Adrián Paz

Adrián Paz
Personal information
Full name	Adrián Charquero Paz
Date of birth	9 September 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder, Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986-1987	Bella Vista
1987-1988	Vélez Sársfield
1988-1991	Bella Vista
1991-1992	Peñarol
1992-1994	Estudiantes
1994-1995	Ipswich Town
1995	Shanghai Pudong
1996	Columbus Crew
1997-1998	Colorado Rapids
1999	Tianjin Teda
2000	Bella Vista
2000	Qingdao Etsong
International career
1992-2000	Uruguay
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adrián Paz (born 9 September 1968 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a former professional footballer.

After playing at Uruguay and Argentina, Paz played for Ipswich Town during the 1994–95 season in a transfer done by his FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman together with Argentinian Mauricio Taricco. He became the first Uruguayan to play in the English Premier League.^[1] In January 1996, Major League Soccer began allocating players to its newly established teams. Paz was sent to the Columbus Crew where he played 27 games. On February 1, 1997, the Crew sent Paz to the Colorado Rapids in exchange for the first-round selection in the 1997 MLS Supplemental Draft.^[2] he spent two seasons in Colorado before moving to Tianjin Teda in 1999. During the time in Tianjin, he suffered serious injury at the first game against Shanghai Shenhua, after Shanghai's defender Xin Feng made tackle on both of his legs. He had been rest until the end of 1999. He joined Bella Vista again in 2000, then went back to China for the third time, joined Qingdao Etsong. He retired from football afterward.

International career

He made his debut for Uruguay in a friendly match against Brazil (1-0 win) on April 30, 1992 in the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo under coach Luis Alberto Cubilla.^[3] He went on to score the winner in that game.

References

^ "Adrian Paz profile". Pride of Anglia. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ RAPIDS ACQUIRE URUGUAYAN STAR MIDFIELDER ADRIAN PAZ IN TRADE WITH COLUMBUS Archived October 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uru-intres1995.html

External links

Adrián Paz at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "Adrian Paz profile". Pride of Anglia. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] RAPIDS ACQUIRE URUGUAYAN STAR MIDFIELDER ADRIAN PAZ IN TRADE WITH COLUMBUS Archived October 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[3] ttp://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uru-intres1995.html

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