Celso Ayala
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Celso Rafael Ayala Gavilán | ||
Date of birth | 20 August 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1994 | Olimpia Asunción | ||
1994 | Rosario Central | 15 | (0) |
1995–1998 | River Plate | 140 | (8) |
1998–1999 | Betis | 17 | (1) |
1999–2000 | Atlético Madrid | 19 | (1) |
2000 | São Paulo | 8 | (0) |
2001–2005 | River Plate | 60 | (3) |
2006 | Colo-Colo | 6 | (0) |
National team | |||
1992 | Paraguay U-23 | ||
1993–2003 | Paraguay | 85 | (6) |
Teams managed | |||
2012–2013 | Carapeguá | ||
2014 | Independiente | ||
2014–2015 | Guabirá | ||
2015 | Sport Boys | ||
2015 | Petrolero | ||
2016–2017 | Independiente | ||
2017–2018 | Nacional | ||
2019 | Deportivo Capiatá | ||
2019–2020 | Sportivo Luqueño | ||
2020 | River Plate Asunción | ||
2020–2021 | Sol de América | ||
2021 | River Plate Asunción | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Celso Rafael Ayala Gavilán (locally [ˈselso rafaˈel aˈʝala ɣaβiˈlan]; born 20 August 1970) is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a centre-back.
Career[]
With 85 caps and six goals, Ayala one of the most capped players in the Paraguay national team.[1] Ayala became a key player in Paraguay's outstanding defensive line in the 1990s, along with fellow defenders Francisco Arce and Carlos Gamarra. His characteristics were leadership in the field, good positioning and superb tackling and heading skills. Ayala made his international debut for the Paraguay national football team on 3 March 1993 in the Copa Paz de Chico match against Bolivia (1–0 win) as a substitute.
Honours[]
Olimpia Asunción
- Nehru Cup: 1990
- Supercopa Sudamericana: 1990
- Copa Libertadores de America: 1990
- Copa Interamericana runner-up: 1990
- Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1990
- Recopa Sudamericana: 1991
- Torneo Republica: 1992 (undefeated)
- Copa CONMEBOL runner-up: 1992
- Paraguayan league: 1993 (undefeated)
- Supercopa Masters runner-up: 1994
River Plate
- Copa Libertadores: 1996
- Primera División Argentina: Apertura 1996, Clausura, 1997, Apertura 1997, Clausura 2002, Clausura 2003, Clausura 2004
- Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1996
- Supercopa Sudamericana: 1997
Real Betis
- Ramon de Carranza Trophy: 1999
Colo-Colo
- Torneo Apertura: 2006
Paraguay U-23
- U-23 South American championship: 1992
References[]
External links[]
- International statistics at rsssf
- Celso Ayala at National-Football-Teams.com
- Celso Ayala at FootballDatabase.eu
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Asunción
- Paraguayan footballers
- Club Olimpia footballers
- Rosario Central footballers
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- Real Betis players
- São Paulo FC players
- Colo-Colo footballers
- Olympic footballers of Paraguay
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Paraguay international footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Argentine Primera División players
- 1993 Copa América players
- 1995 Copa América players
- 1997 Copa América players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- 1999 Copa América players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- Paraguayan football managers
- Sport Boys Warnes managers
- Club Nacional managers
- Club Sol de América managers
- Paraguayan Primera División managers
- Bolivian Primera División managers
- Paraguayan expatriate footballers
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Expatriate footballers in Brazil
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Expatriate footballers in Chile
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia
- Expatriate football managers in Bolivia