 Guerrero training withPeru at the2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | José Paolo Guerrero González[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (age 41) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Alianza Lima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2002[3] | Alianza Lima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | Bayern Munich II | 66 | (45) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Bayern Munich | 27 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2012 | Hamburger SV | 134 | (37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Corinthians | 104 | (40) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Flamengo | 89 | (37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Internacional | 40 | (19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Avaí | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Racing Club | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | LDU Quito | 13 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Universidad César Vallejo | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Alianza Lima | 21 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Peru U17 | 20 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Peru U23 | 4 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004– | Peru | 128 | (40) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
José Paolo Guerrero González (Spanish pronunciation:[xoˈsepaˈoloɣeˈreɾoɣonˈsales]; born 1 January 1984) is a Peruvian professionalfootballer who plays as astriker forPeruvian Primera División clubAlianza Lima and thePeru national team. Known as one of the best Peruvian and South American strikers of his time, he was key to Peru's successes in the 2000s through 2010s, giving him the nickname,el Depredador (the Predator).
"A legend in South American football" for theNew York Times, he has been Peru's most important football player for two decades.[4] Forging his career in Germany, Guerrero started at giantsBayern Munich, before making his name atHamburger SV, scoring 47 goals across eightBundesliga seasons. His greatest successes came in Brazil, where he scored the winning goal of the2012 FIFA Club World Cup final forCorinthians.
With 40 goals in 128 matches for Peru since debuting at 20, Guerrero holds the honour of being the highest goalscorer for his national team. He has represented them at sixCopas América and oneWorld Cup. He led them to third place in the2011 and2015 Copas, and to runners-up in2019, finishing as top scorer in all three of these tournaments.[5] He is also the top scoring active player in theCopa América. He was one of 59 nominees for the2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or, becoming the first Peruvian to receive that recognition.[6] He's also the oldest Peruvian player to appear in a World Cup, at the age of 34 years and 177 days.
In 2021, theIFFHS included Guerrero in their best South American team of the last decade, being recognized as the best South American center forward between 2010 and 2020 (joining the podium withNeymar andSergio Agüero).[7]In addition, he was voted the "best centre forward in America" in 2012 and 2017 by the newspaperEl País, based on the opinion of some two hundred journalists from the region. He has also been named included byCONMEBOL in the teams of the tournament for the 2011, 2015 and 2019 Copas América.
Guerrero was born inLima, starting his football career in the youth teams ofAlianza Lima. In 2003, he signed a contract withBavarian giantsBayern Munich. During the 2003–04 season, Guerrero played in theRegionalliga Süd where he scored 21 goals in 23 games. During the2004–05 season, he joined fellow countrymanClaudio Pizarro as a member of the Bayern first team.
At the beginning of 2002, after rejecting an offer fromK.R.C. Genk of Belgium,Bayern Munich of Germany announced his incorporation to the second team. This signing led to a conflict betweenAlianza Lima and Bayern. The case was raised toFIFA, which decided that the German club should pay for training rights since, although Guerrero had a formal contract with Alianza, it was not of a professional nature. Once the problem was solved, Guerrero began playing with Bayern Munich II in the Regionalliga South, which at that time was the third division of German football. On May 30, 2004 he was crowned champion in this category.
At the team level, he played his first game with the Bayern professional team on October 23, 2004 againstHansa Rostock.with the number "33", while his first goal in the Bundesliga was scored againstHannover 96. In total, Guerrero spent four seasons at Bayern Munich, alternating the last two in the first team, the same team with which he scored ten goals in theBundesliga and two in theUEFA Champions League.
In June 2006 he left Bayern Munich. His destination wasHamburger SV, a club with which he signed a four-year contract.
