Roque Santa Cruz vs Salvador Cabañas
Paraguay against Paraguay. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Roque Santa Cruz
Paraguay · 2000–11 · SS
- Almanac rating
- 87
- Rank in Paraguay
- #7 of 33
- Caps
- 112 · 32 goals
- Clubs
- FC Bayern Munich, Blackburn Rovers, Club Libertad
Blackburn signed him in 2007 and he gave them 19 goals in 37 league games, fourth in the Premier League that season behind Cristiano Ronaldo, Fernando Torres and Emmanuel Adebayor. Before that he had won the Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup with Bayern in 2001, with Bundesliga titles from 2000 to 2006, and he finished as a Copa América runner-up in 2011 holding Paraguay's records for caps (112) and goals (32). Career record: 112 caps and 32 goals for Paraguay; club career at FC Bayern Munich, Blackburn Rovers, Club Libertad.
Salvador Cabañas
Paraguay · 2006–10 · SS
- Almanac rating
- 87
- Rank in Paraguay
- #8 of 33
- Caps
- 44 · 10 goals
- Clubs
- Audax Italiano, Chiapas, Club América
Top scorer of the Copa Libertadores in two consecutive years for Club América, ten goals in 2007 and eight in 2008, he scored 66 times in 115 games for the club. He shared the Mexican league Golden Boot in the Clausura 2006, scored three goals at the 2007 Copa América and six in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, which he missed after being shot in the head in a Mexico City bar on 25 January 2010. Career record: 44 caps and 10 goals for Paraguay; club career at Audax Italiano, Chiapas, Club América.
The verdict
The almanac cannot separate them: both are rated 87.
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