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5 unusual facts about Club Olimpia


1963 Copa Libertadores Finals

The Xeneixes progressed past the First round after winning three matches and losing only one, including a legendary 5-3 match against Olimpia which would repeat itself 26 editions later.

Derlis González

Derlis Alberto González Galeano (born 20 March 1994 in Mariano Roque Alonso, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Olimpia on loan from Benfica and the Paraguay national under-20 football team.

Fabián Caballero

Caballero left the club in 2005, having scored 21 goals in 124 league appearances, joining Club Olimpia of the Paraguayan Primera Division.

He also joined an elite category of players, such as Carlos Gamarra, Pablo Zeballos and Fredy Bareiro, to have played for both Cerro Porteño and Club Olimpia in the Paraguayan Primera Division.

Tim Parkin

He played the second leg of the 1979 Intercontinental Cup final (played in March 1980), which ended in defeat to Paraguayan club Club Olimpia.


Abel Braga

On May 30, 2013 after the elimination of Fluminense against Paraguayan Club Olimpia from 2013 Copa Libertadores, competition that Flu were one of favorites, Braga was humiliated by rival fans in the arrival of club.

Carlos Humberto Paredes

Paredes started his career in Club Olimpia of Paraguay in 1995, winning five national championships and becoming the youngest captain in the club's history at the age of 20.

César Cáceres Cañete

Since he began his career in 1997 he has played most his career in Paraguay of he has played for Sportivo Luqueño, 12 de Octubre, Olimpia, Guaraní and 3 de Febrero.

Enrique Gabriel Meza

Born in Villa Elisa, Meza has played club football in Paraguay, Uruguay and France for Sol de América, Nacional, Juventud, Dijon and Olimpia.

Football in Paraguay

Because of the huge success of the tournaments and the large attendances for the games, Paats decided to found the first Paraguayan football club, which he named Olimpia Football Club (later renamed Club Olimpia) in 1902.

Luis Cubilla

As a coach, Cubilla achieved enormous success with Club Olimpia of Paraguay, winning 7 international titles and several national championships.

Miguel Ángel Benítez

Benítez left Espanyol in January 2002 to return to Paraguay, and signed for Asunción's Club Olimpia.

Nery Pumpido

After several seasons at Unión de Santa Fe he took over at Paraguayan side Olimpia, from the capital city of Asunción, winning the Copa Libertadores in 2002.

Oscar Vicente Scavone

Oscar Vicente Scavone, born on July 2, 1955, in Asunción, Paraguay, is a successful Paraguayan businessman and former president of one of the nation's premier soccer teams, Club Olimpia.

Ricardo Mazacotte

Ricardo Mazacotte (born 9 January 1985 in Formosa, Argentina) is an Argentine-Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Club Olimpia of the Primera División in Paraguay.

Richard Adrián Salinas

Richard Adrián Salinas Benítez (born 6 February 1988 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan footballer, he plays for Club Olimpia.

Tomás Guzmán

Tomás Guzmán fullname Tomás Andrés Guzmán Gaetan (born 7 March 1982 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan football striker who plays for Olimpia in the Primera División Paraguaya.


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Oscar Vicente Scavone

Scavone, son of Pascual Scavone, a pioneer in the Paraguayan pharmaceutical industry, was vice-president of Club Olimpia between 1994-1994 and 1996-1999, during the presidency of former president Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb, and President from 2004-2006.