| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 September 1928 | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 July 2001 (aged 72) | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1952–1953 | River Plate | |||||||||||||
| 1953–1955 | RC Strasbourg | 19 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1955–1957 | CA Paris | 58 | (17) | |||||||||||
| 1957–1958 | Red Star | 23 | (7) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1953 | Paraguay | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Milner Ayala (3 September 1928 - 29 July 2001) was a Paraguayan footballer. [1] He was part of Paraguay's squad that won the 1953 South American Championship. [2]
Ayala was selected in Paraguay's squad for the 1953 South American Championship. He played two games during the tournament, on 4 March against Ecuador, [3] and on 8 March against Peru, [4] as Paraguay won the competition, its first Copa America.
Those two games were his only caps with Paraguay. [5]
During the game against Peru, as Peruvians were leading by 2-1 and Paraguay was disallowed an equalizing goal, he kicked the referee. The game was stopped, then restarted. Paraguay eventually equalized and the game ended in a draw 2-2. However Peru was awarded a win because Paraguay made four changes instead of the legal three, including the one of Ayala who had replaced Atilio López. Ayala was banned three years for his gesture. [2] [6] [7]
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