Juan León Cañete Guex (born 27 July 1929, date of death unknown) was a Paraguayan football forward.

Juan Cañete
Personal information
Full name Juan León Cañete Guex
Date of birth (1929-07-27)27 July 1929
Place of birth Paraguay
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950 Presidente Hayes
1951 Boca Juniors de Cali
1956-1957 Botafogo
1958 Vasco da Gama
1959-1960 Huracán 13 (0)
1961 Temperley 21 (4)
1962 Almagro 4 (0)
International career
1950-1959 Paraguay 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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[2] but didn’t play any game.[3] He also took part in the 1955 Copa America,[4] 1956 Copa America[5] and 1959 Copa America in Argentina.[6]

Cañete is deceased.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Francisco Solano Patiño con el Deportivo Cali de 1959" (in Spanish). Arco Triunfal. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010.
  2. ^ "1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil Paraguay". FIFA. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Sweden - Paraguay". FIFA. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  4. ^ "South American Championship 1955". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  5. ^ "South American Championship 1956". Wikiwix Archive. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  6. ^ "South American Championship 1959 (1st Tournament)". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Falleció Darío Jara Saguier". El Nacional. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

Sources

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