Date of birth 10 May 1976 Role Football player Name Rogerio da | Position Midfielder | |
Full name Rogerio Oliveira da Costa Date of death 21 December 2006(2006-12-21) (aged 30) Place of death Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Died December 21, 2006, Skopje, Macedonia (FYROM) | ||
Playing position Place of birth Foz do Iguacu, Brazil | ||
Rogério Oliveira da Costa (10 May 1976 in Foz do Iguaçu – 19 December 2006 in Skopje) was a Brazilian-born football (soccer) striker and naturalized Macedonian citizen.
Career
He played for FK Pobeda, FK Rabotnički, FK Vardar and FK Shkendija 79 in Macedonia, Royal Antwerp in Belgium, Trabzonspor and Vanspor in Turkey and PAS Giannina in Greece (2004-2006). He's the first Brazilian to play in the Macedonian league, which he played in Macedonia since 1997, and acquired Macedonian citizenship shortly before his death of a heart attack at the age of 30.
In the 1998-99 season, while playing for FK Pobeda, he was the Macedonian First League top scorer with 22 goals, and was also awarded as the best foreign player of that season by the Macedonian Football Federation. By many football fans in Macedonia, he is regarded as the best foreign player ever to have played in Macedonia.