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Group B
PARAGUAY
World Cup participations: 6
Greatest World Cup achievement: last 16 (1998, 2002)
Paraguay reached the last 16 in both of the two recent world cups!
Also this time they have qualified and could possibly make
problems for England and Sweden in our group B.
Nelson Valdez, Julio dos Santos and Roque Santa Cruz are the most valuable players of
Paraguay, next to them Carlos Paredes, a midfielder playing in Italy and defending captain
Gamarra are known.
By the way Gamarra managed it in the world cup 1998 to not commit a single foul
in 4 games as a successful defender!
The strength of Paraguay is the collective with the outstanding strikers who
will cause for danger of headers in the penalty area.
It will be difficult against England and Sweden.
The odds on Paraguay as world cup winner were certainly very high
- 151.0 at Betandwin.
For a bet on group winner Paraguay you get 8.50.
Paraguay
Nickname Guaraníes
Association Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol
(Paraguayan Football Association)
Coach Aníbal Ruiz (2002-)
Most caps Carlos Gamarra (99)
Top scorer José Saturnino Cardozo (24)
First International
Paraguay 1 - 5 Argentina
(Asunción, Paraguay; 11 March, 1919)
Largest win
Paraguay 7 - 0 Bolivia
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 30 April, 1949)
Worst defeat
Argentina 8 - 0 Paraguay
(Santiago, Chile; 20 October, 1926)
World Cup
Appearances 6 (First in 1930)
Best result Round 2, 1986, 1998, 2002
Copa América
Appearances 32 (First in 1921)
Best result Winners, 1953 and 1979
World Cup Squad Paraguay
This is the official world cup squad -
you can find here all the
world cup players
for Paraguay
Goalkeepers
Justo Villar
Derlis Gomez
Aldo Bobadilla
Defenders
Denis Caniza
Carlos Gamarra
Julio Cesar Caceres
Delio Toledo
Jorge Nunez
Julio Manzur
Paulo da Silva
Midfielders
Edgar Barreto
Roberto Acuna
Carlos Paredes
Julio dos Santos
Carlos Bonet
Cristian Riveros
Diego Gavilan
Jose Montiel
Strikers
Nelson Haedo Valdez
Roque Santa Cruz
Nelson Cuevas
Salvador Cabanas
Jose Cardozo
Other World Cup Teams
Group A
Germany
Costa Rica
Poland
Ecuador
Group B
England
Paraguay
Trinidad and Tobago
Sweden
Group C
Argentina
Cote d'Ivoire
Serbia and Montenegro
Netherlands
Group D
Mexico
Iran
Angola
Portugal
Group E
Italy
Ghana
USA
Czech Republic
Group F
Brazil
Croatia
Australia
Japan
Group G
France
Switzerland
Korea Republic
Togo
Group H
Spain
Ukraine
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
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