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13 unusual facts about Luque


Arsenio Benítez

Arsenio Benítez Zarza (born 14 December 1971 in Luque, Central) is a retired football forward from Paraguay.

César Zabala

César Zabala Fernández (born 3 June 1961 in Luque) is a retired football (soccer) defender from Paraguay.

Derlis Ortiz

Derlis Fabián Ortiz (born 12 December 1986 in Luque) is a Paraguayan footballer playing for Sportivo Luqueño.

Gustavo Bobadilla

While playing in Peru, Bobadilla sported the emblem of Sportivo Luqueño in his jerseys to show the love for the team and the city of Luque.

Juan Torales

Juan Bautista Torales, nicknamed Téju (born 9 March 1956 in Luque) is a retired football defender from Paraguay.

Julio César Romero

Julio César Romero Insfrán, nicknamed Romerito (born 28 August 1960 in Luque, Paraguay) is a former football midfielder from Paraguay, considered among the best players in Paraguayan football history.

Luque

It is one of the most important cities in the metropolitan area, it is the location of the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, most important airport in the country, and the headquarters of CONMEBOL.

Luque is the fourth-most populated city of Paraguay, after the capital city, Ciudad del Este and San Lorenzo.

Miguel Sanabria

Miguel Ángel Sanabria (born November 11, 1964 in Luque) is a retired football (soccer) midfielder from Paraguay.

Modesto Sandoval

Modesto Sandoval (born 12 February 1941 in Luque, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan former soccer goalkeeper who was one of the best of his own country in his early years, and then in Venezuela being local champion various times.

Pánfilo Escobar

Pánfilo Eugenio Escobar Amarilla (born 7 September 1974 in Luque) is a Paraguayan football defender who currently plays for River Plate.

Raúl Vicente Amarilla

Raúl Vicente Amarilla (born 19 July 1960 in Luque) is a retired Paraguayan football striker.

Silvio Pettirossi

Asunción's Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, three soccer clubs, the Airborne Brigade of the Paraguayan Air Force, a Paraguayan Air Force Base in Luque, an avenue in Asunción, the Paraguayan Institute of Aviation History, a school, and some other things are named after him.


División Minúscula

The four members of División Minúscula, Javier Blake (singer-guitarist), Ricci Pérez (guitarist), Kiko Blake (drummer) and Alejandro Luque (bassist), formed the band in late 90s, in the town of Matamoros, Tamaulipas.

Francisco Luque

In the sculptures of Francisco Luque, the close and defined painting stroke characteristic of Fernando Botero is transformed in smoothness and curves, which enclosed in themselves the female spirit, main motif of the artist.

Joaquín Luque Roselló

Joaquín Luque Roselló (September 27, 1865 - January 23, 1932) was a Spanish painter.

Julián Luque Conde

On 2 September 2013, after another relegation with Racing, Luque signed with Danish Superliga side SønderjyskE.

Kansas City Barbeque

San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman, Maurice Luque, described the building as "gutted".

Rodrigo Sevillano

Rodrigo Ariel Sevillano Cabezas known as Rodrigo Sevillano and as Ariel Sevillano (born April 17, 1985 in Barbacoas (Nariño), Colombia) is a Colombian footballer currently playing for General Díaz of the Primera División in Paraguay.