Atilio Asuncion Cáceres Báez (born 15 August 1981) is a

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

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er who plays as a striker.

Career

Cáceres was a youth player at

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and played alongside future

national team star

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. He furthered his development at

Club Sportivo San Lorenzo Club Sportivo San Lorenzo, is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of San Lorenzo. It was founded April 17, 1930, and plays in División Intermedia, the second division in the Paraguayan football league system, after suffering relegati ...

and afterwards Cerro Porteño PF of the División Intermedia, the second level of the Paraguayan league system. He was then transferred to Real Arroyo Seco in neighbouring

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, playing in the

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, the Argentinean third level. Cáceres' next move was to

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and specifically

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, where the only professional club in the country

DPMM FC Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (English language, English: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club; Abbreviation, abbrev: DPMM or Brunei DPMM) is a professional association football, football club based in Bandar S ...

were riding high in the 2006–07

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. He excelled in trials and was signed by the club in January 2007 along with Alejandro Tobar in the middle of the season, ending the loan stints of Viban Francis Bayong and Dan Ito who were excellent for them in such a short time. These high expectations proved too much for the two to shoulder, as coach Ranko Buketa immediately voiced his dissatisfaction of them in friendly games held days after they signed. Cáceres made his Super League debut against Negeri Sembilan Naza on 14 February in a 5–1 victory, but suffered a knee injury during the game. His next match would be two weeks later which by then his club had already called up trialists to replace him. He scored his first goal for DPMM against

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in a 3–1 win on 14 March, followed by the winner in a 4–3 victory against league leaders

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at home on 1 April, ending the opposition's unbeaten streak. Nevertheless, despite scoring two goals in six games, Cáceres was released from his contract in the same month as he was still struggling from the knee injury and moreover he was unpopular with Brunei fans who often prefer workrate over target men strikers, who they deem lazy. Little is known about Cáceres after his Bruneian adventure, except that he played for

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in their promotion season in the 2009 División Intermedia, possibly being a founding squad member since the club's establishment the year prior. After leaving Deportivo, he moved to Club Sportiva Campo 9 in his local league in his native Eulogio Estigarribia, managing to represent his league in the 2015

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Personal life

Cáceres' elder brother Miguel Ángel is also a footballer who is capped at international level.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cáceres, Atilio 1981 births Living people Footballers from Caaguazú Department Paraguayan men's footballers Men's association football forwards Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Club Atlético Tembetary footballers Club Sportivo San Lorenzo footballers Club Cerro Porteño (Presidente Franco) footballers Real Arroyo Seco footballers DPMM FC players Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Brunei Paraguayan División Intermedia players Malaysia Super League players 21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen