Miguel Ángel Sanabria (born November 11, 1964) is a retired
football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
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 boundari ...
from
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to ...
. He played professional football for clubs like
Club Olimpia
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 ...
in Paraguay, and also had a spell in
Bolivia
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, playing for
Club Bolívar
Club Bolívar () is a Bolivian professional football club that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División. Founded in 1925 in honor of Venezuelan military leader Simón Bolívar, it is the most successful and popular club in the history o ...
.
Sanabria made his international debut for the
Paraguay national football team
The Paraguay national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Paraguay) represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions, and are controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association (Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol). Paraguay ...
on July 10, 1991 in a
Copa América match against
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in t ...
(5-0 win), substituting
Felipe Peralta
Felipe Peralta (born 2 May 1962) is a retired football midfielder from Paraguay. He played professional football in Paraguay, and also had a spell in Colombia, playing for Deportivo Pereira.
International
Sanabria made his international de ...
in the 76th minute. He obtained a total number of three international caps, scoring no goals for the national side.
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1964 births
Living people
Paraguayan footballers
Paraguay international footballers
Paraguayan expatriate footballers
Association football midfielders
Expatriate footballers in Bolivia
Club Olimpia footballers
1991 Copa América players
Club Bolívar players
Sportspeople from Luque
La Paz F.C. managers
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