Marcos Antonio Cáceres (born 5 May 1986) 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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defender who plays for

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. He has previously played for

Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan Association football, football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero (Asunción), Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Paraguayan Primera División, Primera División titles ...

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, and in Argentina with

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and

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

. As an international footballer, Cáceres was included in the squads for the

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and

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editions of the Copa América. Cáceres started his playing career in 2006 with

where he played a total of 24 games in all competitions before joining Racing Club in 2007. After 2 substitute appearances Cáceres quickly established himself as a regular starter in the Racing Club lineup.

International career

Cáceres made his international debut on 22 August 2007 against

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. Cáceres made one appearance in the qualification cycle for the

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, and was not named to the squad for the team that reached the quarter-final. Cáceres did make the squad for the

2011 Copa América The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América 2011 Argentina, was the 43rd edition of the Copa América, the main international association football, football tournament for national ...

, and made one appearance, featuring at right back in the semi-final penalty shootout victory over

, replacing the suspended

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. Paraguay would lose in the final to

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, and Cáceres lost his place in the side to Elvis Marecos. Cáceres made two appearances in the qualification cycle for the

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, as Paraguay failed to qualify. He made the squad for the

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, featuring in three games at right back, including their opening game, and the third-place playoff defeat to

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; the other matches were started by Bruno Valdez. Out of the national team picture for the next six years, Cáceres made a shocking return during Paraguay's World Cup qualifying matches in September of 2021. He wasn't included in the original squad, but after Alberto Espínola left their first match against

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with an injury inside 10 minutes, Cáceres took his place in the squad for the next two matches.

Robert Rojas Robert Samuel Rojas Chávez (born 30 April 1996), is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for paraguayan club Olimpia and the Paraguay national team. Club career Rojas, who arrived in Guaraní when h ...

replaced Espínola against Ecuador, and started against

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and

, but left the match against Venezuela with an injury. Cáceres was brought on for the final 10 minutes of the 2–1 victory, and he made his first appearance for the national team in six years and two months.

Honours

;Newell's Old Boys * Primera División: 2013 Final

References

External links

Football-Lineups player profile
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United Press article
1986 births Footballers from Asunción Living people 20th-century Paraguayan people 21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen Men's association football defenders Paraguayan men's footballers Paraguay men's international footballers Cerro Porteño players Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Newell's Old Boys footballers Club Guaraní players Tacuary footballers Argentine Primera División players Paraguayan Primera División players 2011 Copa América players 2015 Copa América players Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina {{Paraguay-footy-defender-stub