Tacuary

Tacuary

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Full name	Tacuary Football Club
Nickname(s)	Tacua, Pumas
Founded	1923
Ground	Estadio Roberto Bettega
Ground Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Francisco Ocampo
Manager	Gonzalo Ocampo
League	Paraguayan Segunda División
2012, 1st Division	11th (relegated)
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Tacuary Football Club is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighborhood of Barrio Jara, Asunción. The club was founded in 1923. Despite being a small team that got promoted to the first division fairly recently (in 2002), Tacuary qualified to the prestigious Copa Libertadores tournament twice (in 2005 and 2007) and the Copa Sudamericana in 2007. In 2013 it will return to the Paraguayan Segunda División. Tacuary's youth academy has produced players such as Ramón Cardozo, Hernán Pérez, Luis Páez, Ronald Huth and Brian Montenegro.

Honours

• Paraguayan Second Division: 1

2002

• Paraguayan Third Division: 4

1953, 1961, 1983, 1999

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances

2005: Preliminary Round

2007: Preliminary Round

• Copa Sudamericana: 2 appearances

2007: First Round

2012: First Round

Current squad

As of June 16, 2010. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Adolfo Ávila 2 DF Gustavo Giménez 3 DF Diego Viera 4 DF Juan Núñez 5 DF Ronald Huth 6 MF Edgar Fernández 7 MF Marcos Acosta 8 DF Gustavo Noguera 9 FW Ramón Cardozo 10 MF Raúl Román 11 DF Pablo Espinoza 12 GK Carlos Servín 13 MF Óscar Gómez

No. Position Player 14 DF Gregor Aguayo 15 MF Gerardo Benítez 16 FW Jorge Alvarenga 17 FW Jorge Ortega 18 DF Marcos Acosta Vera 19 MF Nicolás Martínez 20 MF Reinaldo Ocampo 21 FW Ever Ortiz 22 GK Arnaldo Benítez 23 MF Marcos Giménez 24 DF Ronald Sánchez 25 FW Fabián Caballero

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 squad at any time.
• Played in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay).
• Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition.

• Ronald Huth (1999–2007, 2009–2011, 2012–)
• Brian Montenegro (2004–2011, 2012)
• Hernán Pérez (2005–2008)
• Ramón Cardozo (2006–2012)
• Luis Fernando Páez (–2006, 2009–)
• Fabian Caballero (2006, 2012)
• José Ariel Núñez (2008–2009)

Non-CONMEBOL players

• Riki Kitawaki (2005–2012)

Managers

• Oscar Paulin
• Carlos Kiese (Jan 1, 2010–Dec 31, 2010)
• Carlos Manta (Jan 1, 2011–July 1, 2011)
• Francisco Ocampo (Jan 1, 2011–April 10, 2012)
• Luis Cubilla (April 10, 2012–May 16, 2012)
• Gonzalo Ocampo (May 18, 2012–)

External links

• Tacuary Official Site