Tacuary

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{{Short description|Association football club in Paraguay}}

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| clubname = Tacuary

| image = Club Tacuary logo.png

| fullname = Tacuary Football Club

| nickname = Tacua, Pumas

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1923|12|10}}

| ground = Estadio Toribio Vargas
Asunción, Paraguay

| capacity = 3,000

| chairman = Jorge Amancio Cáceres

| manager = Enrique Vera

| league = División Intermedia

| season = 2024

| position = Primera División, 12th of 12 (relegated by average)

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Club Tacuary is a Paraguayan First Division football team, based in the neighborhood of Jara in Asunción. The club was founded in 1923.

Tacuary qualified for the Copa Libertadores tournament twice (in 2005 and 2007) and the Copa Sudamericana three times (in 2007, 2012 and 2023). In 2013 it returned to the Paraguayan Segunda División.

In the 2021 season of Paraguay's División Intermedia, Tacuary finished 3rd and was promoted to the Primera División.

Over the years Tacuary's youth academy has produced players such as Ramón Cardozo, Hernán Pérez, Luis Páez, Ronald Huth and Brian Montenegro, as well as other young players that have been sold to important club in the European and Mexican leagues.

Stadium

The club has traditionally played at the 3,000 capacity Estadio Toribio Vargas which is based in Jara neighbourhood. Between 2002 and 2014 however, the club played at the 7,000 capacity Roberto Bettega in the Zeballos Cué neighbourhood. In 2014 the club sold the stadium to a port company for 10 million dollars, and it was subsequently demolished. The club is now back playing in its traditional home.{{fact|date=November 2022}}

Honours

::2002

::1953, 1961, 1983, 1999

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

::2005: Preliminary Round

::2007: Preliminary Round

::2007: First Round

::2012: First Round

::2023: Group stage

Current squad

=Current squad=

As of 24 January, 2024.

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=1|nat=PAR|pos=GK|name=Héctor Espínola}}

{{Fs player|no=2|nat=PAR|pos=DF|name=Alexis Fernández}}

{{Fs player|no=3|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Victor Ferraz}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=PAR|pos=DF|name=Edgar Benítez}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=PAR|pos=DF|name=Marcos Cáceres}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=PAR|pos=MF|name=Marcelo Paredes}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=PAR|pos=FW|name=Néstor Camacho}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=PAR|pos=MF|name=Ronal Domínguez}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=PAR|pos=FW|name=José Verdún}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=PAR|pos=MF|name=Derlis Rodríguez}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=PAR|pos=MF|name=Óscar Ruiz}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=PAR|pos=GK|name=Aldo Bareiro}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=PAR|pos=DF|name=Rodney Pedrozo}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Nelson Acevedo}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=PAR|pos=FW|name=Nicolás Morínigo}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=PAR|pos=DF|name=Luis Cabral}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Valdeci}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=PAR|pos=MF|name=Matías Verdún}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=PAR|pos=FW|name=Osmar Colmán}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=PAR|pos=GK|name=Diego Huesca}}

{{Fs player|no=24|nat=PAR|pos=FW|name=Carlos Giménez}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=PAR|pos=MF|name=Lucas Romero}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=PAR|pos=MF|name=Jorge González}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=PAR|pos=FW|name=Mario Otazú}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Helerson}}

{{Fs player|no=32|nat=PAR|pos=MF|name=Gustavo Medina}}

{{Fs player|no=33|nat=PAR|pos=FW|name=Martín Núñez}}

{{Fs player|no=37|nat=PAR|pos=DF|name=Walter Clar}}

{{Fs player|no=39|nat=COL|pos=FW|name=Orlando Berrío}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=PAR|pos=FW|name=Darío Lezcano|other= on loan from Colo-Colo}}

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Notable players

:To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Played at least 125 games for the club.
  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
  • Been part of a national team at any time.
  • Played in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay).
  • Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition.

1990s

  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Ronald Huth (1999–2007, 2009–2011, 2012)

2000s'

  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Osvaldo Mendoza (2002){{Cite web|url=http://www.playmakerstats.com/player.php?id=111722|title=Osvaldo Mendoza :: Osvaldo Martin Mendoza Sosa ::|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429065501/http://www.playmakerstats.com/player.php?id=111722|url-status=live}}
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Brian Montenegro (2004–2011, 2012)
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Hernán Pérez (2005–2008)
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Ramón Cardozo (2006–2012)
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Luis Fernando Páez (–2006, 2009–)
  • {{Flagicon|Argentina}} Fabian Caballero (2006, 2012)
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} José Ariel Núñez (2008–2009)

Non-CONMEBOL players

  • {{Flagicon|Mexico}} Enrique Maximiliano Meza (2004–2005){{Cite web|url=https://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-ENRIQUE-MAXIMILIANO-MEZA-26927.html|title=Ficha Estadistica de ENRIQUE MEZA -enrique maximiliano meza- (Perfil, ficha, profile, stats)|access-date=9 January 2021|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111105433/https://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-ENRIQUE-MAXIMILIANO-MEZA-26927.html|url-status=live}}
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Riki Kitawaki (2005–2012){{cite web |url=http://www.ogol.com.br/jogador/riki_kitawaki/2009_2010/ficha/139/default/97046 |title=Archived copy |website=www.ogol.com.br |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075431/http://www.ogol.com.br/jogador/riki_kitawaki/2009_2010/ficha/139/default/97046 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=dead}}

File:Enrique Max Meza 5.jpg|Mexican player Enrique Maximiliano Meza joined Tacuary in 2004 and remained until 2005{{Cite web|url=https://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-ENRIQUE-MAXIMILIANO-MEZA-26927.html|title=Ficha Estadistica de ENRIQUE MEZA -enrique maximiliano meza- (Perfil, ficha, profile, stats)|access-date=9 January 2021|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111105433/https://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-ENRIQUE-MAXIMILIANO-MEZA-26927.html|url-status=live}}

File:BrianMontenegro.jpg|Brian Montenegro started his career at the club and went on to feature for West Ham United and Leeds United{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/brian-montenegro/115463/|title=Paraguay - B. Montenegro - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|access-date=14 April 2020|archive-date=9 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709174309/https://int.soccerway.com/players/brian-montenegro/115463/|url-status=live}}

File:Cristian Riveros.jpg|Cristian Riveros was at the club from 2000 to 2005{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/12203/Cristian_Riveros.html|title=Cristian Riveros|access-date=14 April 2020|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130233946/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/12203/Cristian_Riveros.html|url-status=live}}

File:Hernán Pérez - RCD Espanyol - WM-ES 01 (cropped).jpg|Hernan Perez was a member of the Tacuary youth academy before debuting in Primera División{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/37193/Hernan_Perez.html|title=Hernán Pérez|access-date=14 April 2020|archive-date=24 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224110701/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/37193/Hernan_Perez.html|url-status=live}}

Managers

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