Eduardo Aranda (born 28 January 1985 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 of ...

) is a

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who plays for

Resistencia Sport Club Resistencia Sport Club, is a Paraguayan football club based in Barrio Ricardo Brugada in Asunción. The club, founded on December 27, 1917, plays in the División Intermedia of the Paraguayan football league. Resistencia S.C. plays its home ma ...

in the Paraguayan División Intermedia.

Club career

From 2003 to 2005, Aranda formed part of Olimpia Asunción's U20 squad. After not having a chance with the first team, emigrated to

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

to try his luck with

Rampla Juniors Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club, commonly known as Rampla Juniors, is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The team was actively playing the 2021 season by January 2021. In their home stadium, Rampla won the Uruguayan championship in 1927. ...

. In 2006, Aranda joined the club, colleaguing with compatriot

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. He played a season and a half with that team, until he was transferred to

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, teaming up with

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footballer Martin Kamga. On 31 July 2009, he signed a new deal with

s giants

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. He only remained one season in the giants, then signing with

Defensor Sporting Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achievemen ...

. In mid June 2011, he returned to his country to sign a new contract with his origin club Olimpia. He played a vital role in his team becoming champions of the 2011 Clausura after the club suffered eleven years without a title. After improving a lot during the 2012 season Aranda makes a good 2013 Copa Libertadores

Resistencia

Aranda renounced from Guaireña to join second-tier Resistencia Sport Club, and held the objective of ascending to the Primera División whilst the club was in second place of the second-tier table. Aranda spoke with

Carlos Recalde Carlos Ariel Recalde González (born 14 December 1983), is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a left winger. He is the current manager of Resistencia. Recalde previously played for Sol de América and Guaraní Guara ...

, who previously was his coach at Deportivo Capiatá, and expressed that he wanted to depart Guaireña and see the possibility of playing at Resistencia. He joined

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and

Rodrigo Burgos Rodrigo Roman Burgos (born 21 July 1989) is a Paraguayan football defensive midfielder who plays for Boca Unidos in the Argentine Torneo Federal A. At Talleres de Córdoba, Burgos first achieved ascension from Argentina's Torneo Federal A to ...

in the Resistencia squad.

International career

On 9 June 2012, Aranda made his debut for

in a

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match against

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Honors

;Olimpia * Paraguayan Primera División: 2011 Clausura

References

External links

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Eduardo Aranda
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