Club Sol de América

Sol de América
Full name Club Sol de América
Nickname(s) Los Danzarines
Founded 1909
Ground Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni,
Villa Elisa, Paraguay
Ground Capacity 5,000
Chairman José María Silva
Manager Daniel Garnero[1]
League Paraguayan Primera División
2016 Apertura 3th
Website Club home page

Club Sol de América is a Paraguayan sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is located in Barrio Obrero, Paraguay, and it was founded in 1909. The stadium Sol de America uses for most of its first division games is located in the suburb city of Villa Elisa. Sol de America have won the Paraguayan First Division title on two occasions, in 1986 and then again in 1991. They also have a strong basketball team and an athletics department.

Football

Honours

1986, 1991
1965, 1977, 2006
1988

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Best: Quarter-finals in 1989
1989: Quarter-finals

Current squad

As of May 10, 2016.[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Paraguay GK Gerardo Ortiz
22 Paraguay GK Mario Ovando
Paraguay GK Jorge López
2 Argentina DF Leandro Caballero
3 Paraguay DF César Coronel
4 Paraguay DF Robert Servín
5 Paraguay DF Jorge Caceres
14 Paraguay DF Diego Arrua
15 Paraguay DF Diego Aguada
16 Paraguay DF Aquilino Giménez
20 Paraguay DF Wildo Alonso
Paraguay DF Arnaldo Recalde
Paraguay DF Ariel González
Paraguay DF Celso Cáceres
Paraguay DF Marco Acosta
6 Paraguay MF Ricardo Mazacotte
6 Paraguay MF Cristian Sosa
7 Paraguay MF Cristian Paredes
8 Paraguay MF Blas Díaz
17 Paraguay MF Ariel Estigarribia
No. Position Player
19 Paraguay MF Marcos Duré
21 Paraguay MF Claudio Garay
23 Paraguay MF Tomás Rojas
25 Paraguay MF Ignacio Miño
Paraguay MF Walter Araujo
Paraguay MF Pedro Arce
Paraguay MF Jorge Jara
Paraguay MF Adolfo Barrios
Paraguay MF Rodrigo Vázquez
Paraguay MF Brian Rodríguez
9 Paraguay FW Luis Amarilla
11 Paraguay FW Ernesto Alvarez
13 Uruguay FW Sebastián Abreu
18 Paraguay FW Dionicio Pérez
Paraguay FW Hugo Santacruz
Paraguay FW Luis Godoy
Paraguay FW Osvaldo Vigo
Paraguay FW Mario Gromenida
Paraguay FW Cristian Chavez

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

1990's

2000's

2010's

Non-CONMEBOL players

Managers

Other Sports

Athletics

Sol de América also has an athletics department affiliated with the Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo.[4] Physical preparers of the club are Edgar Torres and 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics javelin thrower Leryn Franco.[5]

Notable athletes to represent the club at national competitions in Paraguay are:

Basketball

Sol de América also has a basketball team participating in the Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League.

1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2010, 2011

See also

List of athletics clubs in Paraguay

References

External links


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