Pablo César Aguilar Benítez (born 2 April 1987) is a Paraguayan professional

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who plays as a centre-back. From March to July 2017, Aguilar served a ten-match suspension after head-butting a referee.

Club career

Early career

Aguilar won the

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title with his first club,

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, in 2007. He then transferred to Argentine Primera División side

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, where he played for one year. Subsequently, Aguilar played for San Luis of the Mexican Primera División, before joining Argentine Primera's side

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Tijuana

In 2012, Aguilar was sent on loan to

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. He started in 20 matches for the club during the

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tournament, which Tijuana won, defeating

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in the final, even scoring one of the goals himself.

América

On 18 December 2013, it was announced that Aguilar was transferred to Club América, with the announcement being made on the club's

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account. On 8 March 2017, during the

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round-of-16 match against Tijuana, Aguilar headbutted referee Fernando Hernández. Despite initially being given a ten-game suspension, a strike by the referee's association protesting the punishments of Aguilar and

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ultimately led to a revised year-long ban for Aguilar from any official football activity. On 31 March, it was reported that both Aguilar and Triverio would appeal their bans to the

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Cruz Azul

In the summer of 2018, Aguilar officially became a player for

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. On 21 July 2018, Aguilar debuted in a 3–0 victory against Puebla and played the 90 minutes.

International career

As of 3 June 2015, Aguilar has played in 22 games with the Paraguay national team, scoring four times. He scored his first goal on 17 October 2012 in the 1–0 victory against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.''

Personal life

In 2015, Aguilar became a naturalized Mexican citizen.

Honours

Sportivo Luqueño * Primera División: Apertura 2007 Tijuana * Liga MX: Apertura 2012 América * Liga MX: Apertura 2014 * CONCACAF Champions League: 2014–15, 2015–16 Cruz Azul * Liga MX: Guardianes 2021 *

: Apertura 2018 *

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Individual * Liga MX Defender of the Year: 2018–19 * Liga MX Best XI: Guardianes 2021 * Liga MX All-Star:

References

External links

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Pablo César Aguilar – Argentine Primera statistics
at Fútbol XXI {{DEFAULTSORT:Aguilar, Pablo 1987 births Living people Paraguayan footballers Paraguayan expatriate footballers Paraguay international footballers Sportivo Luqueño players Club Atlético Colón footballers San Luis F.C. players Club Tijuana footballers Club América footballers Arsenal de Sarandí footballers Paraguayan Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Liga MX players Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Mexico Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico 2015 Copa América players Sportspeople from Luque Association football central defenders Naturalized citizens of Mexico Cruz Azul footballers