Ignacio Achucarro Ayala (31 July 1936 – August 2021) was a Paraguayan
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
. He played as a
defender.
Career
Achúcarro started his career in
Olimpia Asunción
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 su ...
of
Paraguay, where he won two national championships before being transferred to Europe in 1958 to play for
Sevilla FC. At
Sevilla, he would spend 10 years before returning to Paraguay to play for Olimpia for the 1969 and 1970 seasons. Achucarro was part of the
Paraguay national football team that qualified and played in the
1958 FIFA World Cup
The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country.
Brazil be ...
, where he played all three games for Paraguay.
Death
Achúcarro died in August 2021, at the age of 85.
Titles
References
1936 births
2021 deaths
Footballers from Asunción
Paraguayan men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Club Olimpia footballers
La Liga players
Sevilla FC players
Paraguay men's international footballers
1958 FIFA World Cup players
Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
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