Jos Paolo Guerrero Gonzales (Spanish pronunciation: [xose paolo ereo onsales]; born 1

January 1984) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a striker for Brazilian club Flamengo and
the Peru national team.
He spent his early career in Germany, formed at Bayern Munich and later playing
at Hamburger SV, amassing Bundesliga totals of 161 games and 47 goals across eight
seasons. He later played in Brazil, scoring the goal which won the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup
Final for Corinthians. He is widely regarded as one of the best strikers in the world. [3]
Since his debut in 2004, Guerrero has earned over 60 caps for Peru, representing them at
three Copa Amrica tournaments. He helped them to third place in the 2011and 2015 editions,
also finishing as top scorer in both tournaments.

Early career[edit]
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 giantsBayern Munich.
During 200304, Guerrero played in the Regionalliga Sd. He played 23 games and scored 21
goals. During the 200405 season, he joined fellow countryman, Claudio Pizarro, on the
Bayern first team.
In June 2006, it was announced that Guerrero had transferred to Hamburger SV, and signed a
contract with the club through 2010.[4] His first season was marred by an injury, which took
away half his season, and his low productivity, being a sub most of the season. Near the end
he did score three goals, making his season total five goals in 20 games. One of these goals
was against former club Bayern Munich in a 12 victory which left Bayern with no possibilities
of making it to the Champions League. In the 200708 season, his second at Hamburg,
Guerrero played 29 of 34 games in the Bundesliga, scoring nine goals and getting four assists,
as well as becoming an undisputed starter and a vital part of Hamburg. He was the third top
scorer, behind Rafael van der Vaart (12 goals) and Ivica Oli (14 goals). In the UEFA Cup and
Qualification he played nine games, scoring five goals and getting three assists. His first hattrick in his professional career was against Karlsruher SC, in the last game of the Bundesliga,
scoring the second, third, and fourth goals in a 70 victory. This victory secured them fourth
place and a UEFA Cup spot for next season. By the beginning of the 200809 season,
Guerrero had become first choice striker for Hamburger SV. Coach Martin Jol even went as far
as saying that Guerrero better not catch even a cold during the season. Guerrero was fined a
club record (somewhere in the region of 50,000100,000) in April 2010 for an incident at the
end of a league game with Hannover 96, where after apparently having been abused by a
Hamburg fan, Guerrero threw his drinks bottle into the crowd, striking said fan in the face.
[5]
The German Football Associationsuspended Guerrero for five league games and fined him a
further 20,000.[6]

uerrero joined Corinthians in 2012.[7] He scored both of their goals in the 2012 FIFA Club World
Cup, once in the semi-finals againstAl Ahly SC and the winning goal in the final
against Chelsea.[8] In May 2013, Guerrero became the first Peruvian footballer to ever be on
the cover of Placar magazine,[9] Brazil's biggest football magazine. The cover featured Guerrero
as a warrior ("guerrero" is similar to the Portuguese word "guerreiro", both meaning "warrior")
fresh out of battle, with blood on his legs, and carrying a Corinthians flag.
In 2015, Guerrero and Corinthians were not able to reach a deal on the renegotiation of his
contract, due to end in 15 July. His last game for Corinthians was againstFluminense on 24
May. Corinthians confirmed his release three days later.[10]

Flamengo[edit]
It was announced on 29 May 2015, that Guerrero would join Flamengo after playing for Peru in
the Copa Amrica in Chile.[11]
He debuted for Flamengo on 8 July 2015 against Internacional with a goal and an assist.

International career[edit]
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 22 away draw. In the opening game of the 2007 Copa Amrica in Mrida,
Venezuela, Guerrero concluded a 30 win over Uruguay as Peru went on to reach the quarterfinals.[12]
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.[13] Following Peru's
disastrous qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup, Jos del Solar was replaced
with Uruguayan manager Sergio Markarian and Guerrero was called up for the 2011 Copa
Amrica. 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 playoff match which Peru won 41.[14]
At the 2015 Copa Amrica held in Chile, Guerrero scored a hat-trick in a 31 win
against Bolivia in the quarter-final in Temuco.[15] He scored the second goal in Peru's 20 win
over Paraguay in the third place play-off, thus helping Peru to third place at the Copa Amrica

for a second consecutive time and finishing as joint top-goalscorer with Chile's Eduardo
Vargas.
Guerrero suffers from aviatophobia.[16] Media reports claim his fear of flying is due to the tragic
death of his uncle Jos Gonzlez Ganoza who died in the 1987 Alianza Lima air disaster. His
uncle was also a footballer and had represented Alianza Lima and the Peru national team. [17]
Guerrero also has an older brother, Julio Rivera Gonzalez, who was also a footballer for the
Peru national team. Rivera was also formed in the Alianza Lima youth system. [18]