Milner Ayala (3 September 1928 - 29 July 2001) was a Paraguayan footballer. He was part of Paraguay's

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that won the

1953 South American Championship The South American Championship 1953 was a football tournament held in Peru and won by Paraguay with Brazil second. Argentina, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament. Francisco Molina from Chile became top scorer of the tournament with 7 g ...

International career

Ayala was selected in Paraguay's

for the

. He played two games during the tournament, on 4 March against Ecuador, and on 8 March against Peru, as Paraguay won the competition, its first Copa America. Those two games were his only caps with Paraguay. During the game against Peru, as Peruvians were leading by 2-1 and Paraguay was disallowed an equalizing goal, he kicked the referee. The game was stopped, then restarted. Paraguay eventually equalized and the game ended in a draw 2-2. However Peru was awarded a win because Paraguay made four changes instead of the legal three, including the one of Ayala who had replaced Atilio López. Ayala was banned three years for his gesture.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ayala, Milton 1928 births 2001 deaths Paraguayan men's footballers Paraguay men's international footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers RC Strasbourg Alsace players CA Paris-Charenton players Red Star FC players