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

Club

Samaniego started his football career in the youth divisions of Club Olimpia of

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. 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 1986 FIFA World Cup. After a brief stint in

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playing for Necaxa, 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 Copa Libertadores title, Supercopa Sudamericana and Recopa 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 Colombian side

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

International

Samaniego made his international debut for the

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on 9 October 1985 in a

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against

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(0-0). He obtained a total number of 26 international caps, scoring seven goals for the national side.

Honours

Club

* Olimpia **

Paraguayan Primera División The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship reasons Copa de Primera TIGO-Vi ...

: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1995, 1997 **

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: 1992 ** Copa Libertadores:

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** Supercopa Sudamericana: 1990 ** Recopa Sudamericana: 1990 *

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** Colombian 1st division: 1993

Individual

* Olimpia ** Top scorer

: 1985 (19 goals) ** Top scorer Copa Libertadores: 1990 (7 goals)

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Samaniego, Adriano 1963 births Living people Paraguayan footballers Paraguayan Primera División players Categoría Primera A players Liga MX players Club Olimpia footballers Club Guaraní players Atlético Junior footballers Club Necaxa footballers Copa Libertadores-winning players Paraguay international footballers Paraguayan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Colombia Expatriate footballers in Mexico 1995 Copa América players Sportspeople from Luque Association football forwards Deportivo Santaní managers