Paolo Guerrero Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Salary, FIFA 22, Career, Net Worth & Wiki

The Peruvian professional footballer Jose Paolo Guerrero Gonzales (born 1 January 1984), often referred to as Paolo Guerrero, plays as a striker for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Avaí and the Peru national team. Guerrero began his career in Germany with giants Bayern Munich, before making his mark at Hamburger SV, where he scored 47 goals in eight seasons. It was in Brazil where he scored the winning goal for Corinthians in the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup Final that he achieved his greatest success.

Guerrero holds the honor of being the highest goal scorer for Peru with 38 goals in 107 matches since he made his debut at the age of 20. In addition to five Copas Américas, he has represented his country at one World Cup. As top scorer in all three of these tournaments, he led them to third place in the 2011 and 2015 Copas, as well as runners-up in the 2019 Copas. Additionally, he is the top-scoring active player in the Copa América. In 2015, he became the first Peruvian to receive the FIFA Ballon d’Or, one of 59 nominees. At the age of 34 and 177 days, he is the oldest Peruvian player to have played in a World Cup.

According to the IFFHS, Guerrero was included in the best South American team of the last decade between 2010 and 2020 (joining Neymar and Sergio Agüero on the podium). Furthermore, he was voted the “best center-forward in America” by El Pais in 2012 and 2017, based on the opinions of some two hundred journalists in the region. CONMEBOL has also named him a member of its teams for the 2011 Copa América, 2015 Copa América, and 2019 Copa América.

Guerrero is afraid of flying. His fear of flying is attributed to the death of his uncle José González Ganoza in the Alianza Lima air disaster in 1987, according to media reports. Julio Rivera, Guerrero’s older brother, was also a member of the Peru national football team and progressed through the Alianza Lima youth system. Both brothers followed in the footsteps of their uncle, who had represented Alianza Lima and the Peruvian national team. It is important to note that Guerrero is a Roman Catholic. A robbery in Lima resulted in the death of his nephew, also named Julio Rivera. In honor of his late nephew, Guerrero mourned his death with sorrow.

Paolo Guerrero Bio/Wiki

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Birth Name	José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales
Nickname/ Popular Name/ Shirt Name	• Paolo Guerrero • El Depredador – The Predator • The Warrior
Age	39 (as in 2023) Years
Religion	Roman Catholic
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Capricorn
Birth Place	Lima, Peru
Date of Birth	1 January 1984
Nationality	Peruvian
Residence	Lima, Peru
Home Town	Lima, Peru
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Hobbies	Watching Movies, Horse Riding, Swimming
Parents/Family
Mother's Name	Petronila Gonzáles
Father's Name	José Guerrero
Brother(s)	Julio Rivera (retired footballer)
Sister(s)	Not Available
Girlfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Girlfriends	• Marja Irene Santana Baltar Nuerberger • Larissa • Katia Montenegro Dietschia
Marital Status, Wife and Children
Wife/Spouse	Unmarried
Children	Daughter(s)- • Naela Guerrero (with Katia Montenegro Dietschia) Son(s)- • Diego Enrique Guerrero ( with Marja Irene Santana Baltar Nuerberger) • Alessio Guerrero (with Larissa)
Education
School	Alianza Lima youth academy
College/University	Bayern Munich youth academy
Educational Qualification	Graduated
Profession	Professional Footballer
Brands Endorsed	Umbro
Career Manager/ Player Agent	Prattes Group
Football Profile
Debut For Current Club Team	• 2022: Avaí Futebol Clube (SC)
Debut For Current Senior International Team	• 2004: Peru national football team
Jersey Number (2022-23)	• 99 (Avaí Futebol Clube (SC)) • 9 (Peru national football team)
Current Teams	• Avaí Futebol Clube (SC) • Peru national football team
Coach/Mentor/Manager	Carlos Compagnucci
Position	Centre-Forward
Foot	Right
Strengths	• Tackling • Interceptions • Marking • Jumping • Passing • Crossing
Weaknesses	• Strength • Heading • Balance
Achievements	Bayern Munich • Bundesliga: 2004–05, 2005–06 • DFB-Pokal: 2004–05, 2005–06 Hamburger SV • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2007 Corinthians • Campeonato Paulista: 2013 • Recopa Sudamericana: 2013 • FIFA Club World Cup: 2012 Flamengo • Campeonato Carioca: 2017 Peru U17 • Bolivarian Games: 2001 Peru • Copa América runner-up: 2019; third-place: 2011, 2015 Individual • Copa América Top Scorer: 2011, 2015, 2019 • Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2011, 2015, 2019 • FIFA Club World Cup Bronze Ball: 2012 • FIFA Club World Cup Best Forward: 2012 • Campeonato Paulista Best Forward: 2013 • Campeonato Paulista Team of the Tournament: 2013 • 2014 Campeonato Paulista: Top Foreign Scorer in Corinthians history • Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2014 • Campeonato Carioca Team of the Year: 2017 • IFFHS CONMEBOL team of the decade 2011–2020
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 185 cm in meters- 1.85 m in feet inches- 6'1"
Weight (Approx.)	in kilograms- 70 kg in pounds- 154 lbs
Figure Measurements
Chest Size	41 inches
Biceps Size	14 inches
Waist Size	32 inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	Peruvian
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Black
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Distinctive Features	Not Available
Dress Size	8 U.S.
Shoe Size	10 U.S.
Favourite Things
Favorite Playing Position	Forward
Favorite Car	Not Available
Favorite Food	Fruits and Veg
Favorite Player	Not Available
Favorite Pet Animal	Dog
Favorite Cell Phone/Brand	Iphone

