Cristián Limenza Estigarribia (born 17 November 1976) is a former

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naturalized Chilean football

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Club career

Born in Asunción, Paraguay, Limenza aged 20 joined third-tier team Presidente Hayes in 2003, where he played two seasons. In 2005, he moved to

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's Primera B (second level) side

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thanks the management of his friend Félix González, who invite him to play with the club. One year later he was a key player in the club's promotion to

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, after saving two shoots in the

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against

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at the promotion playoffs final. In January 2007 he signed for

club

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. He remained at Unión until 2009, and the incoming season he moved to

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where helped the team to win the Primera B and Copa Chile Bicentenario titles. After being released from Iquique in 2012, he joined

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the next year, playing with the club the transition season and the 2013–14 season. In June 2014 he joined Deportes Concepción. In mid-2016, after the controversial elimination of Concepción from the professional football by the ANFP, he joined

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. His last club was —then

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side

(2016–2018).

Honours

;Deportes Iquique * Primera B:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Limenza, Cristian 1976 births Living people Footballers from Asunción Paraguayan men's footballers Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Naturalized citizens of Chile Chilean men's footballers Paraguayan División Intermedia players Club Presidente Hayes footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Lota Schwager footballers Unión Española footballers Deportes Iquique footballers Santiago Morning footballers Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers Deportes Puerto Montt footballers Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Paraguayan emigrants to Chile Men's association football goalkeepers