Club Sol de América

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Sol de América

Full name	Club Sol de América
Nickname(s)	Los Danzarines
Founded	March 22, 1909; 112 years ago (1909-03-22)
Ground	Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni, Villa Elisa, Paraguay
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Miguel Figueredo
Manager	Juan Pablo Pumpido
League	Primera División
2021 Apertura	9th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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 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[]

Honours[]

• Paraguayan First Division: 2

1986, 1991

• Paraguayan Second Division: 3

1965, 1977, 2006

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions[]

• Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances

Best: Quarter-finals in 1989

1989: Quarter-finals

Current squad[]

As of 11 June 2020.^[1] 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  PAR Víctor Centurión 2 DF  PAR José María Canale 3 DF  PAR Federico Acuña 4 DF  URU Mathías Corujo 5 DF  ARG Facundo Cobos 6 MF  PAR Edgar Ferreira 7 MF  PAR Aldo Vera 8 MF  PAR Mudo Valdez 9 FW  ECU Jacson Pita 10 MF  URU Hernán Novick 11 MF  ARG Matías Pardo (on loan from Morón) 12 GK  PAR Luis Franco 13 DF  PAR Adrián Vargas 15 MF  PAR Tomás Rojas 16 MF  PAR Luis Ortiz 17 FW  PAR Nildo Viera

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  PAR Guido Chávez 20 DF  PAR Ivan Villalba 21 DF  PAR Milciades Portillo 22 FW  PAR Rodrigo Ruiz Díaz 23 MF  ARG Federico Jourdan 25 MF  PAR Aldo Cubilla 26 FW  PAR César Villagra 28 GK  PAR Diego Aranda 30 FW  PAR Osmar Fernández 35 MF  PAR Iván Cazal — FW  PAR Yonathan Samaniego — FW  PAR Osias Fernández — MF  PAR Fernando Espínola — MF  PAR Juan Cáceres — DF  PAR Adrian Portillo — DF  PAR Marcelo Molinas — DF  PAR José Leguizamón — MF  ARG Emiliano Ozuna

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 squad at any time.
• Played in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay).
• Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition.

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[]

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.^[6] Physical preparers of the club are and 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics javelin thrower Leryn Franco.^[7]

Basketball[]

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

• Paraguayan Championship: 9

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

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

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