In June 2006, it was announced that Guerrero had transferred toHamburger SV and signed a contract with the club through 2010.[8] His first season was marred by an injury, which took away half his season, and his low productivity, being a substitute most of the season. Near the end, he did score three goals, making his season total 5 goals in 20 games. One of these goals was against former club Bayern Munich in a 1–2 victory which left Bayern with no possibilities of making it to theUEFA Champions League. In the 2007–08 season, his second at Hamburg, Guerrero played 29 of 34 games in theBundesliga, scoring nine goals and getting four assists, as well as becoming an undisputed starter and a vital part of the side; he was the third top scorer, behindRafael van der Vaart (12 goals) andIvica Olić (14 goals). In theUEFA Cup and qualification, he played nine games, scoring five goals and getting three assists. His firsthat-trick in his professional career was againstKarlsruher SC, in the last game of the Bundesliga, scoring the second, third, and fourth goals in a 7–0 victory. This victory secured them fourth place and a UEFA Cup spot for next season.
By the beginning of the2008–09 season, Guerrero had become first choice striker for Hamburger SV. CoachMartin 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 €50,000–100,000), in April 2010 for an incident at the end of a league game withHannover 96, where after apparently having been abused by a Hamburg fan, Guerrero threw his drink bottle into the crowd, striking that fan in the face.[9] TheGerman Football Association (DFB) suspended Guerrero for five league games and fined him €20,000.[10]
Guerrero joined Brazilian clubCorinthians on 13 July 2012, on a three-year deal for a fee ofR$7.5 million.[11] On 25 July 2012, he made his debut in a match againstCruzeiro in the2012 Brasileiro Série A, where Corinthians won 2–0. His debut in the "Timao" attracted the immediate attention of the Peruvian media toSão Paulo. In the 26th round of the Brasileiro, he played againstBotafogo and scored his first goal for his team. Guerrero grew in the later rounds of the Brazilian championship, scoring several goals that secured his place in the team's starting lineup.
On November 27, 2012, days before embarking to Japan to compete in the2012 FIFA Club World Cup, the athlete was honored by the Peruvian consulate in Brazil "in recognition of his sporting merits and professionalism, showing all the high values of Peruvian sport in Brazil and being considered as a starter in most of the matches played." It was at theFIFA Club World Cup where Guerrero would make his most historic performance with Corinthians. On December 12, 2012, in the semifinals of the tournament againstAl Ahly of Egypt, Guerrero scored the only goal of the match with a header that took Corinthians to the final. On 16 December 2012, in the Club World Cup final against2011–12 UEFA Champions League winnersChelsea, Guerrero scored, again with a header, to give Corinthians the title of World Champions at club level.[12] Paolo Guerrero was awarded the Bronze Ball as the third top goalscorer of the tournament.[13]
In May 2013, Guerrero became the first Peruvian footballer to appear on the cover ofPlacar, Brazil's biggest football magazine. The cover featured him 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.[14]
In July 2013, Corinthians won the2013 Recopa Sudamericana, defeating city rivalsSão Paulo FC 4–1 on aggregate. Guerrero scored in the first leg, a 2–1 away win.[15] At the end of the year, Guerrero ended up consecrated as his team's top scorer in the season by scoring 18 goals in 46 games and winning 2 titles. He was awarded as the best striker of the Brasileirao in the 2014 season.
On March 17, 2015, Guerrero became the foreign player who scored the most goals for Corinthians, with 47 goals, surpassing Argentina'sCarlos Tevez who scored 46 goals. The record was obtained in a match against the Uruguayan clubDanubio F.C. for the third round of the second phase of the2015 Copa Libertadores. In that match he was the great figure by scoring his first hat trick with Corinthians, the match ended 4–0 in favor ofCoringao. Guerrero became the top scorer of the post-relegation era, breaking the record that previously belonged toDentinho.
