Vicente Bobadilla

Vicente Bobadilla

Personal information
Full name	Vicente Bobadilla
Date of birth	(1938-04-05)5 April 1938
Place of birth	Capiatá, Paraguay
Date of death	28 June 2012(2012-06-28) (aged 74)
Place of death	Paraguay
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1959	General Díaz
1959–1964	Sol de América
1964–1971	Guaraní
1972	Olimpia
International career
1960–1971	Paraguay	45	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vicente Bobadilla (5 April 1938 – 28 June 2012)^[1] was a Paraguay international football defender who won two Paraguayan Primera División championships with Club Guaraní in the 1960s.

Club

Born in Capiatá, Bobadilla started his club career with local side General Díaz in 1953.^[1] He would play in central defense for Club Sol de América until he joined Guaraní in 1964.^[2]

International

Bobadilla made his international debut for the Paraguay national football team in the 1960 Taça do Atlântico. He was capped 45 times for Paraguay in a national career which lasted from 1960 to 1971.^[3] He played for Paraguay at the 1963 and 1967 South American Championship.^[1]

References

1. "Falleció Bobadilla, gloria aurinegra" [Bobadilla died, "yellow-black" legend] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 29 June 2012.
2. "Vicente Bobadilla, protagonista de históricos partidos con Brasil" [Vicente Bobadilla, protagonist of historical matches with Brazil] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 5 June 2005.
3. rsssf: Paraguay record international footballers

External links

• Vicente Bobadilla at National-Football-Teams.com