Secundino Aifuch

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Secundino Aifuch
Personal information
Full name Secundino Aifuch Osorio
Date of birth (1952-07-21) July 21, 1952 (age 70)
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
12 de Octubre
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1971–1975 Sol de América
1976–1978 Cerro Porteño
1978–1982 Espanyol 67 (6)
1982 Cerro Porteño
1983–1984 Sportivo San Lorenzo
1984–1985 AC Santa Maria
1986 Sportivo San Lorenzo
1987 Sportivo Iteño
International career
1971 Paraguay U20
1975–1981 Paraguay 20 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Secundino Aifuch Osorio [upper-alpha 1] (born 21 July 1952) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

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Club career

He spent most of his career in the Paraguayan Primera División, playing with Sol de América and Cerro Porteño, winning a title with the latter in 1977 and playing five matches at the 1978 Copa Libertadores before moving to Spanish side Espanyol ahead of the 1978–79 La Liga season. [1] In four seasons in Spain, he made 67 league appearances, scoring six times.

In his fourth match with the club, on 29 April 1979, he scored against Barcelona at Camp Nou, putting one past Pedro Artola albeit during a 2–1 defeat. [2] [3] Three weeks later, he scored Espanyol's 2,000th top-flight goal in a victory over Burgos. [2] The transfer of young star defender Canito to Barcelona meant Aifuch became a regular starter during his second season in 1979–80. [1] He netted his only brace with the team in a win over Las Palmas in May 1981. However, Canito's return to Espanyol in 1981–82 relegated him back to the bench. Even further, he suffered a grave injury during a match against Las Palmas on 10 November 1981, tearing his MCL in his left knee. This was Aifuch's last match in La Liga. [2]

He returned to Cerro Porteño for a season before finishing his career with Sportivo San Lorenzo and Sportivo Iteño, with a short stint with Italian club AC Santa Maria in 1984–1985. [2]

In 2017, he was selected by a commission of Cerro Porteño fans as one of the 35 "club idols" that received a tribute at the re-inauguration of their home ground Estadio General Pablo Rojas. [4]

International career

Aifuch was part of the national squad that won the 1971 South American U-20 Championship held in Paraguay by going undefeated. [5] He scored in the semi-final victory over Peru. [6]

He earned 20 caps with the senior national team from 1975 to 1981. He represented his country during 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. [7] [8] He also played in the 1976 Taça do Atlântico.

International goals

Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 February 1977 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, ParaguayFlag of Chile.svg  Chile 2–02–0 Friendly [9]
2.9 February 1977ParaguayBandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 2–21977 Copa Paz del Chaco

Honours

Club

Cerro Porteño

Personal life

His uncle, Juvencio Osorio, won three straight titles with Cerro Porteño (1972–1974) before spending four years at Espanyol and eventually retiring with Cerro Porteño. [3] They were teammates for one season in Spain in 1978–79.

Notes

  1. ↑ Can also be seen spelled Ayfuch and Asurio, respectively.

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Secundino Ayfuch" (in Spanish). Hall of Fame Perico. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Aquellos paragüayos de Sarrià" (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 14 September 1995. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Homenaje a ídolos de todas las épocas" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Hace cuarenta y nueve años Paraguay logró el campeonato juvenil de manera invicta" (in Spanish). Radio Nacional del Paraguay. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Paraguay, campeón invicto en 1971" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Assaf, Roberto; Napoleão, Antonio Carlos (2006). Seleção brasileira: 1914-2006 (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Mauad Editora Ltda. p. 162. ISBN   857478186X.
  8. ↑ "Paraguay 3:1 Ecuador". Sport Buddha. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "[02/02/1977] Paraguay-Chile 2:0" (in Spanish). Partidos de la Roja. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Frente a 45 mil almas: "Es el sueño de todo jugador"" (in Spanish). cronica.com.py. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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