Rogério Ceni

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Rogério Ceni
Personal information
Full name	Rogério Mücke Ceni
Date of birth	January 22, 1973 (1973-01-22) (age 35)
Place of birth	Pato Branco, Paraná, Brazil
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	São Paulo
Number	1
Youth clubs
1987-1990	Sinop
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990 1990-	Sinop São Paulo	0 (0) 802 (79)
National team2
1997-2006	Brazil	17 (-12)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 10, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of March 29, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Rogério Ceni (born January 22, 1973 in Pato Branco, Paraná, Brazil) is a Brazilian goalkeeper. He has been a member of the Brazilian Série A club São Paulo since September 7, 1990, playing more than 700 matches and winning 2 Copa Libertadores trophies and 3 World Club Championship with them. He is officially recognised by FIFA and the IFFHS as the goalkeeper to have scored the most goals in the history of football: 78 (As of 11/11/07).

Contents 1 Club 2 Country 3 Honours 4 References 5 Contract 6 External links

[edit] Club

Despite his position, Rogério Mücke Ceni has established a reputation as a goalscorer, similar to Paraguay's José Luis Chilavert, Mexico's Jorge Campos, and Colombia's Rene Higuita. He has often taken penalties for São Paulo as well. On August 20, 2006, he scored his 63rd goal by netting a free kick against Cruzeiro in the Brazilian League, a few minutes after denying a penalty kick for Cruzeiro that would take the match to a 0-3 score. Later on in the same match, he scored a penalty kick and reached 64 goals - 21 from penalties and 43 from free kicks, a goal that tied the match 2-2. This record put Ceni on top, over Chilavert (2nd), two goals under the record of Brazilian goalkeeper. He has 78 goals in 779 appearances - from 32 penalties and 46 free kicks.

On July 14, 2005, Rogério was São Paulo's captain as the team won the 2005 Copa Libertadores for the third time. Two weeks later, in a match against Atlético Mineiro, he became the most-capped player in São Paulo FC history, with 618 matches played. He wore a special commemorative jersey that had the number "618" printed on the back. In December 2005, he was named Man of the Match for his outstanding performance during the 1-0 victory against Liverpool in the FIFA Club World Cup final match and also awarded by FIFA as the Best Player of the tournament. On July 25, 2006 he scored a penalty kick winner against Mexican side Chivas, becoming São Paulo's Copa Libertadores all-time leading scorer.^[1]

On October 29, 2006, Rogerio made his 700th appearance for São Paulo against Figueirense in a 2-0 victory. But some of the gloss was taken off the occasion when Rogerio - who captained the team that won the Libertadores Cup and Club World championship last year - was ordered to change his bright yellow jersey, because it clashed with the referee's, so he played with the reserve goalkeeper's shirt. In the same year, on November 19, Ceni won his first (and São Paulo's fourth) Campeonato Brasileiro title. In the following year, Ceni won the same title, being elected by CBF as the Best Player in 2007's Campeonato Brasileiro.

[edit] Country

Rogério Ceni has played 16 caps for the Brazilian national team, and was the third-choice goalkeeper on the 2002 FIFA World Cup-winning squad. He was selected by coach Carlos Alberto Parreira to the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad as the second goalie. His only playing time in the tournament were the last ten minutes of the second half of Brazil's 4-1 group stage victory over Japan as a substitute for Dida.

[edit] Honours

Club

• Campeonato Matogrossense: 1990
• Copa Libertadores: 1993, 2005
• Recopa Sudamericana: 1993
• Supercopa Sudamericana: 1993
• Intercontinental Cup: 1993
• Copa CONMEBOL: 1994
• Campeonato Paulista: 1998, 2000, 2005
• Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 2001
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2005
• Campeonato Brasileiro: 2006, 2007

International

• FIFA Confederations Cup: 1997
• FIFA World Cup: 2002

Individual

• Bola de Prata: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2005 - Golden Ball for The Best Player of the Tournament
• Campeonato Brasileiro: 2006, 2007 - Golden Ball for The Best Player of the Tournament

[edit] References

[edit] Contract

• 4th December 2006 to 31st July 2010

[edit] External links

• (Portuguese) CBF
• (Portuguese) Official Site
• (English) IFFHS Top Division goal scorer ranking among Goalkeepers

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v • d • e Brazil squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Dida • 2 Cafu • 3 Lúcio • 4 Juan • 5 Emerson • 6 Roberto Carlos • 7 Adriano • 8 Kaká • 9 Ronaldo • 10 Ronaldinho • 11 Zé Roberto • 12 Rogério Ceni • 13 Cicinho • 14 Luisão • 15 Cris • 16 Gilberto • 17 Gilberto Silva • 18 Mineiro • 19 Juninho • 20 Ricardinho • 21 Fred • 22 Júlio César • 23 Robinho • Coach: Parreira

v • d • e São Paulo F.C. – current squad 1 Rogério Ceni • 2 Juninho • 3 André Dias • 4 Alex Silva • 5 Miranda • 6 Júnior • 7 Jorge Wagner • 8 Fábio Santos • 9 Éder Luís • 10 Adriano • 11 Dagoberto • 12 Joílson • 13 Reasco • 14 Aloísio • 15 Hernanes • 16 Roni • 17 Borges • 18 Hugo • 19 Jancarlos • 20 Richarlyson • 21 Éder • 22 Bosco • 23 Zé Luís • 24 Fabiano • 25 Alex • 26 Alex Cazumba • 29 Sergio Mota • 30 Rafael • 41 Leonardo • Manager: Muricy Ramalho