Rubén Maldonado

Rubén Maldonado
Personal information
Full name Rubén Dario Maldonado Brizuela
Date of birth (1979-04-29) 29 April 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Central Defender
Team information
Current team
 Nacional
Number 29
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Olimpia 64 (10)
2000–2005 Venezia 94 (6)
2001–2002 → Cosenza (loan) 12 (0)
2005–2008 Napoli 67 (2)
2008 → Chievo (loan) 3 (0)
2008–2010 Gimnasia La Plata 67 (4)
2010–2011 Olimpia 39 (2)
2012–2013 Sportivo Carapeguá 44 (4)
2013–2014 Boca Unidos 54 (0)
2015 Guarani 34 (1)
2016– Nacional 2 (0)
International career
1999 Paraguay U20 4 (1)
1999– Paraguay 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Rubén Dario Maldonado Brizuela (born 29 April 1979 in Asunción) is a former Paraguayan football defender who last played for Nacional in the Paraguayan Primera División.

He made his Italian Serie A debut on 11 March 2000, against Bologna F.C. 1909.

Maldonado was part of the Paraguay national under-20 football team that participated in the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship he has since gone on to represent Paraguay at senior international level.

Maldonado signed for the team where he was "born in soccer", Club Olimpia. He took part of the squad in the second half of the 2010 season, the Clausura 2010 in Paraguay.


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