Gustavo Páez

Gustavo Páez
Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Andrés Páez Martinez
Date of birth	April 16, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward or right-wing
Team information
Current team	Mineros de Guayana
Number	16
Youth career
1994–2006	Academia Emeritense
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2008	Academia Emeritense
2009	Alianza Lima
2009	Zamora
2010	Interblock Ljubljana
2010	Union Quinto
2011–2013	Mallorca B
2013	ACD Lara
2013–2014	Deportivo La Guaira
2014	Messina
2014–2015	Zamora
2016	Estudiantes de Mérida
2017–2019	Kaizer Chiefs
2019	Atlético Venezuela
2020–	Mineros de Guayana
International career
2007	Venezuela U-17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:28, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Gustavo Andrés Páez Martinez (born April 16, 1990) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays for Mineros de Guayana as a forward.

Career

Born in Mérida, Páez started his senior career playing in lowly club Academia Emeritense. In 2009, he had a short spell with Peruvian Alianza Lima before returning to his home country to play with Zamora FC, in Venezuelan Primera División.

In January 2010 Páez signed with NK Interblock Ljubljana playing in the Slovenian First League; despite being regular at the side, he suffered team relegation at the end of the season. In September 2010 he went to Italy to play for Serie D side A.S. Union Quinto.^[1]

In August 2011 Páez moved to Spain, signing with RCD Mallorca and being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B. After appearing with the Balearics for two seasons, he joined ACD Lara.^[2]

On 31 January 2017, it was announced that Paez will sign for South African club Kaizer Chiefs F.C.^[3]

National team

Gustavo Páez was part of the Venezuela national U17 team at the 2007 South American Under 17 Football Championship.

References

^ Paez firma con il Quinto (Paez signs with Quinto); Radio Veneta Uno, 14 September 2010 (in Italian)
^ Gustavo Páez es la nueva incorporación del ACD Lara (Gustavo Páez new signing of ACD Lara) Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine; FerrDi Sports, 19 July 2013 (in Spanish)
^ "Gustavo Paez has put pen to paper on a deal with Kaizer Chiefs". www.soccerladuma.co.za. Retrieved 2018-05-21.

External sources

Stats from Slovenia at PrvaLiga.
Gustavo Páez at Soccerway

[1] Paez firma con il Quinto (Paez signs with Quinto); Radio Veneta Uno, 14 September 2010 (in Italian)

[2] Gustavo Páez es la nueva incorporación del ACD Lara (Gustavo Páez new signing of ACD Lara) Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine; FerrDi Sports, 19 July 2013 (in Spanish)

[3] "Gustavo Paez has put pen to paper on a deal with Kaizer Chiefs". www.soccerladuma.co.za. Retrieved 2018-05-21.

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