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Independiente F.B.C.
Independiente Foot-Ball Club also referred to as Independiente de Campo Grande is a Paraguayan football club based in the neighborhood of Campo Grande in Asunción. Founded on September 20, 1925, they play in the Second Division of Paraguayan League. Their home stadium is Estadio Ricardo Gregor. Current squad As of March 2021. Notable players :To appear in this section a player must have either: * Been part of a national team at any time. * Played in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay). * Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition. 2010's * Juan Cardozo (2011) * Lorenzo Melgarejo (2011) * Diego Gavilán (2012) Non-CONMEBOL players * Yohei Iwasaki (2012–2013) Honors *Second Division (1): 2016 * Third Division (4): 1962, 1975, 1980, 2001 Managers * Alicio Solalinde Alicio Ignacio Solalinde Miers (born February 1, 1952) is a Paraguayan former footballer who played as a forward and works as a coach. Career Bo ...
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Estadio Ricardo Gregor
The Estadio Ricardo Gregor is a football stadium in Paraguay located in the neighborhood of Salvador del Mundo in Asunción, area known as ''Campo Grande''. The stadium, which has a capacity for 4,000 people, is the home of División Intermedia club Independiente. It owes its name to a former president of the institution. History On April 3, 2011, the venue was enabled to host a match for the Primera División, for the first time in its history. The match was against Atlético 3 de Febrero. On October 26, 2016, the APF announced the improvements to be made to the stadium due to the promotion to the Primera División of the club. The works include the lighting system, changing rooms, booths for the press and the filling of the playing field. By the end of January 2017, the towers for the lighting system of the stadium were completed, on February 17 the lights of the stadium were turned on successfully for the first time. The stadium reopened its doors for a Primera Divis ...
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Lorenzo Melgarejo
Lorenzo Antonio Melgarejo Sanabria (born 10 August 1990) is a Paraguayan Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward or Midfielder#Winger, left winger for Paraguayan club Club Libertad, Libertad. After playing in his country with Club 12 de Octubre, 12 de Octubre, Club Olimpia, Olimpia and Independiente F.B.C., Independiente, he went on to spend most of his professional career in Portugal and Russia, starting out at S.L. Benfica, Benfica. Melgarejo won four Cap (sport), caps for Paraguay national football team, Paraguay. Club career Early years / Benfica Melgarejo was born in Loma Grande District. He started his professional career with Club 12 de Octubre at the age of 19, and later moved to the capital, Asunción, where he represented Club Olimpia and Independiente F.B.C., Independiente FBC. In early June 2011, Melgarejo moved to Portugal after being signed by Primeira Liga club S.L. Benfica, who immediately loaned him to fellow le ...
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Football Clubs In Asunción
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in North America and Australia); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby union and rugby league; and Gaelic football. These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British ...
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Football Clubs In Paraguay
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in North America and Australia); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby union and rugby league; and Gaelic football. These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British ...
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Alicio Solalinde
Alicio Ignacio Solalinde Miers (born February 1, 1952) is a Paraguayan former footballer who played as a forward and works as a coach. Career Born in Villeta, Solalinde began playing football for local side Olimpia de Villeta. He also played for Club Libertad and Club River Plate, but enjoyed his greatest success with Club Olimpia where he became a key player by winning several national and international titles such as the Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup in 1979. Solalinde also played for the Paraguay national football team from 1975 to 1981, where he obtained 32 caps and 4 goals. His most important achievement while playing for Paraguay is winning the 1979 Copa América. After retiring from professional football, Solalinde became a coach and has managed a large number of Paraguayan teams such as Olimpia, Club 12 de Octubre, Club 2 de Mayo, Club Atletico 3 de Febrero and Sportivo Luqueño. He managed Paraguayan Primera División side Independiente F.B.C. I ...
