Estanislao Struway Samaniego (born 25 June 1968) is a Paraguayan
football
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coach and former
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
from who was nicknamed Taní during his career. He is the current coach of
División Intermedia team
Sportivo Iteño
Sportivo Iteño is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of Itá, in Asunción. The club was founded on June 1, 1924 and plays in the Paraguayan División Intermedia
The División Intermedia ( en, Intermediate Division), also known as ...
.
Club
At club level Struway spent most of his career in Paraguay where he won five league titles. He also played at professional level in Argentina, Peru and Brazil. His first club was
Cerro Porteño
Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay. Its presi ...
where he made his debut in 1988, he won two
Paraguayan league titles in his first spell with the club in 1990 and 1992.
Struway joined Argentine
Racing Club de Avellaneda
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in 1995 but never settled, he joined
2nd division Los Andes the next season. In 1996, he played for
Sporting Cristal
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in Peru.
Struway played in Brazil in the late 1990s, making appearances for
Portuguesa and
Coritiba
Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa-Branca" or "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest f ...
. In the former, he protagonized an unusual episode during a
Campeonato Brasileiro match: learning that he would be substituted, Struway angrily took off his shirt and threw it on the ground, resulting in him getting sent off instead.
In 1999, he returned to
Cerro Porteño
Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay. Its presi ...
where he won another Paraguayan league title in 2001. In 2002, he moved to
Libertad where he was part of two more league championship winning campaigns. He spent his last years playing for
12 de Octubre and then
Sportivo Iteño
Sportivo Iteño is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of Itá, in Asunción. The club was founded on June 1, 1924 and plays in the Paraguayan División Intermedia
The División Intermedia ( en, Intermediate Division), also known as ...
before his retirement in 2005.
International
Struway made his international debut for the
Paraguay national football team
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on 27 February 1991 in a
friendly match
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against
Brazil
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(1-1). He obtained a total number of 74 international
cap
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s, scoring four goals for the national side. He played in the
2002 FIFA World Cup
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and in five editions of the
Copa América
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:
1991
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,
1993
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,
1995
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,
1997
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and
2001
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rsssf: Copa América 2001
Honours
Club
* Cerro Porteño
Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay. Its presi ...
** Paraguayan Primera División
The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship reasons Copa de Primera TIGO-Vis ...
: 1990, 1992, 2001
* Sporting Cristal
Club Sporting Cristal S.A. is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its association football, football team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac District, Rímac district by engineer Richard Bentín Mujica ...
** Peruvian Primera División
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: 1996
* Coritiba
Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa-Branca" or "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest f ...
** Campeonato Paranaense
Campeonato Paranaense, which has been contested since 1915, is the top-flight football league of the state of Paraná, Brazil.
Format
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: 1999
* Libertad
** Paraguayan Primera División
The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship reasons Copa de Primera TIGO-Vis ...
: 2002, 2003
References
External links
International statistics
at rsssf
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1968 births
Living people
Paraguayan men's footballers
Club Libertad footballers
Cerro Porteño players
Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
Club Atlético Los Andes footballers
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players
Coritiba Foot Ball Club players
Sporting Cristal footballers
Paraguay men's international footballers
2002 FIFA World Cup players
Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
1991 Copa América players
1993 Copa América players
1995 Copa América players
1997 Copa América players
2001 Copa América players
Men's association football midfielders
Paraguayan football managers
Paraguayan people of English descent
12 de Octubre Football Club managers
People from Itá, Paraguay
Sportspeople from Central Department