Paolo Guerrero Net Worth

In 2023, what will Paolo Guerrero’s salary be?

In Jul 2022 Paolo Guerrero signed a contract with Avaí Futebol Clube (SC) that ends in Dec 2022 which netted him a whopping salary of £486,520 per year. We have crunched the numbers, this means he earns £1,336 per day and £55 per hour!

His stock is on the rise thanks to his performances on the pitch. Paolo Guerrero has an estimated net worth of around $3 Million, and his market value is about $275 thousand.

Paolo Guerrero FIFA 22 – Potential And Rating

In FIFA 22, Paolo Guerrero has an overall rating of 78 with a potential of 78. Paolo Guerrero has got a 3-star skillmoves rating.

He prefers to shoot with his right foot. His workrates are Medium / High. Paolo Guerrero’s height is 185 cm and his weight is estimated at 82 kg according to our database. Currently, Paolo Guerrero is playing with the numbers 99 and 9.

Paolo Guerrero Relationships And Children

In 2002, Paolo Guerrero traveled to Germany to play for Bayern Munich when he was 18 years old, based on his excellent performance. As a result of his travels in that country, he met the Brazilian Marja Irene Santana Baltar Nuerberger, who was to become the mother of his first son Diego Enrique Guerrero.

The ‘Predator’ was playing as a striker for Hamburger SV in 2011 when he fell in love with a German citizen named Larissa. Through their relationship, a second descendant of the Peruvian soccer player was born: Alessio Guerrero.

Guerrero was involved in a romantic relationship with Katia Montenegro Dietschia, a Peruvian industrial engineer, who became pregnant with her only child, Naela Guerrero.

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Club Career

Guerrero was born in Lima and began his football career with Alianza Lima’s youth teams. It was in 2003 that he signed a contract with the Bavarian giants Bayern Munich.

Guerrero scored 21 goals in 23 games in the Regionalliga Süd during the 2003–04 season. As a member of the Bayern first team during the 2004-05 season, he joined fellow countryman Claudio Pizarro.

