Juan Cañete

Juan León Cañete (born 27 July 1929 in Paraguay) is a former football forward from Paraguay.

Cañete started his career in Club Presidente Hayes before playing for Brazilian sides Botafogo and Vasco da Gama, in which he won the Campeonato Carioca. In 1951, he was one of several Paraguayan footballers to play for Boca Juniors de Cali.^[1]

At the national team level, Cañete was part of the Paraguay squad that competed in the 1950 FIFA World Cup; as well as taking part in the 1955 Copa America, 1956 Copa America and 1959 Copa America.

References

↑ "Francisco Solano Patiño con el Deportivo Cali de 1959" (in Spanish). Arco Triunfal. 24 January 2011.

A.Gowarzewski : "FUJI Football Encyclopedia. World Cup FIFA*part I*Biographical Notes - Heroes of Mundials" ; GiA Katowice 1993

External links

Profile

Paraguay squad – 1950 FIFA World Cup

FW E. Avalos FW M. Avalos MF Baez FW Berni DF Cabrera FW Calonga FW Cañete MF Cantero MF Centurión DF Céspedes DF Gavilán DF Alberto González MF Armando González MF Leguizamón FW A. López FW C. López FW Osorio GK Paredes FW Saguier FW Sosa FW Unzaim GK Vargas Coach: Fleitas Solich

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