Francisco Esteche

{{short description|Paraguayan footballer (born 1973)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Francisco Esteche

| image =

| fullname = Francisco Javier Esteche Sosa

| height = 1.76 m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|12|11}}

| birth_place = Luque, Paraguay

| currentclub = General Caballero ZC

| clubnumber = 8

| position = Central midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1990–1991

| youthclubs1 = Sportivo Luqueño

| years1 = 1991–1994

| years2 = 1995–2005

| years3 = 2006

| years4 = 2007

| years5 = 2007–2008

| years6 = 2009

| years7 = 2009–2011

| years8 = 2011–

| clubs1 = Sportivo Luqueño

| clubs2 = Olimpia

| clubs3 = Guaraní

| clubs4 = Macará

| clubs5 = 12 de Octubre

| clubs6 = Jorge Wilstermann

| clubs7 = Sportivo Luqueño

| clubs8 = General Caballero ZC

| caps1 = 73 | goals1 = 10

| caps2 = 305 | goals2 = 75

| caps3 = 23 | goals3 = 1

| caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 1

| caps5 = 26 | goals5 = 3

| caps6 = 14 | goals6 = 1

| caps7 = 57 | goals7 = 7

| caps8 = 51 | goals8 = 5

| nationalyears1 = 1995–2003

| nationalteam1 = Paraguay

| nationalcaps1 = 22 | nationalgoals1 = 2

| pcupdate = 6 December 2010

| ntupdate = December 2010

}}

Francisco Javier Esteche Sosa{{family name footnote|Esteche|Sosa|lang=Spanish}} (born 12 November 1973), known as Francisco Esteche, is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for General Caballero of the Primera División in Paraguay.