Hamburger SV

• In June 2006, it was announced that Guerrero had transferred to Hamburger SV and had signed a contract that would last until 2010.
• In his first season, he was plagued by an injury that took away half of his season, as well as low productivity, as he was a sub for most of the season.
• He scored three goals near the end of the season, making his season total five goals.
• Among these goals was one against former club Bayern Munich in a 1–2 victory that eliminated Bayern from UEFA Champions League contention.
• As a second-year Hamburger, Guerrero played 29 of 34 Bundesliga games, scoring nine goals and collecting four assists, and becoming an undisputed starter and important member of the team; he was the third highest scorer behind Rafael van der Vaart (12 goals) and Ivica Olić (14 goals).
• He played nine games in the UEFA Cup and qualification, scoring five goals and providing three assists.
• The second, third, and fourth goals that he scored in a 7-0 victory against Karlsruher SC were his first hat trick in his professional career.
• With this victory, they secured fourth place and a place in the UEFA Cup for next season.
• Guerrero became Hamburger SV’s first-choice striker at the beginning of the 2008-09 season.
• Martin Jol went as far as to say that Guerrero should not catch even a cold during the season. As a result of an incident at the end of a league game with Hannover 96 in April 2010, Guerrero was fined a club record (approximately €50,000–100,000). After being abused by a Hamburg fan, Guerrero threw his drink bottle into the crowd, striking the Hamburg fan in the face after hurling it.
• Guerrero was suspended for five league games and fined €20,000 by the German Football Association (DFB).

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Corinthians

• The Brazilian club Corinthians signed Guerrero on 13 July 2012 for a fee of R$7.5 million for a three-year contract.
• In the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, he scored both goals for the team, once in the semi-finals against Al Ahly SC and once in the final against Chelsea.
• Guerrero became the first Peruvian to appear on the cover of Placar, Brazil’s largest football magazine, in May 2013.
• The cover depicted him as a warrior (“Guerrero” translates to “warrior” in Portuguese), fresh from battle, with blood on his legs.
• In July 2013, Corinthians won the 2013 Recopa Sudamericana, defeating city rivals Sao Paulo FC by a score of 3-1 on aggregate. The first leg was won by Guerrero by a score of 2–1.
• Guerrero and Corinthians were unable to reach an agreement in 2015 regarding the renegotiation of his contract, which expires on 15 July.
• On 24 May, he played his last game for Corinthians against Fluminense. It was confirmed three days later that he had been released by Corinthians.

Flamengo

• Flamengo announced on 29 May 2015 that Guerrero would join the club after playing for Peru in the Copa América in Chile.
• During the 2017 Campeonato Carioca, Guerrero scored both of Flamengo’s goals in a 2–1 semi-final victory over Botafogo, and another goal in the second leg of the final to beat Fluminense 3–1 on aggregate.

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S.C. Internacional

• In August 2018, Guerrero signed with S.C. Internacional on a three-year contract, having left Flamengo on a free transfer.
• The number 79 was given to him in honor of the last time Inter won the Campeonato Brasileiro.
• The FIFA ban, however, was upheld days before he was scheduled to make his debut, preventing him from playing his first match until April 2019.
• Due to the departure of Leandro Damiao, Guerrero’s number changed from 79 to 9.
• Guerrero finally made his Inter debut on 6 April, scoring in the 2–0 semifinal victory against Caxias, after his ban expired.
• Against Palestino of Chile, he made his Copa Libertadores debut, scoring twice in the match.
• Guerrero left Internacional on 26 October 2021 as a result of a mutual agreement.

Paolo Guerrero With Avai

In July 2022, Guerrero signed with Brazilian Série A side Avai for the remainder of the season.

