Darío Verón
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Full name | Darío Anastacio Verón Maldonado | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | 26 July 1979 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | San Ignacio, Paraguay | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
1999–2003 | 12 de Octubre | ||||||||||||
2001 | → Guaraní (loan) | ||||||||||||
2003 | Cobreloa | 20 | (4) | ||||||||||
2003–2017 | UNAM | 451 | (22) | ||||||||||
2017–2019 | Olimpia | 37 | (1) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2001–2017 | Paraguay | 53 | (5) | ||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 October 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2012 |
Darío Anastacio Verón Maldonado (born 26 July 1979) is a former Paraguayan professional footballer that last played as a centre-back.[1] He also holds Mexican citizenship.[2]
Career[]
Verón joined Pumas in 2003, on a transfer from the Chilean club Cobreloa. Verón previously played for Club Guaraní and Club 12 de Octubre, clubs from his native country. A commanding central defender, Verón has also scored more than a dozen goals for UNAM because of his strength in the air. His nickname is "Hechicero" (The Wizard), a play on Juan Sebastián Verón's "Brujita" (Little Witch). He has become the most experienced defensive player in the Pumas lineup after Joaquín Beltrán moved to Necaxa and Sergio Bernal announced his retirement.
He has also earned some 50 caps for Paraguay, including the Copa América tournaments of 2001, 2007, and 2011, and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Verón was a key part of the rigid defense that carried Paraguay to the final of the 2011 Copa América in Argentina, where he formed a sturdy central core alongside Paulo Da Silva. On occasion, he has also featured for Paraguay at right fullback.
Controversy[]
Verón has been accused of making racist insults by Felipe Baloy,[3] Darwin Quintero[3] and Michael Arroyo.[4]
Honours[]
Club[]
- Cobreloa
- Pumas UNAM
- Mexican Primera División (4): 2004 Clausura, 2004 Apertura, 2009 Clausura, 2011 Clausura
- Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu: (1) 2004
- Campeón de Campeones (1): 2004
- Olimpia
Individual[]
- Best Centre Back of the tournament: 2011 Clausura
References[]
- ^ *Darío Verón – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "Darío Verón, con antecedentes racistas". Fox Sports. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "Sin pruebas contra Verón". Televisa Deportes. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
External links[]
- Darío Verón – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
- Darío Verón at National-Football-Teams.com
- People from San Ignacio, Paraguay
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Paraguayan emigrants to Mexico
- Naturalized citizens of Mexico
- Paraguayan footballers
- Paraguayan expatriate footballers
- Paraguay international footballers
- 12 de Octubre Football Club players
- Club Guaraní players
- Cobreloa footballers
- Club Universidad Nacional footballers
- Club Olimpia footballers
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Chile
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Paraguayan Primera División players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Liga MX players
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- 2011 Copa América players
- Association football central defenders
- Paraguayan football defender stubs