Rubén Dario Maldonado Brizuela (born 29 April 1979 in
Asunción) is a former
Paraguayan
football
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defender who last played for
Nacional
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Airlines
* Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002
* Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961
Bank
* Banco Nacional, a ...
in the
Paraguayan Primera División.
He made his Italian Serie A debut on 11 March 2000, against
Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna Football Club 1909, commonly referred to as Bologna (), is an Italian professional football club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna that plays in Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. The club have won seven top-flight titles, two Co ...
.
Maldonado was part of the Paraguay national under-20 football team that participated in the 1999
FIFA World Youth Championship he has since gone on to represent Paraguay at senior international level.
Maldonado signed for the team where he was "born in soccer",
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 s ...
. He took part of the squad in the second half of the 2010 season, the Clausura 2010 in Paraguay.
External links
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Argentine Primera statistics
1979 births
Living people
Paraguayan footballers
Paraguay international footballers
Paraguay under-20 international footballers
Club Olimpia footballers
Cosenza Calcio 1914 players
Venezia F.C. players
S.S.C. Napoli players
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers
Sportivo Carapeguá footballers
Boca Unidos footballers
Club Guaraní players
Club Nacional footballers
Paraguayan Primera División players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Argentine Primera División players
Paraguayan expatriate footballers
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
Association football defenders
Sportspeople from Asunción
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