Isidro Miguel Pitta Saldivar (born 14 August 1999) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Pitta was formed at the

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 ...

youth academy from 2013 to 2017, where he was leading goal scorer for its teams. His playing style at Cerro Porteño was an area-man.

Alvarenga

Pitta briefly played for

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club Alvarenga in Arouca for six months during the 2017–18 season, where he scored 5 goals in 14 matches. Upon returning to Paraguay from Portugal, Pitta trialed for Primera División Paraguaya club

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Deportivo Santani

In 2019, Pitta signed a two-year contract with Deportivo Santaní. Whilst at Deportivo Santani, Pitta was represented by Juan Dragotto. In March 2019, Pitta debuted and scored in the same game for Deportivo Santaní against Olimpia Asunción. He entered the pitch at the 13th minute of the first half, then scored his goal in the second half of a game which ended in a 2–2 draw. Amongst other clubs in Paraguay,

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and

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were interested in Pitta during 2019. In December 2019, Paraguayan Periodic

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announced that Pitta would join

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for the 2020 season and had departed Deportivo Santani, who descended to the country's second-tier.

Sportivo Luqueño

In August 2020, Pitta was in the interest of

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club Union de Santa Fé after scoring three goals in three games following the recommencement of the 2020 season. In September 2020, Tigo Sports announced that Pitta was in the orbit of

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club Independiente. Independiente unsuccessfully submitted a loan offer for Pitta with an option to buy him.

Olimpia

In September 2020, Pitta joined

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from

for the remainder of the 2020 season and the

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group stage. Prior to the transfer, Pitta had scored 8 goals and created 4 assists in 18 league games for Sportivo Luqueño during the 2020 season.

Huesca

On 16 August 2021, Pitta moved to Spain and signed a four-year contract with

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side

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. He scored his first goals abroad on 24 September, netting a brace in a 2–0 away win over

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Loan to Juventude

On 28 January 2022, Pitta switched teams and countries again after signing a one-year loan deal with

side Juventude. He has been a regular starter for the club, but his was relegates at the end of the

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Cuiabá

On 21 December 2022, Pitta signed a four-year contract with

, another

club.

Personal life

Pitta's appearance is likened to

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from the successful series

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. He is nicknamed ''Viking'' and he celebrates his goals with the same celebration as

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Career statistics

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitta, Isidro 1999 births Living people Footballers from Asunción Paraguayan men's footballers Men's association football forwards Paraguayan Primera División players Deportivo Santaní players Sportivo Luqueño players Club Olimpia footballers Segunda División players SD Huesca footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Esporte Clube Juventude players Cuiabá Esporte Clube players Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil