Who is José Rogério de Oliveira Melo, the Pumas striker who is blowing up the Clausura 2022 tournament?

José Rogério de Oliveira Melo is a 31-year-old footballer. Throughout his career, he has played both as a winger and as a midfielder on both flanks. However, he can also play as a striker in the box.

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The Brazilian striker was born on December 24, 1990, in Pesqueira, a municipality in the state of Pernambuco. He is 1.74 meters tall and came from the lower divisions of Clube Náutico Capibaribe.

As for his professional background, Rogério developed his career mostly in Brazil. He only spent six months between January and June 2014 at Al-Dhafra SCC in the United Arab Emirates.

The rest of his career was built through ten different institutions in his country. In chronological order: Náutico, Atlético Do Porto, Botafogo, Vitória, Sao Paulo, Sport Recife, Bahia, Ceará, Juventude and Ferroviária, a team in which during the first part of 2021 he participated in 12 matches, in which he was a starter in six of them and with which he accumulated 626 minutes, two goals and one assist in the Paulista Championship.

José Rogério on Pumas: I know why they are a top team

José Rogério, in an interview with TUDN, stated that Pumas is a very big team, comparing it to other teams of great stature where he has been, and emphasized that because of this, criticism is not long in coming.

"I already know why it's a very big team, a team that everyone talks about, like in Brazil, where I played in Sao Paulo, which has a huge fan base, Bahia, others, and I'm used to the fact that when you have the ability to show yourself on the field, you're always going to take it out on the fans, criticism is welcome," said the Pumas player.

The Pumas’ fans are one of the most demanding in Mexico, a situation that often leads the public to strongly criticize their team, however, Rogério believes that with hard work these comments can be reduced:

"Some speak criticisms, others support, we have the capacity, then work to improve more so that people and fans can be happy," Rogério pointed out.

What is Rogério's market value?

José Rogério de Olivera Melo, a forward who joined Pumas UNAM for the 2021 Liga MX Apertura, has a current transfer value of 700 thousand euros, according to Transfermarkt. The Brazilian arrived as a free agent after finishing his contract with his former team Esporte Clube Bahia.

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