Cláudio César Correa Cañiza (born 3 May 1993) is a Paraguayan professional

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who plays as a striker for Rubio Ñu.

Club career

Born in

Asunción Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay o ...

, Correa is a youth prospect of

Sportivo Luqueño Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan football club, based in the city of Luque on the outskirts of the capital Asunción. The club has won two Paraguayan championships. History The club was founded in 1921 when three teams from the city of L ...

, where he stayed for just one year, before he moved to

Club Rubio Ñu Club Rubio Ñu is a Paraguayan football club based in the Barrio Santísima Trinidad of Asunción. The club was founded August 24, 1913 and plays in the División Intermedia, the second division of the Paraguayan football league. Their home ga ...

. On 11 July 2012, the 19-year-old moved to Benfica from Club Rubio Ñu on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee. He was assigned to the B-team and made his debut on 11 August 2012, in a

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match against Braga B, replacing

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in the 72 minute. The following matches, he asserted himself in the starting lineup, but only scored two goals in more than six months. In February 2013, Correa returned to Sportivo Luqueño, on loan until the end of the

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, scoring three goals in 17 league games. For the following season, Correa was loaned out for a second time, re-joining Rubio Ñu, with Benfica disclosing on 30 May 2014 that Correa's and

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's economic rights had been sold to Master International FZC for €1.7 million. On 22 July 2014, he joined

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, where he played the first part of the

, before joining Rubio Ñu on loan for a third spell at the club for the 2015 Apertura. On 13 June 2015, Correa moved to

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on loan, where he scored 10 goals in total, four in 2015 Clausura and six in the 2016 Apertura. After seasons in Paraguayan football, in June 2016 Correa emigrated again, this time on a loan deal to Argentinian club Aldosivi. In July 2018, Correa joined Independiente. On 15 February 2019, he was loaned out to Brazilian club

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. In April 2019, he returned to Rubio Ñu.

International career

Correa was in the squad for the

2011 South American Youth Championship The 2011 South American Youth Championship ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 “Juventud de America” Perú 2011, pt, Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 “Juventude da America” Peru 2011) was a football competition for U-20 national teams in ...

where he played in the 3 games and scored once. On 28 January 2011, after a match against Colombia U20, Correa assaulted the assistant referee for alleged errors during the match. He was suspended 1 year from March 2011 to March 2012 from internacional matches. However, since Paraguay U20 didn't qualify for 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup or the 2012 Summer Olympics, neither Club Rubio Ñu qualify for

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, the suspension had no practical effect.

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Cláudio Correa
at ZeroZero {{DEFAULTSORT:Correa, Claudio 1993 births Living people Footballers from Asunción Paraguayan men's footballers Paraguay men's under-20 international footballers Men's association football forwards Sportivo Luqueño players Club Rubio Ñu footballers S.L. Benfica B players Club Sol de América footballers Club Guaraní players Club Atlético Aldosivi footballers Independiente F.B.C. footballers Esporte Clube Pelotas players Paraguayan Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Liga Portugal 2 players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal