Juan Cañete
Paraguayan footballer (born 1929)
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Juan León Cañete Guex (27 July 1929 - 20 September 1995) was a Paraguayan football forward.
Full name
Juan León Cañete Guex
Date of birth
27 July 1929
Place of birth
Paraguay
Date of death
20 September 1995 (aged 66)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan León Cañete Guex | ||
| Date of birth | 27 July 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Paraguay | ||
| Date of death | 20 September 1995 (aged 66) | ||
| Position | 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]