In 2015, Guerrero and Corinthians were not able to reach a deal on the renegotiation of his contract, due to end on 15 July. Corinthians fans asked for his permanence and subsequent retirement at the club, since they considered him an idol and his contract ended in the middle of the year. But after being eliminated by Guaraní from the Copa Libertadores, finally, in June it was confirmed that Paolo would no longer continue in Corinthians for not reaching an economic agreement for his renewal. His last game for Corinthians was againstFluminense on 24 May. Corinthians confirmed his release three days later.[16]
It was announced on 29 May 2015, that Guerrero would joinFlamengo after performing well forPeru at the2015 Copa América in Chile, where Peru achieved Third place.[17] He traveled toRio de Janeiro just one day after returning in Peru from the tournament. On 9 July 2015, having trained only one morning with the 'Mengão', he debuts in the evening againstInternacional, scoring a goal and providing an assist for a goal, sentenced a streak of 5 goals in less than 2 weeks, with which he would win the admiration of the Carioca fans, who created the anthem 'Acabou o caô. O Guerrero chegou' in his honor.
Guerrero started 2017 season by scoring a brace at theTaça Guanabara, scoring the first and third goals in Flamengo's 4–1 win overBoavista on the first date of the group stage of the tournament, his compatriotMiguel Trauco would also be present to scoreMengao's second goal. In the final, Flamengo lost to Fluminense.
In the2017 Campeonato Carioca, Guerrero scored both of Flamengo's goals in a 2–1 semi-final win overBotafogo leading Flamengo to the final.[18] In the final, Guerrero scored a goal for Flamengo's temporary 1–1 againstFluminense. In extra time,Rodinei would score the winning goal for Flamengo to be crowned champion of the tournament, this would be the first title that Guerrero won since his arrival at the club. Paolo Guerrero was consecrated as the top scorer with 10 in 11 games goals and was distinguished as the best player of the tournament being included in the ideal 11.[19]
After his suspension for testing positive in anti-doping control, he returns to the field on 7 May 2018 in a match againstInternacional which ended in a 2–0 victory. However, on May 13 he scored his first goal of the season againstChapecoense after a drought of 7 games without scoring, the CAS increased his suspension, which would mean he would miss the rest of the season until his return on July 18 againstSão Paulo. During his suspension in 2017, Flamengo lost the2017 Copa Sudamericana final, with his suspension contributing to the loss. Although he was greeted with enthusiasm, he has not scored since his second return. This complicated his chances of renewing, since sectors of the fans were very dissatisfied with his performance on the field and even off it. Finally, when his contract expired, he signed for Internacional.
On 12 August 2018, Guerrero signed withS.C. Internacional on a three-year contract, after leaving Flamengo on afree transfer.[20] He was given the number 79, to commemoratethe last time Inter won the Campeonato Brasileiro.[21] However, days before he was to debut, on 24 August, his FIFA ban was upheld, preventing him from playing his first match until April 2019.
In 2019, Guerrero's number changed from 79 to 9, due to the departure ofLeandro Damião. After his ban expired, Guerrero finally made his debut for Inter in theCampeonato Gaúcho againstCaxias, on 6 April, scoring in the 2–0 semi-final win. HisCopa Libertadores debut came againstPalestino of Chile, a match where he scored twice.[22] Guerrero ended the 2019 season as the teams top goalscorer, with 20 goals in 41 games.
In the midst of a goal drought of several weeks and rumors that he would be declared transferable, journalist Eduardo de Conto reported that Guerrero asked the board to terminate his contract to treat a knee injury. This was confirmed on 26 October 2021, when Inter released him on a "mutual agreement" to treat the alleged injury that had afflicted him since August last year.[23]
On 21 July 2022, Guerrero joinedBrazilian Série A sideAvaí for the remainder of the2022 season.[24] On 5 November 2022, Avaí got relegated to theSérie B, being the first time team that Guerrero has played for that got relegated. Guerrero play 10 games with Avaí but did not score any goals.
