Rogerio Ceni is a Brazilian goalkeeping and free-kick specialist, born on the 22nd of January, 1973.
The 48 year old former stopper is currently a manager at Brazilian side, Flamengo. He featured for Sao Paulo football club in Brazil during his playing days.
He was tasked with the responsibility of safeguarding the goal post which he did well and further went on to contribute in the goal scoring task.
In his career days, he netted an overwhelming total of 131 career goals, with 59 of those goals coming directly from the free-kick spot.
Rogerio was a specialist at this and he is rated number 9 a spot above his Brazilian teammate - Marcelinho who is at number 10, in the top 10 all time free-kick specialists.
Until his retirement in 2015, he remained a Sao Paulo player. He won the world cup in 2002 (Korea-Japan), and the FIFA confederations cup in 1997 at Saudi Arabia.
Below are some pictures during his playing days
What a glorious career for this legendary player.
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