Roque Júnior

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This biographical article relates to a footballer with an unknown status (for example; playing for an unknown club, retired). You can help by providing this information. Please remove this tag after adding the missing information, but not before.

José Vítor Roque Jr. (born August 31, 1976 in Santa Rita do Sapucaí) more commonly known as Roque Júnior, is a Brazilian football defender. He has won 48 caps for Brazil and was part of the winning squad at the 2002 World Cup.

[edit] Club career

During his career, Roque Júnior has played for Santarritense, São José, Palmeiras, A.C. Milan, Leeds United F.C., A.C. Siena, Bayer 04 Leverkusen MSV Duisburg and Qatari side Al-Rayyan. He is an iconic footballer for Palmeiras, as he played more than 200 competitive games for them.^[1] His greatest success in club football came with playing for A.C. Milan, with whom he won the 2003 UEFA Champions League.

His loan spell at Leeds was extremely mixed. He played 7 games for the club, during which they conceded 24 goals. He also was sent off on his home debut against Birmingham City. However, he did score two goals in a Worthington Cup game against Manchester United (Leeds lost 3-2).

In September 2008 Palmeiras have signed him from Al-Rayyan on loan until the end of the season.^[2]

After leaving Palmeiras in November 2008, he has been offered to Australian A-League clubs in April^[3] and was in talks with Avaí gaffer Paulo Silas in July,^[4] but nothing materialised out of it.

[edit] International career

Roque Júnior was successful on the international stage for Brazil, having played 50 games (2 of them weren't official A internationals) and scored 2 goals, and also captaining them on a number of occasions. He did not make it into the Brazilian squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup due to injury.

[edit] Personal life

Roque Júnior is devoted to helping São José Esporte Clube's youth players with a project called "Projeto Primeira Camisa" ("Project First Jersey").^[5]

[edit] Honours

[edit] Palmeiras

• Campeonato Paulista: 1996
• Copa do Brasil: 1998
• Copa Mercosur: 1998
• Copa Libertadores: 1999
• Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 2000

[edit] Milan

• UEFA Champions League: 2003
• Coppa Italia: 2003

[edit] International

• FIFA World Cup: 2002
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2005

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Roque Junior at Sambafoot
• Profile at fussballdaten.de
• Profile at ogol.com.br
• Leverkusen who's who

Brazil squad v • d • e Brazil squad – Copa América 2001 1 Marcos • 2 Belletti • 3 Cris • 4 Roque Júnior • 5 Eduardo Costa • 6 Roger • 7 Geovanni • 8 Emerson • 9 Guilherme • 10 Juninho Paulista • 11 Denílson • 12 Dida • 13 Alessandro • 14 Luisão • 15 Juan • 16 Júnior • 17 Juninho Pernambucano • 18 Rochemback • 19 Fernando • 20 Alex • 21 Ewerthon • 22 Jardel • Coach: Scolari v • d • e Brazil squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup Winners (5th Title) 1 Marcos • 2 Cafu • 3 Lúcio • 4 Roque Júnior • 5 Edmílson • 6 Roberto Carlos • 7 Ricardinho • 8 Gilberto Silva • 9 Ronaldo • 10 Rivaldo • 11 Ronaldinho • 12 Dida • 13 Belletti • 14 Ânderson Polga • 15 Kléberson • 16 Júnior • 17 Denílson • 18 Vampeta • 19 Juninho • 20 Edílson • 21 Luizão • 22 Rogério Ceni • 23 Kaká • Coach: Scolari v • d • e Brazil squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (2nd Title) 1 Dida • 2 Maicon • 3 Lúcio • 4 Roque Júnior • 5 Emerson • 6 Gilberto • 7 Robinho • 8 Kaká • 9 Adriano • 10 Ronaldinho • 11 Zé Roberto • 12 Marcos • 13 Cicinho • 14 Juan • 15 Luisão • 16 Léo • 17 Gilberto Silva • 18 Juninho • 19 Renato • 20 Júlio Baptista • 21 Oliveira • 22 Edu • 23 Gomes • Coach: Parreira

This biographical article related to a Brazilian football defender born in the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e