Roger Rodrigues da Silva

Born in Campinas, São Paulo, Roger was a Ponte Preta youth graduate, making his first team debut in 2003. Despite not being a regular starter in his first two years, he established himself as a first-choice during the 2005 Campeonato Paulista, where he was his club's top scorer with nine goals. On 25 May 2005, Roger joined São Paulo for a rumoured fee of US$ 1.2 million. He won the 2005 Copa Libertadores with the club, but only featured in one match during the competition. On 18 May 2006, Roger moved on loan to Palmeiras, with Lúcio moving in the opposite direction. On 1 March 2007, he returned to Ponte also in a temporary deal. On 7 March 2008, after a brief spell at Al-Nasr, Roger agreed to a loan deal with Sport Recife until the end of the year. He won the year's Campeonato Pernambucano and the 2008 Copa do Brasil with the side, but left after failing to agree new terms. On 7 January 2009, Roger moved to Fluminense on loan, as a part of the deal which saw Arouca move to São Paulo. He left the club on 27 April after terminating his loan deal, and joined Vitória also in a temporary deal. On 7 May 2010, after playing the 2010 Campeonato Paulista with São Paulo, Roger was loaned to Guarani. He immediately became a regular starter, scoring six goals in his first six matches, but was sold to Japanese side Kashiwa Reysol in July. Roger returned to his home country on 17 July 2011, after signing a contract with Ceará. He returned to Ponte the following 26 January, and scored 16…

On 4 August 2021, Roger became an interim head coach of Inter de Limeira, after Dyego Coelho was sacked. He left the club on 10 September, before being named head coach of Athletic-MG on 14 October. Roger returned to Inter de Limeira on 4 April 2022, now as a permanent head coach. He left on 1 August after being knocked out of the year's Série D, and was announced back at Athletic on 5 October. Roger left Athletic to take over Série C side Pouso Alegre on 19 March 2023, but was sacked on 3 July. He was named at the helm of fellow league team Manaus on 26 July, but left after suffering relegation with the club. On 7 October 2023, Roger was announced as head coach of Uberlândia, but asked to rescind his contract eighteen days later, alleging personal problems. On 1 February 2024, he was appointed head coach of Primavera, replacing Ricardo Colbachini. On 5 March 2024, Roger returned to Athletic in the place of Rodrigo Santana. He led the club to their first-ever promotion to the second division, and despite announcing his departure on 30 November, he signed a new one-year deal on 8 December. On 2 June 2025, Roger resigned from Athletic, and took over Londrina five days later. On 21 December 2025, after another promotion to the second division, Roger left Londrina and agreed to become the head coach of another club he represented as a player, Sport Recife. Despite winning the 2026 Campeonato Pernambucano, he was still sacked on on 23 March of that year, and took over fellow…

Player

São Paulo

Copa Libertadores: 2005 Sport Recife

Campeonato Pernambucano: 2008 Copa do Brasil: 2008 Individual

Campeonato Paulista Team of the year: 2016

Coach

Sport Recife

Campeonato Pernambucano: 2026