Paolo Guerrero

Paolo Guerrero

Guerrero with Flamengo in 2016
Personal information
Full name	José Paolo Guerrero Gonzáles[1]
Date of birth	(1984-01-01) 1 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Lima, Peru
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Universidad Cesar Vallejo
Number	9
Youth career
1992–2002[3]	Alianza Lima
2002–2003	Bayern Munich
Senior career*
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	104	(40)
2015–2018	Flamengo	89	(37)
2018–2021	Internacional	40	(19)
2022–2023	Avaí	10	(0)
2023	Racing Club	15	(1)
2023	LDU Quito	13	(5)
2024–	Universidad César Vallejo	6	(3)
International career‡
2000–2001	Peru U17	20	(9)
2004	Peru U23	4	(3)
2004–	Peru	122	(39)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Peru Copa América Runner-up 2019 Brazil 2011 Argentina 2015 Chile Bolivarian Games 2001 Ambato Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 June 2024

José Paolo Guerrero Gonzáles (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse paˈolo ɣeˈreɾo ɣonˈsales]; born 1 January 1984) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Peruvian Primera División club Universidad César Vallejo and the Peru national team.

Forging his career in Germany, Guerrero started at giants Bayern Munich, before making his name at Hamburger SV, scoring 47 goals across eight Bundesliga seasons. His greatest successes came in Brazil, where he scored the winning goal of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup final for Corinthians.

With 39 goals in 122 matches for Peru since debuting at 20, Guerrero holds the honour of being the highest goalscorer for his national team. He has represented them at six Copas América and one World Cup. He 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.^[4] He is also the top scoring active player in the Copa América. He was one of 59 nominees for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or, becoming the first Peruvian to receive that recognition.^[5] He's also the oldest Peruvian player to appear in a World Cup, at the age of 34 and 177 days.

In 2021, the IFFHS included Guerrero in their best South American team of the last decade, being recognized as the best South American center forward between 2010 and 2020 (joining the podium with Neymar and Sergio Agüero).^[6] In addition, he was voted the "best centre forward in America" in 2012 and 2017 by the newspaper El País, based on the opinion of some two hundred journalists from the region. He has also been named included by CONMEBOL in the teams of the tournament for the 2011, 2015 and 2019 Copas América.