Víctor Cáceres

Víctor Cáceres
Personal information
Full name Víctor Javier Cáceres Centurión
Date of birth (1985-03-25) 25 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2000–2003 Atlántida
2003–2004 Libertad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2012 Libertad 75 (10)
2012–2015 Flamengo 48 (1)
2015–2017 Al Rayyan 30 (6)
2017–2020 Cerro Porteño 35 (2)
2020 Nacional Asunción 7 (0)
2021 12 de Octubre 13 (2)
2021–2022 Guaraní 10 (0)
2022 12 de Octubre 2 (1)
International career
2007–2017 Paraguay 73 (2)
Medal record
Representing  Paraguay
Copa América
Runner-up 2011 Argentina Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cáceres and the second or maternal family name is Centurión.

Víctor Javier Cáceres Centurión (born 25 March 1985) is a retired Paraguayan footballer.

Club career

Víctor Cáceres begins his career at the age of 13 in the Escuela de fútbol de la Asociación Mutual del Personal de la Administración Nacional de Electricidad (Ampande), located in the Santísima Trinidad neighborhood of the capital of the country, Asunción.[citation needed]

Cáceres debuted for Atlántida Asunción in 2002 in Paraguay's 3rd division.[1] Cáceres continued his career in the youth divisions of Atlántida SC where he played until the age of 18, moving to the youth divisions of Libertad and making his professional debut with the team at the age of 21.[2] Slowly, he settled in the first team and eventually became a key player, helping the team win the league and becoming part of the Paraguay national team.[citation needed]

Flamengo

In July 2012 at the end of his contract with Libertad Víctor signed with Brazilian Série A club Flamengo on a free transfer.[3] He took almost a month to be able to play due to contractual problems with his former club. Víctor debuted for Flamengo on 9 August 2012 in a 2x0 win against Figueirense at Orlando Scarpelli Stadium.[4]

Cáceres in a friendly against Australia in 2010

12 de Octubre

At 12 de Octubre, Caceres summoned 1, 706 minutes in 21 games for the club.[5] 19 of the games were in the starting 11.[6]

Guaraní

In July 2021, Caceres joined Club Guaraní on a free-transfer.[7] He joined the club with his brother, Marcos Caceres.[8]

Career statistics

(Correct As of 22 August 2019)
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Libertad 2010 Primera División 29 3 - - 12[a] 1 - - 41 4
2011 33 4 - - 15[b] 0 - - 39 4
2012 13 3 - - 12[a] 3 - - 25 6
Total 75 10 0 0 39 4 0 0 105 14
Flamengo 2012 Série A 10 0 - - - - - - 10 0
2013 13 1 5 0 - - 9[c] 0 24 1
2014 20 0 4 1 3[a] 1 7[c] 0 34 2
2015 5 0 3 0 - - 5[c] 0 13 0
Total 48 1 12 1 3 1 21 0 84 3
Al-Rayyan SC 2015–16 Stars League 22 6 - - - - - - 22 6
2016–17 8 0 - - 5[d] 1 - - 13 1
Total 30 6 0 0 5 1 0 0 35 7
Cerro Porteño 2017 Primera División 5 0 - - - - - - 5 0
2018 10 2 - - 1[a] 0 - - 11 2
2019 8 1 - - 2[a] 2 - - 10 3
Total 23 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 27 5
Career total 176 20 12 1 50 8 21 0 259 29
  1. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
  2. ^ Ten appearances in Copa Libertadores, five appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
  3. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Rio State League.
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League.

International career

International goals

Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.[9]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 1 June 2014 Allianz Riviera, Nice, France  France
1–1
1–1
 Friendly
2. 31 August 2017 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile  Chile
2–0
3–0
 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Libertad
Flamengo

References

  1. ^ "Víctor Cáceres (Player)".
  2. ^ Victor Caceres. El Topo de la mediacancha
  3. ^ Cáceres é apresentado oficialmente pelo Flamengo (in Portuguese). 6 July 2012. Flamengo.com.br. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  4. ^ Começa como volante, termina como zagueiro: a estreia de Cáceres no Fla (in Portuguese). 9 August 2012. Globoesporte.com.br. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Los Cáceres se unen, pero en la Toldería".
  6. ^ "'Topo' Cáceres, presentado oficialmente en Guaraní". 6 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Paraguay – V. Cáceres – Perfil con noticias, estadísticas de carrera e historia – Soccerway".
  8. ^ "Los Cáceres se unen, pero en la Toldería".
  9. ^ "Cáceres, Víctor". National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 September 2017.