Pablo León (died before 1 April 2003) was a Paraguayan
footballer. He was part of
Paraguay's squad
In military terminology, a squad is among the smallest of military organizations and is led by a non-commissioned officer. NATO and US doctrine define a squad as an organization "larger than a team, but smaller than a section." while US Army do ...
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
León was selected in
Paraguay's squad
In military terminology, a squad is among the smallest of military organizations and is led by a non-commissioned officer. NATO and US doctrine define a squad as an organization "larger than a team, but smaller than a section." while US Army do ...
for 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 ...
.
[ An unused substitute through the first five games, he was the water carrier ("aguatero") for his teammates.
On 27 March, for the sixth and decisive game against Brazil, León came on as a substitute in the 85th minute and scored the winning goal in the 89th, enabling Paraguay to tie with Brazil for classification. A playoff was then played between the two teams (León didn't play it), Paraguay was victorious and won its first Copa America.][
It was León's only cap and goal with Paraguay.]
References
External links
Pablo León
at Ceroacero
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Paraguayan men's footballers
Paraguay men's international footballers
Men's association football forwards
Club Guaraní players