Víctor Cáceres

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Víctor Cáceres
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Personnel
Surname Víctor Javier Cáceres Centurión
birthday March 25, 1985
place of birth Asunción ,  Paraguay
size 186 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
2001-2003 Atlántida SC
2003-2004 Club Libertad
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2004–2012 Club Libertad 161 (16)
2012-2015 Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 48 0(1)
2015– al-Rayyan SC 12 0(4)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2007– Paraguay 68 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.
As of December 13, 2015

2 As of December 13, 2015

Víctor Javier Cáceres Centurión (born March 25, 1985 in Asunción ) is a Paraguayan football player who plays for al-Rayyan SC .

The defensive midfielder with a strong header is valued in his club and the Paraguayan national team primarily for his strength in tackles and commitment.

His brother Marcos Cáceres is also a Paraguayan international and currently plays for Racing Club Avellaneda .

Club career

At the age of 18, Cáceres moved from Atlántida SC to Club Libertad , a club from his hometown of Asunción. At Club Libertad he made his professional debut at the age of 21 under his current national coach Gerardo Martino . On July 22, 2006, Cáceres scored his first league goal in a 1-0 win against Club Atlético 3 de Febrero . With Club Libertad he was Paraguayan champion in 2006 and reached the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores , in which they lost to SC Internacional .

A year later he was the player of the day in the final second leg of the Paraguayan championship. In the 2-0 game against Sportivo Luqueño , Cáceres headed his team to the championship with two hits.

After the Apertura and Clausura mode was introduced in Paraguay in 2008, Cáceres was able to secure the Paraguayan championship twice in 2008. The undisputed regular player had his previous record of five goals in 33 games this year. Cáceres was also set in the following year, but with his club had to be content with the runner-up in both the Apertura and the Clausura this year.

For the 2012/13 season he moved to the Brazilian first division club Flamengo Rio de Janeiro on a free transfer .

National team career

Cáceres played on June 5, 2007 for the first time for the Paraguayan national team in the friendly against Mexico .

In 2007 he was on the provisional squad for the 2007 Copa America , but was later deleted.

In qualifying for the World Cup , he played 13 of 18 games for Paraguay. When Paraguay beat Brazil 2-0 on matchday six of qualifying , where he came on in the 51st minute. Paraguay held the lead in the South American group until the beginning of matchday 13 when they lost to Chile . With two game days to go, Cáceres was a substitute in Paraguay's 1-0 win against Argentina , which saw Paraguay defeat Brazil and Uruguay as well as the last South American world champions at the Estadio Defensores del Chaco . In addition, with this victory, his team was already safely qualified for the 2010 World Cup.

In the group matches at the 2010 World Cup , the defensive midfielder in the shadow of the offensive players Enrique Vera and Cristian Riveros contributed to his team's victory against Slovakia with his countless ball and tackle wins .

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Victor Caceres in the database of FIFA (English)
  2. ↑ abc.com: Víctor “Topo” Cáceres “escarba” mejor cada día
  3. ↑ abc.com: El "12" se hace fuerte en Itauguá y tumba a Libertad
  4. ↑ abc.com: Libertad venció al 3 de Febrero
  5. ↑ weltfussball.de: Víctor Cáceres> Copa Libertadores 2006
  6. ↑ abc.com: Libertad brinda con la copa absoluta
  7. ↑ National Football Teams: Cáceres, Víctor
  8. ↑ rsssf.com: Paraguay 2009
  9. ↑ cooperativa.cl: Paraguay excluyó a Montiel, Maldonado y Víctor Cáceres para la Copa America
  10. ↑ FIFA.com: Ten-man Paraguay stun Brazil
  11. ↑ weltfussball.de: Match schedule / line-up: Paraguay - Brazil (World Cup qualification South America 2010)
  12. ↑ weltfussball.de: World Cup qualification. South America 2010> 12th matchday
  13. ↑ goal.com: Match report World Cup qualification CONMEBOL: Paraguay - Argentina
  14. ↑ goal.com: Paraguay: The secret favorite with the valuable shadow players
personal data
SURNAME Cáceres, Víctor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cáceres Centurión, Víctor Javier (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Paraguayan soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Asunción , Paraguay