Juan Samudio

Juan Samudio
Personal information
Full name	Juan Eduardo Samudio Serna
Date of birth	14 October 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Libertad
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1998	Libertad
1999	Guaraní
2000–2006	Libertad
2007	Querétaro FC
2007	Guaraní
2008–2009	Libertad
2009–2010	Barcelona
2010–	Sportivo Luqueño
International career
2002–2005	Paraguay
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2010

Juan Eduardo "El Magico" Samudio Serna (born 14 October 1978 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan footballer. Currently holds the record for most goals scored in the Paraguayan first division with 108.^[1] His goals are now going to Colombia, joining Deportivo Independiente Medellin for the first semester of 2011.

Career

Samudio started his career in the youth divisions of Libertad and made his debut in 1996. While in Libertad the team got relegated to the 2nd division in 1998 but Samudio stayed in the team and helped in obtaining the promotion to 1st division in 2000. After the promotion, Libertad saw success in their return to first division and won two national championships back to back in 2002 and 2003 and was the topscorer of the Paraguayan league in 2002 and 2004.^[2]

In 2007, he had a brief stint in Mexico playing for Querétaro FC and returned to Paraguay to play for Guaraní before returning to Libertad to play and win the Apertura 2008 tournament. In July 2008 he was offered a symbolic "lifetime" contract by Libertad because of all his contributions to the team throughout the years.^[3] In September 2008 Samudio reached 108 goals in the Paraguayan first division, passing Mauro Caballero and becoming the all-time goalscorer of Paraguayan football.^[4] His current team is Deportivo Independiente Medellin.

Deportivo Independiente Medellin

In the first half of 2011 Samudio signed with Deportivo Independiente Medellin of the Colombian Serie A. Becoming the last incorporation of Deportivo Independiente Medellin for this first season of La Liga Postobon.

Honours

Titles

Season	Team	Title
2000	Libertad	Paraguayan 2nd Division
2002	Libertad	Paraguayan 1st Division
2003	Libertad	Paraguayan 1st Division
2006	Libertad	Paraguayan 1st Division
2008	Libertad	Apertura 2008
2008	Libertad	Clausura 2008

Awards

Paraguayan 1st Division topscorer in 2002.
Paraguayan 1st Division topscorer in 2004.

References

External links

Juan Samudio at National-Football-Teams.com
Juan Samudio at BDFA.com.ar (in Spanish)
Juan Samudio – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)

[1] “Mágicos” goles (in Spanish)

[2] Paraguay - List of Topscorers

[3] “Mágico” contrato para Samudio

[4] Se cargó el triunfo (in Spanish)

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