Rogério Fidélis Régis

Rogério
Personal information
Full name	Rogério Fidélis Régis
Date of birth	(1976-02-28) 28 February 1976
Place of birth	Campinas, Brazil
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Wingback
Youth career
1994	União São João
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1995	União São João	16	(1)
1996–1999	Palmeiras	82	(5)
2000–2004	Corinthians	107	(20)
2004–2006	Sporting CP	41	(4)
2006	→ Fluminense (loan)	23	(1)
2007	Itumbiara
2007	Santo André	7	(1)
2008	São Caetano	0	(0)
2011–2012	Grêmio Osasco	26	(8)
2011	→ Oeste (loan)	2	(0)
Total		304	(40)
National team
1998–1999	Brazil	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Rogério Fidélis Régis, simply known as Rogério (born 28 February 1976 in Campinas, São Paulo), is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a right back or a right midfielder.

Football career

After emerging through lowly União São João Esporte Clube's youth ranks, Rogério had a steady career with country giants Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras and Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, being essential in the latter side's conquest of the 1999 edition of the Libertadores Cup; in 2002, playing as a right-back, he often duelled with Santos FC's Robinho during the national championship final, won by the opposition 5–2 on aggregate.

In 2004, aged 28, Rogério moved abroad, signing a three-year contract with Sporting Clube de Portugal.^[1] Playing both positions on the right flank during his first season, he helped the Lisbon-based team to the campaign's UEFA Cup final, played on home soil: he scored the opener in the decisive match, but Sporting eventually lost 1–3 against PFC CSKA Moscow.^[2]

Losing importance in the next year, Rogério returned to his country, first on loan at Fluminense Football Club. He retired in 2008 after one-year spells with Itumbiara Esporte Clube, Esporte Clube Santo André and Associação Desportiva São Caetano.

In 2011, after three years out of football, 35-year-old Rogério returned to active, playing in the lower leagues of his country.