Roberto Acuña
| Roberto Acuña | ||
.jpg) Roberto Acuña (2015)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Roberto Miguel Acuña Cabello | |
| birthday | March 25, 1972 | |
| place of birth | Avellaneda , Argentina | |
| size | 175 cm | |
| position | midfield | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1989-1993 | Club Nacional | |
| 1993-1994 | Argentinos Juniors | 33 (4) |
| 1994-1995 | Boca Juniors | 31 (3) |
| 1995-1997 | CA Independiente | 65 (3) |
| 1997-2002 | Real Zaragoza | 153 (23) |
| 2002-2006 | Deportivo La Coruña | 14 (0) |
| 2003-2004 | → FC Elche (loan) | 26 (2) |
| 2004 | → al Ain Club (loan) | 4 (0) |
| 2007 | Rosario Central | 4 (0) |
| 2007 | Club Olimpia | 16 (3) |
| 2009–2012 | Club Rubio Ñu | 91 (16) |
| 2013-2014 | 12 de Octubre Football Club | |
| 2015 | CD Recoleta | |
| 2016 | Club Rubio Ñu | 13 (0) |
| 2016 | CD Recoleta | |
| 2017 | Club Rubio Ñu | 10 (0) |
| 2017– | 22 de Setiembre Encarnación | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1993-2011 | Paraguay | 100 (5) |
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1 Only league games are given. Status: beginning of the season 2020 |
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Roberto Miguel Acuña Cabello (born March 25, 1972 in Avellaneda , Argentina ) is a Paraguayan football player ( midfielder ).
Acuña completed 100 international matches for the Paraguayan national soccer team and took part in three soccer world championships from 1998 to 2006 . In 2001 he was named Paraguay's Footballer of the Year . At club level, he played in the domestic and the Argentine league for eight years in the Spanish Primera División .
Club soccer
Acuña was born in Argentina to a Paraguayan and played in Argentina until he was 16. His parents emigrated with him to Paraguay after Acuña was told that his chances of success in Argentine football were slim. In Paraguay he first played for the Club Nacional in Asunción . Due to his good performance in Paraguay, Acuña moved to the Argentine league in 1993, where he played for Argentinos Juniors until June 1994 , then until June 1995 for Boca Juniors and until June 1997 for Independiente . He then moved to Real Saragossa in the Spanish Primera División , where he was a top performer until 2002 and in 2001 won the Copa del Rey , the Spanish Cup. After the 2001/02 season, in which Real Zaragoza was relegated, Acuña moved to Deportivo La Coruña . In the 2003/04 season he was loaned to Elche CF and then until the end of 2004 to the al Ain Club from the United Arab Emirates . After the 2005-06 season he was retired at La Coruña and was without a club for six months before joining Rosario Central in Argentina.
Acuña has been back in his home country since 2007 and has since played for five different clubs. After a half-season in 2007 with Olimpia Asunción and a year and a half of non-membership, he played from 2009 to 2012 at Club Rubio Ñu . Since 2014 he has played mostly in lower-class clubs up to the fourth division. In the 2017 season, at the age of 45, he was last active in the Primera División Paraguay with Rubio Ñu. In 2017 he joined the current third division club 22 de Setiembre Encarnación , with whom he still plays today.
National team
Acuña took on Paraguayan citizenship in 1993 and was appointed to the national team shortly thereafter , where he soon became a powerful midfield director. Because of his strength and his duel strength in midfield, he earned the nickname El Toro ( the bull ). He took part with Paraguay in the 1998 , 2002 and 2006 World Cups and was on the field in all eleven games of Paraguay. Among other things, he was part of the team that lost 1-0 to Germany in the second round in 2002 . In this game, Acuña was sent off in stoppage time due to an elbow check against Michael Ballack .
He also took part in the tournaments for the Copa America in 1993 , 1995 , 1997 and 1999 and reached the quarter-finals with his team.
Acuña ended his career with the national team in 2006. In 2011 he returned for two farewell matches and made his 100th and last international match in the Albirroja dress in a 2-0 win against Romania . In his 100 international matches, he scored five goals.
successes
- 1 × Copa del Rey with Real Saragossa 2000/01
- 1 × South American Super Cup winner with Independiente 1995
- 1 × Footballer of the Year in Paraguay 2001
Beach soccer
Acuña also played for the Paraguayan beach soccer team and took part in the 2015 World Cup.
Web links
- Roberto Acuña in the database of weltfussball.de
- Acuñas internationals at rsssf.com
- Roberto Acuña in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Roberto Acuña in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Paraguay vence a Rumania en despedida del "Toro" Acuña. In: larepublica.ec. June 11, 2011, accessed March 8, 2020 (Spanish).
- ^ Roberto Acuña: As nervous as the first time. In: fifa.com. April 18, 2015, accessed March 8, 2020 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| José Saturnino Cardozo |
Paraguayan Footballer of the Year 2001 |
José Saturnino Cardozo |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Acuña, Roberto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Acuña Cabello, Roberto Miguel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Paraguayan soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Avellaneda , Argentina |