Juan Samudio

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Juan Samudio

| image =

| fullname = Juan Eduardo Samudio Serna

| height = 1.79 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1978|10|14}}

| birth_place = Asunción, Paraguay

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Libertad

| years1 = 1996–1998

| years2 = 1999

| years3 = 2000–2006

| years4 = 2007

| years5 = 2007

| years6 = 2008–2009

| years7 = 2009–2010

| years8 = 2011

| years9 = 2012

| clubs1 = Libertad

| clubs2 = Club Guaraní

| clubs3 = Libertad

| clubs4 = Querétaro FC

| clubs5 = Club Guaraní

| clubs6 = Libertad

| clubs7 = Barcelona S.C.

| clubs8 = Sportivo Luqueño

| clubs9 = Libertad

| caps1 = 27

| caps2 = 4

| caps3 = 141

| caps4 = 7

| caps5 = 19

| caps6 = 54

| caps7 = 52

| caps8 = 5

| caps9 = 1

| goals1 = 7

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 82

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 5

| goals6 = 26

| goals7 = 21

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2002–2005

| nationalteam1 = Paraguay

| nationalcaps1 = 10

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| pcupdate = 12 July 2010

}}

Juan Eduardo "El Magico" Samudio Serna (born 14 October 1978 in Asunción) is a former Paraguayan footballer.

He held the record for most goals scored in the Paraguayan first division with 108 goals,[http://futbolalogrande.com/2008/9/29/4434/-M-gicos-goles “Mágicos” goles] {{in lang|es}} and is the third maximum goal scorer of Paraguayan football with 119 goals, ahead of Fredy Bareiro (112).{{Cite web|url=https://www.hoy.com.py/deportes/sasa-vuelve-a-primera-con-general-de-mallorquin/amp|title = Diario HOY | Amparados bajo la bendición de la Cruz|date = 26 April 2016}}

Career

Samudio started his career in the youth divisions of Libertad and made his debut in 1996. While in Libertad the team got relegated to the 2nd division in 1998 but Samudio stayed in the team and helped in obtaining the promotion to 1st division in 2000. After the promotion, Libertad saw success in their return to first division and won two national championships back to back in 2002 and 2003 and was the topscorer of the Paraguayan league in 2002 and 2004.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paratops.html Paraguay - List of Topscorers]

In 2007, he had a brief stint in Mexico playing for Querétaro FC and returned to Paraguay to play for Guaraní before returning to Libertad to play and win the Apertura 2008 tournament. In July 2008 he was offered a symbolic "lifetime" contract by Libertad because of all his contributions to the team throughout the years.[http://futbolalogrande.com/2008/7/9/3279/-M-gico-contrato-para-Samudio “Mágico” contrato para Samudio] In September 2008 Samudio reached 108 goals in the Paraguayan first division, passing Mauro Caballero and becoming the all-time goalscorer of Paraguayan football.[https://archive.today/20120911111858/http://www.teledeportes.com.py/notas/2008/09/28/futbollocal/c-00003111.htm Se cargó el triunfo] {{in lang|es}}

Honours

=Titles=

class="wikitable" !Season !Team !Title
2000	Libertad	Paraguayan 2nd Division
2002	Libertad	Paraguayan 1st Division
2003	Libertad	Paraguayan 1st Division
2006	Libertad	Paraguayan 1st Division
2008	Libertad	Apertura 2008
2008	Libertad	Clausura 2008

=Individual=

Third maximum goal scorer of Paraguayan football with 119 goals{{Cite web|url=https://www.hoy.com.py/deportes/sasa-vuelve-a-primera-con-general-de-mallorquin/amp|title = Diario HOY | Amparados bajo la bendición de la Cruz|date = 26 April 2016}}
Paraguayan 1st Division topscorer in 2002.
Paraguayan 1st Division topscorer in 2004.