International Career

• Guerrero began his national career by winning gold with the U-17 squad at the 2001 Bolivarian Games. During the unsuccessful FIFA World Cup qualification campaign of 2006, he scored twice for the senior national team.
• In Lima’s Estadio Nacional, he scored the winning goal against Chile. At the same venue, Ecuador responded with a first-minute goal in the following match, but the Ecuadorians were able to secure a 2–2 draw away from home.
• As a result of Peru’s disastrous qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup, José del Solar was replaced by Uruguayan manager Sergio Markarián, and Guerrero was selected for the 2011 Copa América.
• During the competition, Guerrero played as Peru’s starting striker in place of Pizarro, scoring five goals, making him the tournament’s top scorer, scoring one goal against Uruguay, and Mexico, and a hat-trick against Venezuela in the third-place playoff match. Peru won the match 4-1.
• Guerrero scored a hat-trick against Bolivia in Temuco in the quarterfinals of the 2015 Copa América in Chile.
• As a result of his second goal in Peru’s 2–0 victory over Paraguay in the Copa América third-place play-off, he finished as Peru’s joint top goal scorer with Eduardo Vargas of Chile.
• He became Peru’s all-time leading goalscorer on 4 June 2016, when he scored against Haiti in a 1–0 victory at the Copa América Centenario.

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FIFA World Cup 2018: The build-up

• During Peru’s 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign, Guerrero made 17 appearances and scored five goals.
• It was announced on 3 November 2017 that Guerrero had failed the doping control test after his match against Argentina in the previous month for a substance initially classified as a social drug.
• As a result of his preemptive 30-day suspension from FIFA, he was unable to participate in Peru’s World Cup play-off match against New Zealand.
• It was revealed on 8 December 2017 that Guerrero tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a primary metabolite of cocaine.
• In response, FIFA banned him from all competitions for a period of one year, which would have prevented him from participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
• The Swiss Federal Tribunal temporarily lifted Guerrero’s ban on 31 May 2018, allowing him to participate in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
• Guerrero made his return to the national team on 3 June 2018, scoring twice in a 3–0 friendly victory against Saudi Arabia.
• An investigative report published in 2018 by German broadcaster ARD revealed doping practices in Brazil, involving physician Mohamad Barakat, who reportedly treated Guerrero and had already posed with him many years earlier.

Paolo Guerrero In The 2018 FIFA World Cup

• During the 1–0 loss to Denmark on 16 June 2018, Guerrero made his World Cup debut.
• During Peru’s 2–0 win over Australia in their final group match, he assisted André Carrillo’s goal, which was Peru’s first goal in 36 years, and scored the second goal. This result resulted in Peru’s first-round elimination from the World Cup.
• He became the oldest Peruvian to participate in the FIFA World Cup at the age of 34 and 177 days.

2019 Copa América

• Ahead of the 2019 Copa América in Brazil, Guerrero was included in Ricardo Gareca’s final 23-man squad.
• On 18 June, he scored Peru’s first goal in its 3-1 victory over Bolivia in Peru’s second group match.
• For the first time since 1975, Peru advanced to the final of the tournament after Guerrero scored the final goal against defending champions Chile on 3 July.
• As hosts Brazil won the 2019 Copa América Final, Guerrero scored the temporary equalizer from the penalty spot in the first half, recording the match’s 3–1 final score.
• With three goals, Guerrero finished the tournament as the top scorer, along with Brazil’s Everton Soares, who won the Golden Boot Award in spite of playing fewer minutes than Guerrero.
• Guerrero made his 100th international appearance for Peru against Uruguay on 11 October 2019.

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FAQs

Conclusion

After reading his biography, you will agree with me that Paolo Guerrero worked so hard to achieve success. Even poor kids from the slum can dream big and achieve their dreams thanks to him.

It is important to note that his father and mother were key catalysts in his success story. His career life would not be the same without their contributions. They deserve all the accolades for what they have done.

In addition, his sibling’s and friends’ efforts should not be overlooked. As a result, he never experienced loneliness or depression during his childhood. Paolo Guerrero has grown into a cheerful youth as a result of them.

Here Is An Appreciation Note For Your Consideration

Thank you for reading this engaging article about the life journey of the Peruvian footballer. Hopefully, Paolo Guerrero’s childhood story has made you believe that patience and persistence can overcome anything.

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