Víctor Cáceres
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| Full name | Víctor Javier Cáceres Centurión | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 March 1985 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Club Nacional | |||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Atlántida | |||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Libertad | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2004–2012 | Libertad | 75 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Flamengo | 48 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Al Rayyan | 30 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Cerro Porteño | 35 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2020– | Club Nacional | |||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2007– | Paraguay | 70 | (2) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 February 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 September 2017 | ||||||||||||||
Víctor Javier Cáceres Centurión (born 25 March 1985) is a Paraguayan footballer. He currently plays as defensive midfielder for Club Nacional and also for Paraguay national team.
Club career
Víctor Cáceres begins his career at the age of 13 in the Escuela de fútbol de la Asociación Mutual del Personal de la Administración Nacional de Electricidad (Ampande), located in the Santísima Trinidad neighborhood of the capital of the country, Asunción.[citation needed]
Cáceres debuted for Atlántida Asunción in 2002 in Paraguay's 3rd division.[1] Cáceres continued his career in the youth divisions of Atlántida SC where he played until the age of 18, moving to the youth divisions of Libertad and making his professional debut with the team at the age of 21.[2] Slowly, he settled in the first team and eventually became a key player, helping the team win the league and becoming part of the Paraguay national team.[citation needed]
Flamengo
On July 2012 at the end of his contract with Libertad Víctor signed with Brazilian Série A club Flamengo on a free transfer.[3] He took almost a month to be able to play due to contractual problems with his former club. Víctor debuted for Flamengo on 9 August 2012 in a 2x0 win against Figueirense at Orlando Scarpelli Stadium.[4]
Career statistics
- (Correct As of 22 August 2019[update])
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Libertad | 2010 | Primera División | 29 | 3 | - | - | 12[a] | 1 | - | - | 41 | 4 |
| 2011 | 33 | 4 | - | - | 15[b] | 0 | - | - | 39 | 4 | ||
| 2012 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 12[a] | 3 | - | - | 25 | 6 | ||
| Total | 75 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 14 | ||
| Flamengo | 2012 | Série A | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 0 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 9[c] | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3[a] | 1 | 7[c] | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 5[c] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 48 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 68 | 3 | ||
| Al-Rayyan SC | 2015-16 | Stars League | 22 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 6 |
| 2016-17 | 8 | 0 | - | - | 5[d] | 1 | - | - | 13 | 1 | ||
| Total | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | ||
| Cerro Porteño | 2017 | Primera División | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 1[a] | 0 | - | - | 11 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 2[a] | 2 | - | - | 10 | 3 | ||
| Total | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 176 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 50 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 235 | 29 | ||
- ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
- ^ Ten appearances in Copa Libertadores, five appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Rio State League.
- ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League.
International career
International goals
- Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.[5]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 June 2014 | Allianz Riviera, Nice, France |  France |
Friendly | ||
| 2. | 31 August 2017 | Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile |  Chile |
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
- Libertad
- Paraguayan Primera División: 2006, 2007, 2008 Apertura, 2008 Clausura
- Flamengo
References
- ^ https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/22826/Victor_Caceres.html
- ^ Victor Caceres. El Topo de la mediacancha
- ^ Cáceres é apresentado oficialmente pelo Flamengo (in Portuguese). 6 July 2012. Flamengo.com.br. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ Começa como volante, termina como zagueiro: a estreia de Cáceres no Fla (in Portuguese). 9 August 2012. Globoesporte.com.br. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ "Cáceres, Víctor". National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
External links
- Víctor Cáceres at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Víctor Cáceres at National-Football-Teams.com
- Víctor Cáceres at Soccerway
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