On 24 January 2023, Guerrero signed forArgentine Primera División sideRacing Club.[25][26] He scored his first goal on 22 February in the 89th minute against San Martín de Formosa in aCopa Argentina match.[27]
On 14 July 2023, Guerrero signed forLDU Quito of Ecuador. On 3 August 2023, he made his debut away with LDU againstÑublense scoring the winning goal in the 60th minute of play, with the match ending 1-0 in favor of the Ecuadorian team.[28] He would score again on 27 September againstDefensa y Justicia in the first leg of the2023 Copa Sudamericana semifinal. Finally, in this same tournament Guerrero with LDU managed to beatFortaleza via penalties despite having missed the first penalty of their team. He thus became the first Peruvian in history to win the Copa Sudamericana with a foreign club. He scored 3 goals in 7 games.
He won the2023 Ecuadorian Serie A scoring 5 goals in 15 games played, most of his goals were scored at the end of the tournament. He decided not to renew with the Ecuadorian club after learning that manager Zubeldía would not continue and ran the risk of not playing as a starter anymore.
In a controversial decision due to Guerrero's age,Roberto Mosquera would sign to play forUniversidad César Vallejo for the2024 Liga 1 on 2 February 2024.[29][30] On his debut againstCusco FC, Paolo scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw at home. Guerrero left the club after his mother was targeted for extortion by a local criminal gang.[31] The separation was amicable with club presidentCésar Acuña promising the club would fulfil Guerrero's wish.[32]
On 1 September 2024, Guerrero returned to Alianza Lima.[33] He scored his first goal back at the club on 21 September 2024, againstSport Boys.[34] On 22 April 2025, Guerrero became the oldest player to score two goals in theCopa Libertadores, scoring againstTalleres, aged 41 years, 3 months and 21 days.[35]
Guerrero's national career began at the2001 Bolivarian Games where he won gold with theU-17 squad. His career with thesenior team began in the unsuccessful2006 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, but he managed to score twice for the national side. His first goal was the winner againstChile in Lima's Estadio Nacional. It was followed by a first-minute goal in the next match againstEcuador at the same venue, though the Ecuadorians fought back to secure a 2–2 away draw. In the opening game of the2007 Copa América inMérida, Venezuela, Guerrero concluded a 3–0 win overUruguay as Peru went on to reach the quarter-finals.[36]
Guerrero was ruled out of Peru's first two2010 World Cup qualifying games because of injury. A further blow to Peru was laid down byFIFA when Guerrero was suspended six games for insulting the referee during the match againstUruguay in June 2008.[37] Following Peru's disastrous qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup,José del Solar was replaced with Uruguayan managerSergio Markarián and Guerrero was called up for the2011 Copa América. 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 andMexico followed by ahat-trick againstVenezuela in thethird place play-off match which Peru won 4–1.[38]
At the2015 Copa América held in Chile, Guerrero scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 win againstBolivia in the quarter-final inTemuco.[39] He scored the second goal in Peru's 2–0 win over Paraguay in thethird place play-off, thus helping Peru to third place at the Copa América for a second consecutive time and finishing as joint top-goalscorer with Chile'sEduardo Vargas.
