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Club Libertad is a professional football club based in Asunción, Paraguay that currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División. The club plays its home games at Estadio Tigo La Huerta; which holds 10,100 people.
Club Presidente Hayes is a Paraguayan association football club from Tacumbú, a section of Asunción, Paraguay. The club is also known colloquially by its nicknames The Yankees and The Little Star. They play regularly in Asuncion's Kiko Reyes Stadium as part of the Paraguayan Soccer League. The club was founded in 1907 and participated in their first international tournament in the 1953 Copa Montevideo. It is one of several entities in Paraguay that were named in honor of Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States. Hayes, who was required to arbitrate an Argentine-Paraguayan territorial dispute in the Gran Chaco after the War of the Triple Alliance, decided in favour of Paraguay. The club is the former home of Paraguayans Néstor Benítez, Teófilo Barrios, Tomás Guzmán, Julio Valentín González and José Ariel Núñez, and foreigners Riki Kitawaki, Bryan Lopez, and Victor Cristaldo
The Paraguayan Football Association, is the omnibus governing body of football in Paraguay. It organizes the Paraguayan football league, including futsal and beach soccer, as well as and the Paraguay national football team. It is based in the city of Luque, near the capital city, Asunción. Football is the most popular sport in Paraguay.
Club Fernando de la Mora is an association football club from the city of Asunción, Paraguay. The team got promoted to Primera División in 2005 by being the runner-up of División Intermedia but got immediately relegated back to the second division by finishing last in the point average in the 2006 season.
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Higinio Atilio López Riveros was a Paraguayan football striker and coach.
Paraguay national under-20 football team represents Paraguay in international football competitions such as FIFA U-20 World Cup and South American Youth Football Championship.
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Jacinto Villalba was a Paraguayan football forward who played for Paraguay in the 1930 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Cerro Porteño. In Argentina, he was played for San Lorenzo de Almagro, in 1932 to 1935, and obtain the championship in 1933 with this club.
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Júnior Osmar Ignacio Alonso Mujica is a Paraguayan footballer who plays either as a centre back or a left back for Russian Premier League club Krasnodar and the Paraguay national team.
Héctor Daniel "Tito" Villalba is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Primera División team Club Libertad. Born in Argentina, he represents Paraguay internationally.
Julio César Villalba Gaona is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ecuadorian club Guayaquil City.
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Rebeca Melissa Fernández Valiente is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Chilean side Club Universidad de Chile. She is a member of the Paraguay women's national team.
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