Rogerio Leichtweis

Paraguayan footballer (born 1988)

Rogerio Leichtweis
Personal information
Full name	Rogerio Luis Leichtweis
Date of birth	(1988-06-28) 28 June 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Santa Rita, Paraguay
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	FC Cascavel
Youth career
–2009	Olimpia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009	Olimpia	0	(0)
2010–2016	Libertad	25	(2)
2010	→ Tacuary (loan)	4	(0)
2011	→ San Lorenzo (loan)	0	(0)
2012	→ Cerro Porteño PF (loan)	36	(14)
2013	→ Deportes Tolima (loan)	17	(6)
2014	→ 3 de Febrero (loan)	14	(2)
2015	→ Deportes Tolima (loan)	19	(3)
2016	Sportivo Luqueño	9	(1)
2017	Guarani	0	(0)
2017–2019	General Díaz	47	(11)
2019	Guabirá	10	(0)
2021	FC Cascavel	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rogerio Leichtweis^[1] (born June 28, 1988) is a Paraguayan football forward who currently plays for Club Deportivo Guabirá.

Career

Rogerio Leichtweis began his career in Club Olimpia. Then he was transferred to Club Libertad. From 2009 to 2010 he was in Tacuary on loan, where he had only four appearances.

For the 2011 season, Leichtweis was transferred to Sportivo San Lorenzo on loan. The next year was loaned to Club Cerro Porteño (Presidente Franco), where he finished goalscorer of the team with 14 goals in 36 matches, and was third in the Top Scorers table of the Torneo Apertura.

In December 2012, Leichtweis arrived in Colombia after signing a one-year loan deal with Deportes Tolima until the end of the year.

National team

Leichtweis was called up on November 14, 2012 by coach Gerardo Pelusso for a friendly match against Guatemala. However, he remained on the bench throughout all the match, which ended 3-1 with Paraguayan victory over Guatemala.