Paraguay: Roque Santa Cruz

Roque Santa Cruz shares his name with one of Paraguay’s first beatified martyrs and has been compared by at least one commentator to Marco van Basten.

Paraguay: Roque Santa Cruz
Mon, 27 May, 2002 - 11:41

Roque Santa Cruz shares his name with one of Paraguay’s first beatified martyrs and has been compared by at least one commentator to Marco van Basten.

To say that great things are expected of the 20-year-old then, is something of an understatement.

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