Club Sol de América

Sol de América

Full name	Club Sol de América
Nickname(s)	Los Danzarines
Founded	1909
Ground	Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni, Villa Elisa , Paraguay (Capacity: 5,000)
Chairman	José María Silva
Manager	Alicio Solalinde
League	Paraguayan Primera División
2010 Apertura	8th
Home colours Away 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. 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.

Football

Honours

• Paraguayan First Division: 2

1986, 1991

• Paraguayan Second Division: 3

1965, 1977, 2006

• Torneo República: 1

1988

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances

Best: Quarter-Finals in 1989

1989: Quarter-Finals

Current squad

As of February 16, 2011.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Mario Santilli GK Orlando Rojas GK Pedro Aquino GK Pedro Lezcano DF Diego Arrúa DF Luis Cabral DF Jorge Cáceres DF Adalberto Goiris DF Richard Matto DF Ángel Mendoza DF Félix Vargas DF Gustavo Noguera DF Diego Ciz DF Ricardo Martínez DF Alfredo Rojas DF Edgar Segovia DF Cesar Zayas MF Luis Acosta MF Diego Chamorro MF Emilio Garcete MF Federico Giménez

No. Position Player MF Alexander González MF Inca MF Esteban Ramírez MF José Riquelme MF Jorge Caceres MF Francisco López MF Leonardo Marecos MF Ángel Mareco MF Josias Cardoso MF Sergio Suffo MF Roberto Bonet MF Ernesto Cristaldo FW Osvaldo Duarte FW Lorenzo Frutos FW Arnaldo Gauna FW Sabino Leiva FW Erwin Ávalos FW Víctor Ferreira FW Marcelo Ferreira FW Pablo Noguera

Notable players

• Luis Cristaldo
• Édgar Benítez
• Cristian Bogado
• Carlos Bonet
• Teresio Centurión
• Dante López
• Líder Mármol
• José Ortigoza
• Enrique Vera
• Justo Villar
• Pablo Zeballos

Notable coaches

• Ferenc Puskás
• Sergio Markarián
• Ever Hugo Almeida

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Basketball

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

• Paraguayan Championship: 7

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

References

1. ^ BDFA

External links

• Paraguayan Soccer Info