Deportivo Recoleta, or simply known as Recoleta, is a Paraguayan
association football
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club from the neighbourhood of
the same name, in
Asunción
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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 ...
; founded in 1931. After winning the 2022
Primera B Metropolitana
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...
championship, in the 2023 season the team will play in the
División Intermedia, which is equivalent to the second division of the Paraguayan league system.
History
In 2015, both Deportivo Recoleta and
Sportivo Ameliano gained promotion from the Primera División C to the Primera División B for the 2016 season.
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.
* 2000's
*
Aureliano Torres
Aureliano Torres Román (born 16 June 1982) is a Paraguayan former footballer who last played for 12 de Octubre in the Paraguayan División Intermedia. At club level, Torres achieved the 2002 Emperor's Cup in Japan, the Torneo Clausura of the ...
(2002–2003)
*
Osvaldo Mendoza
Osvaldo Mendoza (born 23 March 1981) is a Paraguayan former football
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(2003)
* 2010's
*
Roberto Acuña (2015, 2016–)
* Derlis Ortiz
Non-
CONMEBOL players
*
Tobie Mimboe
Tobie Bayard Mimboe (sometimes referred to as Toby Mimboe), is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender and spent most of his career in South America. He was capped for the Cameroon national team, and participated i ...
(1993)
Honours
*
Paraguayan Second Division: 1
::2001
*
Paraguayan Third Division: 2
::1971, 2022
References
External links
Albigol: Deportivo Recoleta Info
Recoleta
Recoleta
Recoleta
1931 establishments in Paraguay
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