Raúl Alberto Páez (26 May 1937 – 1996) was an Argentine association football player. Páez began his career in 1958 at

San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro, commonly known as San Lorenzo de Almagro or simply San Lorenzo (in English: ''Saint Lawrence''), is a sports club of Argentina in the Boedo district of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team ...

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. With San Lorenzo he won the

1959 Argentine Primera División The 1959 Argentine Primera División was the 68th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on May 3 and ended on November 20.1960 Copa Libertadores The 1960 Copa de Campeones de América was the first season of the Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier club tournament. Seven association's clubs entered the first competition, with three not sending a representative. The first match o ...

where they reached the semi-finals before getting knocked out by Uruguayan side C.A. Peñarol. While at San Lorenzo Páez was called up to the Argentina squad for the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place be ...

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, where they were eliminated in the group stage. Páez appeared in matches against England and Bulgaria. Páez stayed with San Lorenzo until 1967 before moving to

Quilmes Atlético Club Quilmes Atlético Club () is an Argentine sports club based in the Quilmes district of Greater Buenos Aires. Established in 1887 (although the date of foundation is still under dispute), Quilmes is the oldest club of Argentina still competing ...

where he retired after the 1968 season. In total he played 222 matches in the Argentine league and scored 3 goals. Raúl Páez died in Brazil in 1996.

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* * 1937 births 1996 deaths Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players Argentine Primera División players San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Footballers from Córdoba, Argentina Men's association football defenders {{Argentina-footy-defender-stub