Rogério Oliveira

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| name = Rogério Oliveira

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| full_name = Rogério Oliveira da Costa

| birth_date = {{birth date|1976|5|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2006|12|19|1976|5|10}}

| death_place = Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

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| position = Midfielder, striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = –1996

| clubs1 = Foz do Iguaçú

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| goals1 =

| years2 = 1996–1997

| clubs2 = FK Pobeda

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1998

| clubs3 = FC Antwerp

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1998–1999

| clubs4 = FK Pobeda

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| years5 = 1999

| clubs5 = Trabzonspor

| caps5 = 11

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2000

| clubs6 = Vanspor

| caps6 = 2

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2000–2002

| clubs7 = FK Rabotnički

| caps7 = 31

| goals7 = 12

| years8 = 2002–2004

| clubs8 = Vardar Skopje

| caps8 = 57

| goals8 = 25

| years9 = 2004–2006

| clubs9 = PAS Giannina

| caps9 = 29

| goals9 = 11

| years10 = 2006

| clubs10 = Škendija

| caps10 = 0

| goals10 = 0

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Rogério Oliveira da Costa (10 May 1976 – 19 December 2006) was a Brazilian-born football striker. He was born in Foz do Iguaçu and became a naturalized Macedonian citizen.

Career

Rogério Oliveira played for FK Pobeda, FK Rabotnički, FK Vardar and FK Shkendija 79 in Macedonia, Royal Antwerp in Belgium, Trabzonspor and Vanspor in Turkey and PAS Giannina in Greece (2004–2006).{{Cite web|url=http://www.pasgiannina.gr/seasons/2004_05|title=Roster 2004-05 (greek)}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.pasgiannina.gr/seasons/2005_06|title=Roster (2005-06) greek}} He's the first Brazilian to play in the Macedonian league, which he played in Macedonia since 1997, and acquired Macedonian citizenship shortly before his death in Skopje of a heart attack at the age of 30.

In the 1998–99 season, while playing for FK Pobeda, he was the Macedonian First League top scorer with 22 goals, and was also awarded as the best foreign player of that season by the Macedonian Football Federation. By many football fans in Macedonia, he is regarded as the best foreign player ever to have played in Macedonia.

Death

Rogério Oliveira died from a heart attack on 19 December 2006, at the age of 30.{{cite news |title=Morre Rogério Oliveira, primeiro brasileiro a jogar na Macedônia |trans-title=Rogério Oliveira, the first Brazilian to play in Macedonia, dies |url=https://www.dgabc.com.br/Noticia/158663/morre-rogerio-oliveira-primeiro-brasileiro-a-jogar-na-macedonia |access-date=22 September 2024 |work=Diário do Grande ABC |date=21 December 2006 |language=Portuguese}}

References

External links

[http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=492814.html uefa.com]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
[http://200.159.15.35/registro/registro.aspx?s=119440 Brazilian FA Database] {{in lang|pt}} {{dead link|date=January 2019}}
[http://mkd-football.blogspot.com/2006/12/rip-rogerio-oliveira.html MacedonianFootball.com]
[http://www.rafcmuseum.be/spelersarchief/spelersfiche.php?id=172 Profile] - FC Antwerp

Category:1976 births

Category:2006 deaths

Category:Sportspeople from Foz do Iguaçu

Category:Brazilian emigrants to North Macedonia

Category:Macedonian people of Brazilian descent

Category:Brazilian men's footballers

Category:Footballers from Paraná (state)

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Macedonian First Football League players

Category:FK Pobeda players

Category:FK Rabotnichki players

Category:FK Vardar players