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Paraguayan Tercera División
Tercera División de Paraguay (''Third Division of Paraguay'', in English), is the third division of Paraguayan football (soccer), and it is organized by the Paraguayan Football Association in the metropolitan area, and organized by the Unión del Fútbol del Interior, in the rest of the country, except Asunción and Central department. The Paraguayan Third Division is divided into three leagues: * The Primera División B (disputed within Asunción and the Central Department). * The Primera División B Nacional (disputed by clubs in Paraguay's interior). * The Campeonato Nacional de Interligas (disputed by representative teams of each of the 17 departments of Paraguay with the exception of Asunción and the Central Department). Primera División B Nacional The Primera División B Nacional tournament is being played since 2011. Teams from the all departaments of Paraguay (except Asunción and Central department) take part in this third division league. Since 2014, in even years t ...
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Yohei Iwasaki
is a Japanese footballer. As of 2017, he plays for Al Shabab Club. Career Born in Tsu, Mie, Iwasaki is known in Brazil for having played in Paraná clubs. In 2013, he moved to India for joining the I-League side Rangdajied United. In February 2016, Iwasaki moved to Australia, joining National Premier Leagues Victoria side Green Gully SC, led by Arthur Papas, who discovered the player during his time in India. On 5 April 2017, he joined Lithuanian A Lyga The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. The A Lyga is an abbreviation of Aukščiausia lyga meaning Highest League. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation LFF ( lt, Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija). The Auk� ... club Kauno Žalgiris. On 1 October, he joined Oman premier league club Al Shabab Club Club statistics References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Iwasaki, Yohei 1987 births Living people Chukyo University alumni Association football people from Mie Prefectu ...
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CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana) and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Paraguay, near Asunción. CONMEBOL is responsible for the organization and governance of South American football's major international tournaments. With 10 member soccer associations, it has the fewest members of all the confederations in FIFA. CONMEBOL national teams have won ten FIFA World Cups (Brazil five, Argentina three and Uruguay two) and CONMEBOL clubs have won 22 Intercontinental Cups and four FIFA Club World Cups. Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have won two Olympic gold medals each. It is considered one of the strongest confederations in the world. The World Cu ...
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Diego Gavilán
Diego Antonio Gavilán Zarate (born 1 March 1980) is a Paraguayan former footballer and current coach. He is the current interim manager of Cerro Porteño's reserve team. Career Gavilán's nickname '' pampero'' – literally meaning the horse or the man that runs like the wind in the Pampa – offers a fair indication of his purposeful and hard-running style. He began his top-flight career at Cerro Porteño and he became the first-ever Paraguayan to play in England, when he signed for Newcastle United in 2000. Newcastle United Gavilan signed with the club in January 2000. On the eve of playing the 2000 Pre-Olympic CONMEBOL Tournament, was surprised by being transferred to Newcastle United, attending a meeting on one and then signing a contract the next day. Gavilán did not participate in the Pre-Olympic Tournament and went directly to his new club. Upon joining from Cerro Porteño, Gavilan was labelled Paraguay's David Beckham. Gavilán already studied English whilst in Hi ...
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Juan Cardozo
Juan Cardozo (born 1 August 1974) is a former Paraguayan footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugb .... Director Tecnico Club Sportivo Obrero Edelira km21 Campeón 2018 References External links * 1974 births Living people People from Encarnación, Paraguay Paraguayan men's footballers Paraguay men's international footballers Club Atlético 3 de Febrero players Cerro Porteño players Sportivo Luqueño players Club Nacional footballers Club Olimpia footballers Independiente F.B.C. footballers Men's association football defenders {{Paraguay-footy-defender-stub ...
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Paraguayan División Intermedia
The División Intermedia ( en, Intermediate Division), also known as the Segunda División ( en, Second Division), is the second tier professional football league in Paraguay. It is organized by the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol. Overview Since 1910 the second division tournaments have changed rules, number of teams and names. As of 2006, División Intermedia is the name for the second division and 16 teams are part of it. The champion and the runner-up of this league gains the right to participate in the Liga Paraguaya: Primera División, the Paraguay's top division of football. The last three teams are relegated to the third division (called "Primera de Ascenso" for teams from Gran Asunción and Primera División Nacional B for teams outside of the Gran Asunción area). The three spots left by relegated teams are occupied by one team from the Primera de Ascenso and one team from the Primera División Nacional B which is a tournament where teams from the whole country com ...
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