Víctor Cáceres

Víctor Javier Cáceres Centurión (born 25 March 1985) is a Paraguayan footballer. He currently plays as defensive midfielder for Club Nacional and also for Paraguay national team.

Víctor Cáceres
Personal information
Full name Víctor Javier Cáceres Centurión
Date of birth (1985-03-25) 25 March 1985
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Club Nacional
Number 5
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– Club Nacional
National team‡
2007– Paraguay 70 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 September 2017
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cáceres and the second or maternal family name is Centurión.

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.

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.

Flamengo

On 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

Career statistics
(Correct As of 22 August 2019)
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Libertad 2010 Primera División 293--12[lower-alpha 1]1--414
2011 334--15[lower-alpha 2]0--394
2012 133--12[lower-alpha 1]3--256
Total 7510003940010514
Flamengo 2012 Série A 100------100
2013 13150--9[lower-alpha 3]0241
2014 200413[lower-alpha 1]17[lower-alpha 3]0342
2015 5030--5[lower-alpha 3]0130
Total 48112131160683
Al-Rayyan SC 2015-16 Stars League 226------226
2016-17 80--5[lower-alpha 4]1--131
Total 306005100357
Cerro Porteño 2017 Primera División 50------50
2018 102--1[lower-alpha 1]0--112
2019 81--2[lower-alpha 1]2--103
Total 233003200275
Career total 1762012150816023529
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
  2. Ten appearances in Copa Libertadores, five appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
  3. 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.[5]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 June 2014Allianz Riviera, Nice, France France
1–1
1–1
Friendly
2.31 August 2017Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile Chile
2–0
3–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours
Libertad
Flamengo

References
  1. https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/22826/Victor_Caceres.html
  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. "Cáceres, Víctor". National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 September 2017.


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