Club Sol de América is a Paraguayan

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, mostly known for its football team. The club is located in Barrio Obrero, Paraguay, and it was founded in 1909. The stadium Sol de America uses for most of its first division games is located in the suburb city of Villa Elisa on the border of the capital city,

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 of ...

. Sol de America have won the Paraguayan First Division title on two occasions, in 1986 and then again in 1991. They also have a strong

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team and an athletics department.

Football

Honours

* Paraguayan First Division: 2 ::1986, 1991 * Paraguayan Second Division: 3 ::1965, 1977, 2006

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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: 6 appearances ::Best: Quarter-finals in 1989 ::1989: Quarter-finals

Current squad

''As of 6 March 2022.''

Notable players

:To appear in this section a player must have either: * Played at least 125 games for the club. * Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. * 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. 1970's *

Secundino Aifuch Secundino Aifuch Osorio (born 21 July 1952) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career He spent most of his career in the Paraguayan Primera División, playing with Sol de América and Cerro Porteño ...

(1971–75) 1990's *

Gustavo Neffa Gustavo Alfredo Neffa Rodríguez (born 30 November 1971 in Asunción) is a retired footballer from Paraguay. He started his career on Olimpia Asunción, and at the age of 18, noted by Juventus, Neffa moved on loan to Serie A club U.S. Cremone ...

(1996–98) 2000's *

Enrique Vera Enrique Daniel Vera Torres, nicknamed ''Rambert'' (born 10 March 1979, in Asunción), is a retired Paraguayan football midfielder who last played for América de Quito. Vera has been primarily based since LDU Quito since 2006, winning the 20 ...

(2000–02) *

Fabián Caballero Néstor Fabián Caballero (born 31 January 1978 in Misiones, Argentina) commonly referred to as Tyson, is a former footballer. Caballero had a 19-year career, playing in Argentina, Paraguay, England, Scotland, South Korea, Cyprus, Chile, Greece ...

(2000) *

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(2004) *

Pablo Zeballos Pablo Daniel Zeballos Ocampos (born 4 March 1986) is a Paraguayan football attacking midfielder who plays for Sportivo Ameliano. Zeballos represented the Paraguay national team from 2008 to 2012, featuring in the 2011 Copa América where Parag ...

(2005–07) * Miguel Ángel Cuéllar (2007) * Josías Paulo Cardoso Júnior (2009–2011) 2010's * Glacinei Martins (2010–2011) * Sebastian Abreu (2016–) Non-

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players * Abraham Francois (2001) *

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(2013–14)

Managers

* Ferenc Puskás (1985–86) * Sergio Markarián (1987–89) *

Ever Hugo Almeida Ever Hugo Almeida Almada (born 1 July 1948) is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current manager of Ecuadorian club El Nacional. Almeida was born in Salto, Uruguay, but became a naturalized ...

(Jan 1, 1997 – Jan 1, 1999), (Jan 1, 2000 – Jan 1, 2001) *

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(Sept 11, 2011 – April 5, 2013) *

Gualberto Jara Gualberto Jara is a Paraguayan football manager. Teams (assistant coach) * Cerro Corá 1993 * Olimpia 1994 * Colo-Colo 1995-1998 * Racing de Santander 1999-2001 * Rayo Vallecano 2003 * Olimpia 2004-2005 * Cobreloa 2008 Teams (coach) ...

(April 9, 2013 – Sept 23, 2013) * Mauricio Larriera (Sept 24, 2013 – Oct 25, 2013) *

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(Dec 11, 2013–14) * Daniel Garnero (2015–)

Other sports

Athletics

Sol de América also has an athletics department affiliated with the Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo. Physical preparers of the club are Edgar Torres and 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics javelin thrower

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Basketball

Sol de América also has a

team participating in the

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. *Paraguayan Championship: 9 :1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2010, 2011

References

External links

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Paraguayan Soccer Info
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