Guerrero became the all-time leading goalscorer for Peru on 4 June 2016, after scoring againstHaiti in a 1–0 win at theCopa América Centenario.[40]
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Guerrero made 17 appearances and scored five goals in the2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, leading the Peru team in their successful World Cup qualifying campaign.[41] On 3 November 2017, it was announced that Guerrero had failed the doping control test after the match against Argentina in the previous month for what was initially reported as asocial drug. He received a preemptive 30-day suspension fromFIFA, making him miss theWorld Cup play-off tie againstNew Zealand, eventually won by Peru.[42]
On 8 December 2017, it was revealed that Guerrero had tested positive forbenzoylecgonine, the primary metabolite ofcocaine. As a result, he was banned by FIFA from all competitions for one year, meaning that he would not have been able to participate in the2018 FIFA World Cup.[43][44] The ban was reduced on appeal 12 days later.[45][46] Guerrero's lawyers had argued that the failed test had occurred as a result of the consumption of a traditionalcoca tea, using forensic analysis of theChildren of Llullaillaco as evidence.[47]
However, on 14 May 2018, theCourt of Arbitration for Sport upheld the appeal filed by theWorld Anti-Doping Agency, extending the ban to 14 months and ruling him out of the tournament. It accepted that Guerrero did not intend to enhance performance but said he was at fault, even if not significantly.[48] Captains of Peru's group-stage competitors,Hugo Lloris (France),Simon Kjaer (Denmark) andMile Jedinak (Australia) supported Guerrero's appeal and released a letter urging FIFA to lift the ban.[41]
On 31 May 2018, it was announced Guerrero would be allowed to play at the2018 FIFA World Cup after theSwiss Federal Tribunal lifted the ban for the tournament.[49]
On 3 June 2018, Guerrero made his comeback after a seven-month absence from the national team scoring twice in the 3–0 friendly win againstSaudi Arabia.[50]
A 2018 report of investigative journalists of German broadcasting stationARD revealeddoping practices in Brazil, involving physician Mohamad Barakat who reportedly treated Guerrero and who had already posed with him many years ago.[51][52]
Guerrero made his World Cup debut on 16 June 2018, coming off the bench in the 1–0 loss toDenmark.[53] On 26 June, he assistedAndré Carrillo's goal, which was Peru's first World Cup goal in 36 years, and scored the second goal in Peru's 2–0 win overAustralia, in the team's final group match, as his side suffered a first-round exit from the competition.[54] At the age of 34 and 177 days, he became the oldest Peruvian player to appear in a FIFA World Cup.[55]
In May 2019, Guerrero was included inRicardo Gareca's final 23-man squad for the2019 Copa América in Brazil.[56] He scored the opening goal in Peru's second group game of the tournament on 18 June – a 3–1 victory over Bolivia.[57] In the semi-finals against defending champions Chile on 3 July, Guerrero scored the final goal of a 3–0 win, which saw Peru advance to the final of the tournament for the first time since1975.[58]
In the2019 Copa América Final against hostsBrazil on 7 July, at theMaracanã Stadium, Guerrero scored the temporary equaliser from the penalty spot in the first half; the match eventually ended in a 3–1 victory to Brazil.[59] Guerrero finished the tournament as the top scorer with 3 goals, alongside Brazil'sEverton Soares, who won the Golden Boot Award due to having played fewer minutes than the Peruvian throughout the tournament.[60][61]
On 11 October 2019, Guerrero made his 100th international appearance for Peru in a friendly match againstUruguay.[62] Failing to appear in a single match for Peru in 2020, he finally made his return to the international scene in June 2021, playing two2022 World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Ecuador.[63] However, he was excluded from the squad for the2021 Copa América by coachRicardo Gareca, who deemed him to not yet be in good enough shape to be useful to team, following an injury that had laid him off for seven months.[64] He then failed to appear in a single match for Peru in 2022, including thatyear's world cup, making his return to the international scene in June 2023, in a friendly againstSouth Korea.[63]
On 26 March 2024, Guerrero scored a stoppage time penalty to seal a 4–1 win in a friendly againstDominican Republic, becoming, at the age of 40 years and 86 days, the oldest-ever goalscorer in the history of the Peruvian national team, breaking a 63-year-old record set byFaustino Delgado in 1961 by just 7 days.[65] By overtaking Delgado, he also became the oldest-ever goalscorer in CONMEBOL.[66] Later that year, he was a member of the Peru team that competed in the2024 Copa América, becoming the third Peruvian player to participate in six tournaments, only afterLolo Fernández andChemo del Solar.[67]
Guerrero announced his retirement from international football on 7 January 2025, with 124 appearances and 39 goals scored.[68] Two months later, however, on 9 March 2025, he came out of retirement by accepting a call back from the new Peruvian coachÓscar Ibáñez for the upcoming qualifiers againstBolivia andVenezuela, scoring his 40th international goal against the former team in a 3–1 victory, becoming, at the age of 41 years and 78 days, the oldest player to ever score in the World Cup South American qualifiers, surpassingGabriel González's record from 2000, aged 39 years and 168 days.[69] He also became the second-oldest goalscorer in any World Cup qualifier, behind onlyKeithroy Cornelius, who scored for theVirgin Islands at the age of 43 years in 2011.[69]
Paolo Guerrero has a global partnership withBetsson and is their exclusive Global Casino Ambassador to "further strengthen Betsson’s presence in Latin America and solidifying Betsson as the most exciting brand in the industry."[70]
Guerrero has afear of flying.[71] Media reports claim his fear of flying is due to the death of his uncleJosé González Ganoza in the1987 Alianza Lima air disaster.[72]
Guerrero's older brother,Julio Rivera, was also a footballer for the Peru national team who progressed through the Alianza Lima youth system.[73] The brothers were both following in the path of their uncle who had represented Alianza Lima and the Peru national team before them.
