Sol de América

Full name	Club Sol de América
Nickname(s)	Los Danzarines
Founded	March 22, 1909 (1909-03-22)
Ground	Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni, Villa Elisa, Paraguay
Capacity	11,000
Chairman	Miguel Figueredo
Manager	César Castro
League	Primera División
2023	División Intermedia, 1st of 16 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Sol de América is a Paraguayan sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is located in Barrio Obrero, Asunción, and it was founded in 1909. The stadium Sol de America uses for most of its games is located in the suburb city of Villa Elisa on the border of the capital city, Asunción. 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

Current squad

As of 6 March 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Luis Ojeda (on loan from Atlético Platense) 2 DF  PAR Gustavo Giménez 3 DF  PAR Richard Cabrera 4 DF  PAR Gustavo Mencia 5 MF  ARG Fernando Godoy 6 MF  PAR Cristian Núñez (on loan from Lanús) 7 MF  ARG Nicolás Maná 8 MF  PAR Diego Valdez 9 FW  PAR José Verdún 10 MF  PAR Iván Cazal 11 MF  PAR Pedro Delvalle (on loan from Club Libertad) 12 GK  URU Juan González (on loan from Sud América)

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  ARG Gabriel Báez 17 FW  PAR Nildo Viera 18 MF  PAR Rodrigo Rojas 19 FW  PAR Enrique Borja 21 DF  PAR Jorge Aguilar 23 MF  ARG Emiliano Ozuna 29 FW  ARG Lisandro Cabrera 31 FW  ARG Nicolás Benegas 33 DF  PAR Miguel Jacquet — MF  PAR Marcelo Estigarribia — MF  PAR Gianlucca Fatecha — FW  ARG Cristian Duma

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Played at least 125 games for the club.
• Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
• Been part of a national team at any time.
• Played in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay).
• Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition.

1970s

• Secundino Aifuch (1971–75)
• Teresio Centurión (1976-1980 and 1981-1989)

1990s

• Gustavo Neffa (1996–98)^[1]

2000s

• Enrique Vera (2000–02)
• Fabián Caballero (2000)
• Cristian Bogado (2004)
• Pablo Zeballos (2005–07)
• Miguel Ángel Cuéllar (2007)
• Josías Paulo Cardoso Júnior (2009–2011)^[2]

2010s

• Glacinei Martins (2010–2011)^[3][4]
• Sebastian Abreu (2016–)

Non-CONMEBOL players

• Abraham Francois (2001)
• Massimiliano Ammendola (2013–14)

Managers

• Ferenc Puskás (1985–86)
• Sergio Markarián (1987–89)
• Ever Hugo Almeida (Jan 1, 1997 – Jan 1, 1999), (Jan 1, 2000 – Jan 1, 2001)
• Ricardo Dabrowski (Sept 11, 2011 – April 5, 2013)
• Gualberto Jara (April 9, 2013 – Sept 23, 2013)
• Mauricio Larriera (Sept 24, 2013 – Oct 25, 2013)
• Roberto Pompei (Dec 11, 2013–14)
• Daniel Garnero (2015–)

Other sports

Exterior view of the headquarters of the club from the 5ta Proyectadas Street in 2020

Athletics

Main article: Club Sol de América (Athletics)

Leryn Franco is a director of the athletics department at Club Sol de América

Sol de América also has an athletics department affiliated with the Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo.^[5] Physical preparers of the club are Edgar Torres and 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics javelin thrower Leryn Franco.^[6]

See also

List of athletics clubs in Paraguay

References

External links

• Media related to Club Sol de América (Asunción) at Wikimedia Commons
• Paraguayan Soccer Info (archived 15 March 2007)