | W1–0(h) | 14' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Asunción |
| 2005-06-08 | Bolivia | W4–1(h) | 45' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Asunción |
| 2005-06-05 | Brazil | L1–4(a) | 72' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Porto Alegre |
| 2003-11-15 | Ecuador | W2–1(h) | 29' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Asunción |
| 2002-06-02 |  South Africa | D2–2(n) | 39' | FIFA World Cup | Busan |
| 2001-09-05 | Bolivia | W5–1(h) | 69' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Asunción |
| 2000-11-15 |  Peru | W5–1(h) | 15' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Asunción |
| 2000-10-07 | Colombia | W2–0(a) | 3' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Bogotá |
| 1999-07-05 | Peru | W1–0(h) | 88' | Copa América | Pedro Juan Caballero |
| 1999-07-02 |  Japan | W4–0(h) | 40' 86' | Copa América | Asunción |
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