Adrián Paz

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Adrián Paz
Personal information
Full name Adrián Charquero Paz
Date of birth (1966-09-09) 9 September 1966 (age 55)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder, Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Bella Vista
1987–1988 Vélez Sársfield 28 (3)
1988–1991 Bella Vista
1991–1992 Peñarol
1992–1994 Estudiantes 48 (6)
1994–1995 Ipswich Town 18 (1)
1995 Shanghai Pudong
1996 Columbus Crew 27 (6)
1997–1998 Colorado Rapids 53 (6)
1999 Tianjin Teda 1 (0)
2000 Bella Vista 15 (2)
2000 Qingdao Etsong 4 (1)
Total 194 (25)
National team
1992–2000 Uruguay 10 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Adrián Charquero Paz (born 9 September 1966) is a Uruguayan football coach and former professional footballer.

He played as a midfielder, notably in the Premier League for Ipswich Town who were his only team in European football. He also had notable spells across North and South America for Vélez Sársfield, Estudiantes, Columbus Crew and Colorado Rapids. He also had spells in China with Shanghai Pudong, Tianjin Teda and Qingdao Etsong and had brief spells with Bella Vista and Peñarol. He was capped 10 times by Uruguay, scoring once.

Club career[]

After playing in Uruguay and Argentina, Paz moved to Ipswich Town during the 1994–95 season in a joint transfer with the Argentinian defender Mauricio Taricco. He became the first Uruguayan to play in the English Premier League.[1] In January 1996, Major League Soccer began allocating players to its newly established teams. Paz was sent to the Columbus Crew where he played 27 games. On February 1, 1997, the Crew sent Paz to the Colorado Rapids in exchange for the first-round selection in the 1997 MLS Supplemental Draft.[2] He spent two seasons in Colorado before moving to Tianjin Teda in 1999. He only played one game for Tianjin as he suffered a serious injury during his first game, against Shanghai Shenhua, and was out injured until the end of 1999. He rejoined Bella Vista in Uruguay in 2000, then went back to China for a third time, where he played for Qingdao Etsong before retiring from football at the end of the season.

International career[]

He made his debut for Uruguay in a friendly match against Brazil (1-0 win) on April 30, 1992, in the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo under coach Luis Alberto Cubilla.[3] He went on to score the winner in that game.

Coaching career[]

Paz now resides in Florida and runs a soccer academy.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Adrian Paz profile". Pride of Anglia. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
  2. ^ RAPIDS ACQUIRE URUGUAYAN STAR MIDFIELDER ADRIAN PAZ IN TRADE WITH COLUMBUS Archived October 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2016-02-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Where Are They Now? | Footballers | Adrian Paz".

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