Club Rubio Ñu

Club Rubio Ñu is a Paraguayan football club based in the Barrio Santísima Trinidad of Asunción. The club was founded August 24, 1913 and plays in the División Intermedia, the second division of the Paraguayan football league. Their home games are played at the Estadio La Arboleda which has a capacity of approximately 8,000 seats.

Rubio Ñu
Full nameClub Rubio Ñu
Nickname(s)Ñuenses
FoundedAugust 24, 1913
GroundEstadio La Arboleda
Capacity8,000
ChairmanGustavo Dávalos
LeagueDivisión Intermedia
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History
Stamps of Paraguay, 2013

The club was founded in 1913 by a group of young friends that chose white and green as the colors in representation of "purity" and "hope", respectively.[1] After its foundation Rubio Ñu joined the rebel league "Liga Centenario", which was created by some clubs that had disagreements with the Paraguayan football association (APF) which was in charge of organizing the main league, the Liga Paraguaya.[2] Some 23 years after its foundation, two others clubs from the same Santísima Trinidad neighborhood (Club Itá Ybaté and Club Flor de Mayo) merged with Rubio Ñu. Sportivo Trinidense (which is also from the same neighborhood) is the club's main rival.

After the Liga Centenario disappeared, they were back in the lower divisions of the Liga Paraguaya until finally in 1926 they won the second division and made their way to the first division. Since then, Rubio Ñu has been relegated and promoted between the third, second and first division several times. Most recently in 2008, they won the second division tournament for the 7th time in their history under the coaching of Francisco Arce and made it to the top-flight of Paraguayan football in 2009.

Honours
  • Paraguayan Second Division: 7
1926, 1941, 1954, 1961, 1963, 1972, 2008
  • Paraguayan Third Division: 3
1941, 1942, 2005

Current squad

As of January 9, 2016.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Tobías Vargas
2 DF Teodoro Paredes
3 MF Marcos Acosta
4 DF Julio Domínguez
5 DF Gustavo Villamayor
6 MF Diego Velázquez
7 MF Iván Ramírez
8 MF Roberto Acuña
9 FW Fabio Escobar
10 MF Hugo Lusardi
11 MF Diego Godoy
12 DF Óscar Benítez
13 DF Gustavo Velázquez
14 MF Juan Núñez
15 MF Juan Franco
16 FW Nelson Romero
18 MF Ezequiel Cardozo
25 GK Carlos Gamarra
DF Ismael Roa
DF Ronaldo Diaz
DF Meraldo Robles
No. Position Player
DF Fernando Lomaquis
DF Matías Pérez
MF Albaro Campuzano
MF Alfio Oviedo
MF Carlos Florenciañez
MF Alex Garay
MF Wilson Ayala
MF Carlos Díaz
MF Claudio Estigarribia
MF Edgar Ferreira
MF Diego Figueredo
MF Victor Gómez
MF Rolando González
MF Marcelino Ñamandú
MF Celso Vera
FW Marcelo Ferreira
FW Alejandro Da Silva
FW Brahian Ayala
FW Cristhian Santacruz
FW Pedro Godoy
FW Bladimiro Ojeda

Notable players
To appear in this section a player must have either:
  • Played at least 125 games for the club.
  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
  • Been part of a national team squad at any time.
  • Played in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay).
  • Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition.

References
  1. Grandes momentos ñuenses Archived December 14, 2018, at the Wayback Machine – Diario ABC Color
  2. Rubio Ñu y su 94º aniversario Archived December 14, 2018, at the Wayback Machine – Diario ABC Color
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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