Guerrero isRoman Catholic.[74][75][76]
His nephew, also named Julio Rivera, was found dead from a robbery inLima in 2019. Guerrero held his death with sorrow and honor to his late nephew.[77] In 2024, his mother was targeted for extortion by gangs.[31]
In 2016, the filmGuerrero was released, featuring Paolo Guerrero and the story of his rise to success. On 5 October 2022,Netflix released Paolo Guerrero's series,Contigo capitán (The Fight for Justice: Paolo Guerrero in English) showing the story of Guerrero's false doping leading up to the2018 FIFA World Cup.[78]
| Club | Season | League | State league[a] | National cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bayern Munich | 2004–05 | Bundesliga | 13 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | 6[c] | 1 | — | 20 | 7 | ||
| 2005–06 | 14 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | 7[c] | 1 | — | 24 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 10 | — | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2 | — | 44 | 13 | ||||
| Hamburger SV | 2006–07 | Bundesliga | 20 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 7[c] | 0 | — | 27 | 5 | ||
| 2007–08 | 29 | 9 | — | 3 | 0 | 9[d] | 5 | — | 41 | 14 | ||||
| 2008–09 | 31 | 9 | — | 5 | 1 | 12[d] | 4 | — | 48 | 14 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | 6[e] | 3 | — | 13 | 7 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 25 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 5 | |||||
| 2011–12 | 25 | 6 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 134 | 37 | — | 13 | 2 | 34 | 12 | — | 181 | 51 | ||||
| Corinthians | 2012 | Série A | 15 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[f] | 2 | 17 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7[g] | 4 | 2[h] | 1 | 46 | 18 | ||
| 2014 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 45 | 16 | ||||
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5[g] | 4 | — | 18 | 10 | |||
| Total | 62 | 23 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 126 | 52 | ||
| Flamengo | 2015 | Série A | 15 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 4 | |||
| 2016 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3[i] | 0 | 3[j] | 3 | 44 | 18 | ||
| 2017 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 8[k] | 2 | 1[j] | 0 | 44 | 20 | ||
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| Total | 61 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 113 | 43 | ||
| Internacional | 2018 | Série A | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6[g] | 4 | — | 41 | 20 | |||
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6[g] | 3 | — | 15 | 10 | |||
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[g] | 0 | — | 16 | 2 | |||
| Total | 36 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 7 | — | 72 | 32 | |||
| Avaí | 2022 | Série A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| Racing Club | 2023 | Argentine Primera División | 15 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 6[g] | 1 | — | 22 | 3 | ||
| LDU Quito | 2023 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 13 | 5 | — | – | 7[i] | 3 | — | 20 | 8 | |||
| César Vallejo | 2024 | Liga 1 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 3[i] | 0 | — | 11 | 4 | ||
| 2025 | Liga 1 | 13 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | 13[l] | 3 | — | 26 | 10 | |||
| Total | 21 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | — | 37 | 14 | ||||
| Career total | 380 | 120 | 79 | 36 | 47 | 16 | 111 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 625 | 216 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 2004 | 3 | 1 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 9 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 11 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 12 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 11 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 128 | 40 | |
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Corinthians[79]
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