César Zabala
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | César Zabala Fernández | ||
Date of birth | 3 June 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Luque, Paraguay | ||
Date of death | 31 January 2020 | (aged 58)||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982–1984 | Sportivo Luqueño | ||
1985–1987 | Cerro Porteño | ||
1988–1989 | Atlético Talleres | ||
1989 | Cerro Porteño | ||
1989 | Internacional | ||
1990–1991 | Cerro Porteño | ||
International career | |||
1985–1991 | Paraguay | 49 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
César Zabala Fernández (3 June 1961 – 31 January 2020) was a Paraguayan football (soccer) defender.[1] He played professional football in Paraguay for Cerro Porteño, and had short spells in Argentina with Talleres de Córdoba[2] and in Brazil with Sport Club Internacional.
Career
[edit]Zabala was born in Luque, Paraguay, and played professionally for Sportivo Luqueño and Cerro Porteño.[3]
International
[edit]Zabala made his international debut for the Paraguay national football team on 3 February 1985 in a friendly match against Uruguay (1-0 loss) in Montevideo. A participant at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, Zabala held 49 international caps and scored three goals for the national side.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "César Zabala". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "PARAGUAYAN PLAYERS IN ARGENTINA 1st Level". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ "Zavala precisa ayuda" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Paraguay - Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
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- Men's association football central defenders
- Talleres de Córdoba footballers
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- Cerro Porteño players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- 1987 Copa América players
- 1989 Copa América players
- 1991 Copa América players
- Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Footballers from Luque
- Deaths from bladder cancer
- Deaths from cancer in Paraguay
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