Jose Paolo Guerrero Gonzales, known as Paolo Guerrero, is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Primera Division side Racing Club.
31 Facts About Paolo Guerrero
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Paolo Guerrero has represented them at five Copas America and one World Cup.
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Paolo Guerrero led them to third place in the 2011 and 2015 Copas, and to runners-up in 2019, finishing as top scorer in all three of these tournaments.
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Paolo Guerrero is the top scoring active player in the Copa America.
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Paolo Guerrero was one of 59 nominees for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or, becoming the first Peruvian to receive that recognition.
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Paolo Guerrero has been named included by CONMEBOL in the teams of the tournament for the 2011,2015 and 2019 Copas America.
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Paolo Guerrero was born in Lima, starting his football career in the youth teams of Alianza Lima.
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In June 2006, it was announced that Paolo Guerrero had transferred to Hamburger SV and signed a contract with the club through 2010.
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Paolo Guerrero was fined a club record, in April 2010 for an incident at the end of a league game with Hannover 96, where after apparently having been abused by a Hamburg fan, Paolo Guerrero threw his drink bottle into the crowd, striking that fan in the face.
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Paolo Guerrero joined Brazilian club Corinthians on 13 July 2012, on a three-year deal for a fee of R$7.5 million.
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Paolo Guerrero scored both of their goals in the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, once in the semi-finals against Al Ahly SC and the winning goal in the final against Chelsea.
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In May 2013, Paolo Guerrero became the first Peruvian footballer to appear on the cover of Placar, Brazil's biggest football magazine.
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Paolo Guerrero was given the number 79, to commemorate the last time Inter won the Campeonato Brasileiro.
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In 2019, Paolo Guerrero's number changed from 79 to 9, due to the departure of Leandro Damiao.
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On 26 October 2021, Paolo Guerrero left Internacional on a "mutual agreement".
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On 21 July 2022, Paolo Guerrero joined Brazilian Serie A side Avai for the remainder of the 2022 season.
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On 24 January 2023, Paolo Guerrero signed for Argentine Primera Division side Racing Club.
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Paolo Guerrero scored his first goal in the 89th minute of the Racing Club and San Martin in a Copa Argentina match.
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Paolo Guerrero was ruled out of Peru's first two 2010 World Cup qualifying games because of injury.
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Paolo Guerrero made 17 appearances and scored five goals in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, helping Peru clinch a berth in the play-offs.
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On 3 November 2017, it was announced that Paolo Guerrero had failed the doping control test after the match against Argentina in the previous month for what was initially reported as a social drug.
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Paolo Guerrero received a preemptive 30-day suspension from FIFA, making him miss the World Cup play-off tie against New Zealand, eventually won by Peru.
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On 8 December 2017, it was revealed that Paolo Guerrero had tested positive for benzoylecgonine, the primary metabolite of cocaine.
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Paolo Guerrero's lawyers had argued that the failed test had occurred as a result of the consumption of a traditional coca tea, using forensic analysis of the Children of Llullaillaco as evidence.
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On 31 May 2018, it was announced Paolo Guerrero would be allowed to play at the 2018 FIFA World Cup after the Swiss Federal Tribunal temporarily lifted the ban.
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In May 2019, Paolo Guerrero was included in Ricardo Gareca's final 23-man squad for the 2019 Copa America in Brazil.
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Paolo Guerrero finished the tournament as the top scorer with 3 goals, alongside Brazil's Everton Soares, who won the Golden Boot Award due to having played fewer minutes than the Peruvian throughout the tournament.
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On 11 October 2019, Paolo Guerrero made his 100th international appearance for Peru against Uruguay.
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Paolo Guerrero's older brother, Julio Rivera, was a footballer for the Peru national team who progressed through the Alianza Lima youth system.
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Paolo Guerrero's nephew, named Julio Rivera, was found dead from a robbery in Lima.
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Paolo Guerrero held his death with sorrow and honor to his late nephew.