Santa Cruz: 44-Year-Old Joins Ninth Team!

More than known for his goals, and also for his career both in Europe and in the Paraguayan national team. Roque Santa Cruz It has become a myth that seems to have no end in football. The veteran forward, after a three-year spell in Freedomsigned for Paraguayan National to add a new team to your long list.

Coincidentally, Nacional becomes the ninth club that will represent the Asunción forward. A ‘9’ finisher who it seems that, despite already having 44 yearsthe goals continue to claim him on the fields of his country.

With a brilliant start in Olimpia (a team he represented twice), Santa Cruz packed his bags very young to play in Europe. Bayern Munich, Blackburn Rovers (twice), Manchester City, Betis and Málaga They had him on the payroll. A career in the Old Continent that spanned from 1999 to 2014, when he returned to America.

After passing through Blue Cross and return to Paraguay (again defending the colors of Olympiad and later Freedom), Nacional is the third team from the South American country that will have one of the best players in the country of Albirroja. His career does not seem to have an end.

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