Néstor Abrahan Camacho Ledesma (born 15 October 1987) is a Paraguayan professional

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who plays for

Tacuary Club Tacuary is a Paraguayan First Division football team, based in the neighborhood of Jara in Asunción. The club was founded in 1923. Tacuary qualified for the Copa Libertadores tournament twice (in 2005 and 2007) and the Copa Sudamerican ...

. Mainly an

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or winger, he can also appear as a

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Club career

Born in

Villa Florida Villa Florida is a city in southern Paraguay located on the Tebicuary River at the entrance of Misiones Department, Misiones Region. Initially, when it was established by the Jesuits in 1632, it was called Paso Santa María. It was officially foun ...

Misiones Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes P ...

, Camacho was a Libertad youth graduate. He made his first team debut during the 2007 season, appearing in five matches. In 2009 Camacho was loaned to fellow Primera División side Rubio Ñú, for one year. He scored his first senior goal on 22 November, netting the first in a 2–0 home win against 2 de Mayo. Camacho scored 11 goals for Rubio Ñú during the 2010 campaign, with his side achieving an impressive fifth position. On 16 February 2011 he moved abroad, signing for

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side

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 ...

. After being sparingly used, Camacho switched teams and countries again, joining Colombia's

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on 12 August 2013. The following year, he returned to his first club Libertad. On 31 July 2015 Camacho moved to

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side

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. He contributed with 12 appearances and one goal, suffering team relegation. On 20 January 2016 Camacho moved back to Paraguay and joined

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. He finished the year with a career-best 18 league goals, as his side was crowned champions.

International career

On 24 August 2010 Camacho was called up to Paraguay national team by manager

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for friendlies against

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and

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. He made his full international debut on 4 September, starting in a 0–1 loss against the former in

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. Camacho scored his first international goal on 6 September 2011, netting the first in a 3–0 win at

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through a

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Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Deportivo Cali *

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;Libertad *

Paraguayan Primera División The División Profesional de la Paraguayan Football Association, Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship ...

: 2014-I, 2014-II ;Guaraní *

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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