Blas Cáceres
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Blas Antonio Cáceres Garay | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Itacurubí de la Cordillera, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger / Centre midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Club Nacional | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2013 | Olimpia | 47 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | → Guaraní (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Sol de América | 31 | (6) |
| 2014 | General Díaz | 19 | (5) |
| 2015–2017 | Cerro Porteño | 26 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | → Vélez Sarsfield (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Patronato | 15 | (0) |
| 2018 | General Díaz | 16 | (2) |
| 2019–2023 | Libertad | 71 | (8) |
| 2022 | → Sport Recife (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Sportivo Ameliano (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2023– | Club Nacional | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 September 2023 | |||
Blas Antonio Cáceres Garay (born 2 August 1990) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Club Nacional.
Career[edit]
Cáceres started his professional career in his home country, playing for Olimpia. He then went on to play for Guaraní and Sol de América. In 2014, the midfielder joined General Díaz and helped the team to the second stage of the Copa Sudamericana. After his period at General Díaz, Cáceres joined Paraguayan powerhouse Cerro Porteño, being part of the squad that won the 2015 Apertura of the Paraguayan Primera División.[1]
In 2016, the Paraguayan midfielder joined Vélez Sarsfield in the Argentine Primera División, signing a one and a half year loan, with an option to buy for 80% of his transfer rights.[2] Cáceres debuted in Argentina entering the field in a 3–0 victory against Argentinos Juniors, for the third fixture of the 2016 Argentine Primera División.[3]
On 11 December 2019, Cáceres signed with Club Libertad.[4]
Honours[edit]
- Cerro Porteño
References[edit]
- ^ "Cáceres, nuevo refuerzo de Cerro Porteño". ABC Color (in Spanish). 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- ^ "Blas Cáceres se convirtió en el segundo refuerzo de Vélez". TyC Sports.com (in Spanish). 2015-12-17. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- ^ "Transition '16 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- ^ BLAS CÁCERES DEFENDERÁ LA CAMISETA DE LIBERTAD, tigosports.com.py, 11 December 2018
External links[edit]
- Profile at Vélez Sarsfield's official website (in Spanish)
- Blas Cáceres – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI[dead link] (in Spanish)
- Blas Cáceres at Soccerway
- Living people
- 1990 births
- Paraguayan men's footballers
- Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Club Olimpia footballers
- Club Guaraní players
- Club Sol de América footballers
- Club General Díaz (Luque) footballers
- Cerro Porteño players
- Club Libertad footballers
- Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
- Club Atlético Patronato footballers
- Sport Club do Recife players
- Club Nacional footballers
- Paraguayan Primera División players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Men's association football midfielders
- People from Itacurubí de la Cordillera
- 21st-century Paraguayan people