Adriano Samaniego Giménez (born 8 September 1963) is a former

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Club

Samaniego started his football career in the youth divisions of

Club Olimpia Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sports club based in the city of Asunción. The club promotes the practice of various sports with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, the former being the highest priority and most s ...

of Paraguay. His debut in the first team squad was in 1981. He played for Olimpia from 1981 to 1985, achieving the top scorer title of the Paraguayan League in 1985 and winning the national championship in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985. A serious injury kept him from playing the

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. After a brief stint in Mexico playing for

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, he returned to Olimpia in 1990 to form the feared attacking trio of 1990 along with Raul Vicente Amarilla and Gabriel "El Loco" González, which led Olimpia to the

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title,

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and

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of the same year. Samaniego was also the top scorer of the Copa Libertadores in 1990 with seven goals. After his success with Olimpia, Samaniego played for

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n side Junior de Barranquilla between 1991 and 1994, where he won the 1993 national championship, before returning again to Olimpia in 1995. Adriano Samaniego ended his career in 1998 playing for

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. He will always be remembered for his speed and his characteristic tremendous left foot shots.

International

Samaniego made his international debut for the Paraguay national football team on 9 October 1985 in a friendly match against Chile (0-0). He obtained a total number of 26 international caps, scoring seven goals for the national side.

Honours

Club

* Olimpia ** Paraguayan Primera División: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1995, 1997 **

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: 1992 **

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: 1990 **

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: 1990 * Junior Barranquilla ** Colombian 1st division: 1993

Individual

* Olimpia ** Top scorer Paraguayan Primera División: 1985 (19 goals) ** Top scorer

: 1990 (7 goals)

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