Gustavo Agustín Viera Velázquez (born 28 August 1995) is a Paraguayan professional
footballer
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who plays as a
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 ...
for
Independiente F.B.C.
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Career
Viera played in his youth career for
Libertad, before moving to
Rubio Ñu. He made his professional debut for the club in 2012 and remained there until 2014. In August 2014, he transferred to
Corinthians
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in Brazil. Despite already being a professional player, Viera was relocated to Corinthians' youth team. The central midfielder scored the winning goal at the U20 Campeonato Brasileiro final against
Atlético Paranaense
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and was chosen as the best player of the tournament.
International career
He was called by
Paraguay national under-20 football team
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The team's most successful period was mostly during 2001 to 2003 and o ...
to play in the
2015 South American Youth Football Championship
The 2015 South American Youth Football Championship ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 "Juventud de América" Uruguay 2015, pt, Campeonato Sulamericano Sub-20 "Juventude da América" Uruguai 2015, region=BR) was the 27th edition of the biennial ...
.
Honours
;Corinthians
*Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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: 2015
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References
External links
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corinthians.com.br
at corinthians.com.br
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1995 births
Living people
Paraguayan men's footballers
Paraguay men's under-20 international footballers
Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
Paraguayan Primera División players
Club Rubio Ñu footballers
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players
Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
Men's association football midfielders