Jose Paolo Guerrero Gonzales is a Peruvian footballer who is popularly known as Paolo Guerrero. He plays as a striker for LDU Quito and the Peru national team.

Early Life And Family Life

Paolo Guerrero was born on 1 January 1984 in Lima, Peru. His full name is Jose Paolo Guerrero Gonzales. His father and mother name is Jose Guerrero  & Petronila Gonzales. Julio Rivera is his brothers name. He is a International Peruvian footballer who plays for Brazilian club Flamengo and the Peru national team as a striker. Barbaba Evans is his girlfriend name. He is nickname as The Warrior. He debuted for the Peruvian national team in 2004.

Career Life

Guerrero was born in Lima. He started playing football in the lower categories of Peruvian club Alianza Lima. In 2003, Guerrero signed a contract with Bavarian giants Bayern Munich. Paolo Guerrero spent his early career in Germany at Bayern munich club as a footballer from 2002-2006 scoring 10 goals in 27 matches. Later, he was transferred on hamburger SV from 2006-2012 scoring 37 goals in 134 games. He scored both of their goals in the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, once in the semi-finals against Al Ahly SC and the winning goal in the final against Chelsea. Then, Guerrero joined Brazilian club Corinthians on 13 July 2012, on a three-year deal from 2012-2015 scoring 23 goals. Guerrero became the all-time leading international goal scorer for Peru on 4 June 2016, after scoring against Haiti in a 1–0 win at the Copa América Centenario. He has got many international honors as Copa America Top Scorer in 2011 and Best Peruvian footballer in 2017. In 2015, Guerrero and Corinthians were not able to reach a deal on the renegotiation of his contract, due to end on 15 July. His last game for Corinthians was against Fluminense on 24 May. Corinthians confirmed his release three days later.

It was announced on 29 May 2015, that Guerrero would join Flamengo after playing for Peru in the Copa América in Chile. He debuted for Flamengo on 8 July 2015 against Internacional with a goal and an assist. He finished his first Flamengo season with 18 appearances and 4 goals.

On 12 August 2018, Guerrero signed with S.C. Internacional on a three-year contract, after leaving Flamengo on a free transfer.

On 21 July 2022, Guerrero joined Brazilian Série A side Avaí for the remainder of the 2022 season.

On 24 January 2023, Guerrero signed for Argentine Primera División side Racing Club. He scored his first goal in the 89th minute of the Racing Club and San Martín in a Copa Argentina match

International Career

Guerrero's career with the Peruvian national team began in the unsuccessful 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, but he managed to score twice for the national side. His first goal was the winner against Chile in Lima's Estadio Nacional. It was followed by a first-minute goal in the next match against Ecuador at the same venue, though the Ecuadorians fought back to secure a 2–2 away draw. In the opening game of the 2007 Copa América in Mérida, Venezuela, Guerrero concluded a 3–0 win over Uruguay as Peru went on to reach the quarter-finals. Guerrero was ruled out of Peru's first two 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying games because of injury. A further blow to Peru was laid down by FIFA when Guerrero was suspended six games for insulting the referee during the match against Uruguay in June 2008. Following Peru's disastrous qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup, José del Solar was replaced with Uruguayan manager Sergio Markarian and Guerrero was called up for the 2011 Copa América. In place of an injured Pizarro, Guerrero played as the team's starting striker in the competition and scored five times, making him the tournament's top scorer, one each against Uruguay and Mexico followed by a hat-trick against Venezuela in the third place play-off match which Peru won 4–1. 

At the 2015 Copa América held in Chile, Guerrero scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 win against Bolivia in the quarter-final in Temuco. He scored the second goal in Peru's 2–0 win over Paraguay in the third place play-off, thus helping Peru to third place at the Copa América for a second consecutive time and finishing as joint top-goalscorer with Chile's Eduardo Vargas.

Guerrero became the all-time leading goalscorer for Peru on 4 June 2016, after scoring against Haiti in a 1-0 win at the Copa América Centenario.