Nevertheless, Paraguay did not qualify for the World Cup. Style of play Santa Cruz was described in his 2010 World Cup profile as having "long caused problems for opposing defences with his natural flair for goalscoring and surging runs into the penalty box". Personal life Santa Cruz, who is a naturalised Spanish citizen, married Giselle Tavarelli, the sister of his former national team and Olimpia teammate Ricardo Tavarelli, in 2003. They have a son named Tobias (born 17 December 2003), a daughter named Fiorella (born 11 November 2005), a son named Benjamin (born 2010) and a daughter named Alaia (born in Spain in July 2014). Roque Santa Cruz is a practising Roman Catholic. His father, Aproniano Santa Cruz, is also his agent, and his mother is Celina. Santa Cruz has a younger brother named Julio who plays for Asunción-based club Nacional, a second brother named Diego who was also a professional football player, and another brother named Oscar who died in 2005. Santa Cruz is good friends with long-time Bayern Munich teammate Owen Hargreaves, who taught him the English language. Hargreaves and Santa Cruz lived nearby to each other in the city of Manchester while Santa Cruz was playing for Blackburn in 2007. In 2004, Santa Cruz was the subject of the song "Ich, Roque" by the German band Sportfreunde Stiller. In a 2006 World Cup edition of German magazine kicker, Santa Cruz was voted the sexiest man to be taking part in the tournament. He was also chosen by the German newspaper Die Welt as the sexiest footballer of the 2006 World Cup. He has appeared on the cover of the German version of Pro Evolution Soccer 6. On 28 June 2007, during Paraguay's 5–0 group stage victory over Colombia at the 2007 Copa América, Santa Cruz became the 60th player to score a hat-trick in the history of Copa América hat-tricks. In July 2021, Santa Cruz confessed that former France defender Lilian Thuram was the hardest defender he played against. Career statistics Club International International goals Paraguay U20 Scores and results list Paraguay U20's goal tally first Paraguay U23Scores and results list Paraguay U20's goal tally first Paraguay Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first. Honours Club Olimpia Asunción Paraguayan Primera División: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2018 Apertura, 2018 Clausura, 2019 Apertura, 2019 Clausura, 2020 Clausura Copa Paraguay: 2021 Bayern Munich Bundesliga: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06 DFB-Pokal: