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Juan Samudio

Juan Samudio
Personal information
Full name Juan Eduardo Samudio Serna
Date of birth (1978-10-14) 14 October 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Libertad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Libertad 27 (7)
1999 Club Guaraní 4 (0)
2000–2006 Libertad 141 (82)
2007 Querétaro FC 7 (0)
2007 Club Guaraní 19 (5)
2008–2009 Libertad 54 (26)
2009–2010 Barcelona S.C. 52 (21)
2011 Sportivo Luqueño 5 (0)
2012 Libertad 1 (0)
International career
2002–2005 Paraguay 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2010

Juan Eduardo "El Magico" Samudio Serna (born 14 October 1978 in Asunción) is a former Paraguayan footballer.

He held the record for most goals scored in the Paraguayan first division with 108 goals,[1] and is the third maximum goal scorer of Paraguayan football with 119 goals, ahead of Fredy Bareiro (112).[2]

Career

Samudio started his career in the youth divisions of Libertad and made his debut in 1996. While in Libertad the team got relegated to the 2nd division in 1998 but Samudio stayed in the team and helped in obtaining the promotion to 1st division in 2000. After the promotion, Libertad saw success in their return to first division and won two national championships back to back in 2002 and 2003 and was the topscorer of the Paraguayan league in 2002 and 2004.[3]

In 2007, he had a brief stint in Mexico playing for Querétaro FC and returned to Paraguay to play for Guaraní before returning to Libertad to play and win the Apertura 2008 tournament. In July 2008 he was offered a symbolic "lifetime" contract by Libertad because of all his contributions to the team throughout the years.[4] In September 2008 Samudio reached 108 goals in the Paraguayan first division, passing Mauro Caballero and becoming the all-time goalscorer of Paraguayan football.[5]


Honours

Titles

Season Team Title
2000 Libertad Paraguayan 2nd Division
2002 Libertad Paraguayan 1st Division
2003 Libertad Paraguayan 1st Division
2006 Libertad Paraguayan 1st Division
2008 Libertad Apertura 2008
2008 Libertad Clausura 2008

Individual

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