Juan Bautista Agüero Sánchez (24 June 1935 – 27 December 2018) was a Paraguayan

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striker.

Career

He started his career at

Olimpia Asunción Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sports club based in the city of Asunción. The club promotes the practice of various sports with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, the former being the highest priority and most su ...

, which was at time coached by the great Aurelio González. There, Agüero won some national championships. He was later transferred to

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA Euro ...

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, where he would spend 8 years, playing more than 100 games. For the 1965/1966, he signed for

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and he also had a brief stint in

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (), known simply as Granada, is a Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that plays in the Segunda División, after being relegated from La Liga in the 2021� ...

. Agüero was part of the

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that qualified for and played in the

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, where he scored two goals for Paraguay.FIFA Profile
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Titles

References

1935 births 2018 deaths Paraguayan footballers Paraguay international footballers Club Olimpia footballers Sevilla FC players Real Madrid CF players Granada CF footballers La Liga players Expatriate footballers in Spain Paraguayan expatriate footballers Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain 1958 FIFA World Cup players Association football forwards {{Paraguay-footy-forward-stub