Fabio Escobar

{{short description|Paraguayan footballer (born 1982)}}

{{family name hatnote|Escobar|Benítez|lang=Spanish}}

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{{Infobox football biography

|name= Fabio Escobar

| image =

| fullname = Fabio Escobar Benítez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|2|15}}

| birth_place = Asunción, Paraguay

| height = 1.79 m

| currentclub =

| position = Forward

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 2002

| years2 = 2003

| years3 = 2004

| years4 = 2005

| years5 = 2005

| years6 = 2006

| years7 = 2007

| years8 = 2008–2009

| years9 = 2009–2010

| years10 = 2010

| years11 = 2011–2012

| years12 = 2013

| years13 = 2013–2015

| years14 = 2015–2016

| years15 = 2017

| years16 = 2018

| years17 = 2018

| years18 = 2019

| clubs1 = Sportivo San Lorenzo

| clubs2 = Puerto Montt

| clubs3 = Nacional Asunción

| clubs4 = Toluca

| clubs5 = Mexiquense

| clubs6 = Nacional Asunción

| clubs7 = Macara

| clubs8 = Nacional Asunción

| clubs9 = Atlético Tucumán

| clubs10 = Argentinos Juniors

| clubs11 = Guaraní

| clubs12 = Atlético Huila

| clubs13 = Capiatá

| clubs14 = Rubio Ñu

| clubs15 = Sportivo Trinidense

| clubs16 = Deportivo Santaní

| clubs17 = Sportivo Luqueño

| clubs18 = Deportivo Capiatá

| caps1 = 22

| caps2 = 31

| caps3 = 27

| caps4 = 12

| caps5 = 4

| caps6 = 16

| caps7 = 30

| caps8 = 59

| caps9 = 25

| caps10 = 4

| caps11 = 26

| caps12 = 6

| caps13 = 67

| caps14 = 49

| caps15 = 30

| caps16 = 19

| caps17 = 18

| caps18 = 8

| goals1 = 1

| goals2 = 7

| goals3 = 7

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 1

| goals6 = 6

| goals7 = 5

| goals8 = 25

| goals9 = 7

| goals10 = 0

| goals11 = 4

| goals12 = 0

| goals13 = 17

| goals14 = 28

| goals15 = 4

| goals16 = 8

| goals17 = 3

| goals18 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2004–2008

| nationalteam1 = Paraguay

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate =

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Fabio Escobar Benítez (born 2 February 1982 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan retired football forward.

Career

Escobar began his career in Sportivo San Lorenzo of Paraguay before playing for Puerto Montt of Chile, Club Toluca and Atlético Mexiquense of Mexico, Macara of Ecuador and Nacional Asunción of Paraguay. He was the top scorer in the 2008 Torneo Apertura.[http://www.teledeportes.com.py/estadisticas/paraguay/a2008/goleadores.html Tabla de goleadores] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706030352/http://www.teledeportes.com.py/estadisticas/paraguay/a2008/goleadores.html |date=6 July 2008 }}

In 2009, he joined Atlético Tucumán of Argentina, following their relegation from the Primera División he joined Argentinos Juniors in 2010.

Escobar competed as part of the Paraguay national football team in the 2004 Copa América.

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