| Roger Cañas | |
| Fullname: | Roger Cañas Henao |
| Height: | 1.88 m |
| Birth Date: | 27 March 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Medellín, Colombia |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Shakhter Karagandy |
| Clubnumber: | 88 |
| Youthclubs1: | Independiente Medellín |
| Years1: | 2008–2010 |
| Clubs1: | Independiente Medellín |
| Caps1: | 29 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2010 |
| Clubs2: | Tranzit |
| Caps2: | 4 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2010–2011 |
| Caps3: | 21 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2011 |
| Clubs4: | → Jagiellonia Białystok (loan) |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2012–2013 |
| Caps5: | 52 |
| Goals5: | 7 |
| Years6: | 2014–2017 |
| Clubs6: | Astana |
| Caps6: | 91 |
| Goals6: | 12 |
| Years7: | 2017 |
| Clubs7: | → APOEL (loan) |
| Caps7: | 13 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2017 |
| Clubs8: | Ordabasy |
| Caps8: | 12 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2018 |
| Caps9: | 16 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2019 |
| Caps10: | 15 |
| Goals10: | 3 |
| Years11: | 2021 |
| Clubs11: | Barnechea |
| Caps11: | 15 |
| Goals11: | 1 |
| Years12: | 2022– |
| Caps12: | 59 |
| Goals12: | 6 |
| Pcupdate: | 12 July 2024 |
Roger Cañas Henao (born 27 March 1990) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder who plays for Shakhter Karagandy.
After playing for Tranzit during the first half of 2010, Cañas was close to signing for Serie A side Udinese Calcio during the summer, but following a poor World Cup for Italy, the Italian Football Federation changed the limitations on foreign players, meaning Udinese could only sign one non-eu player that season.[1]
In August 2011, he was loaned to Jagiellonia Białystok on a one-year deal.[2]
In January 2012, Cañas signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Shakhter Karagandy.[3]
In January 2014 Cañas signed for Metalurh Donetsk,[4] [5] however Cañas never played for Metalurh Donetsk as he was released by the club at the beginning of February after medical test showed the presence of only one kidney.[6] Cañas then went on to sign a two-year contract with FC Astana on 2 February 2014.[7] On 24 August 2016, Cañas signed a new contract with the club until the end of the 2018 season.[8]
On 30 January 2017, Cañas moved on loan to the Cypriot side APOEL FC until the end of the 2016–17 season.[9] He made his official debut on 11 February 2017, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute in APOEL's 1–0 away victory against Karmiotissa for the Cypriot First Division.[10] He scored his first goal for APOEL on 20 March 2017, netting the second goal in his team's 2–0 home victory against AEL Limassol for the Cypriot First Division.[11]
On 21 July 2017, Cañas signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side Ordabasy .[12]
On 17 February 2018, Shakhtyor Soligorsk announced the signing of Cañas on a one-year contract.[13]
On 23 January 2019, Irtysh Pavlodar announced the signing of Cañas.[14] On 3 July 2019, Cañas was released by Irtysh Pavlodar.[15]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Independiente Medellín | 2009 | Primera A | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| Tranzit | 2010 | LMT Virslīga | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Sibir Novosibirsk | 2010 | RPL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | RNFL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Jagiellonia Białystok (loan) | 2011–12 | Ekstraklasa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Shakhter Karagandy | 2012 | KPL | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 6 | |||
| Total | 52 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 11 | |||
| Astana | 2014 | KPL | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 39 | 4 | ||
| 2015 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 10 | |||
| 2016 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 2 | |||
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 91 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 16 | |||
| APOEL (loan) | 2016–17 | Cypriot First Division | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||
| Ordabasy | 2017 | KPL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2018 | BPL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 2019 | KPL | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 17 | 4 | |||
| Barnechea | 2021 | Campeonato Primera B | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| Shakhter Karagandy | 2022 | KPL | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 293 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 374 | 36 | |||
Independiente Medellín
Shakhter Karagandy
Astana
APOEL