EURO 2008 INFO

The Polish selector Leo Beenhakker will consider Roger Guerreiro in the face of the call for the UEFA EURO 2008 ™ after the birth of the Brazilian mid Legia Warszawa have Polish citizenship guaranteed by the country's President Lech Kaczynski.

"Welcome"
Roger has been playing in Poland since 2005, and though generally citizens are required to spend five years in the country before being nationalized, the case of the player 25 years has been done by the fast-track, with the objective that east on the final list for the tournament this summer. "We welcome you and hope you enjoy the success with our national team both in the UEFA EURO 2008 ™ as, of course, in the EURO 2012 ™," said Kaczynski.

Provisional List
Beenhakker is a confessed admirer of Roger, and is expected to add his name to the provisional list of 31 names announced last Wednesday. "If Roger receives citizenship, we will be asking the authorities if we can add to our team," said the Dutch, who must reduce their selection to 23 players in the coming weeks.

Roger, to give it everything
Meanwhile, the player himself, and savor the prospect of representing his adopted country in Austria and Switzerland. "I am very happy because I waited a long time to obtain citizenship. I was beginning to put nervous. Now that I got, I promise to represent Poland as best you can on the field and in every situation, "said Roger.

The predecente of Olisadebe
Roger, a former player of the AD Sao Caetano, Corinthians SC and EC Juventude, is remembered above all for his good performances in Brazil with the CR Flamengo in 2004. Central usually play for the band left, was playing for a while in Spain as given in the RC Celta de Vigo before signing for Legia, which marked 14 goals in 66 matches. If the Brazilian plays with Poland, follow the steps of Emmanuel Olisadebe, who was born in Nigeria and marked 11 goals in 25 parties and internationally.