Club Sol de América is a Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

an sports club

Sports club

A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

, mostly known for its football team. The club is located in Barrio Obrero

Barrio Obrero (Asunción)

Barrio Obrero is a barrio of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. It has a population of 19,823 people. The name of this barrio comes from the word "worker" in reference to the humble and working class people that live there, which are the majority.Barrio Obrero is famous for its Quinta Avenida ...

, Paraguay, and it was founded in 1909. The stadium Sol de America uses for most of its first division games is located in the suburb city of Villa Elisa

Villa Elisa

Villa Elisa may refer to several places:* Villa Elisa , a city in the metropolitan area of Asunción* Villa Elisa, Buenos Aires, a district of the municipality of La Plata, Argentina* Villa Elisa, Entre Ríos, Argentina...

. Sol de America have won the Paraguayan First Division title on two occasions, in 1986 and then again in 1991. They also have a strong basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team.

Honours

• Paraguayan First Division: 2

1986, 1991

• Paraguayan Second Division: 3

1965, 1977, 2006

• Torneo República
  Torneo República
  The Torneo República is a defunct football tournament from Paraguay. The competition was held at the beginning of the year and its purpose was to integrate teams from the Asunción area with teams from other departments in order to give teams from all over the country a chance to qualify for...
  
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1988

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances

Best: Quarter-Finals in 1989

1989: Quarter-Finals

Current squad

As of February 16, 2011.

Notable players

Luis Cristaldo

Luis Cristaldo

Luis Héctor Cristaldo Ruiz Díaz is an Argentine-Bolivian football midfielder who currently plays for Guabirá. He holds the record for the most appearances for the Bolivian national team with 93 international matches and 5 goals between 1989 and 2005, including two appearances in the 1994 FIFA...

 Édgar Benítez

Edgar Benítez

Édgar Milciades Benítez Santander , nicknamed Pájaro is a Paraguayan football forward. He currently plays for Cerro Porteño in the Paraguayan Primera División.-Club:...

 Cristian Bogado

Cristian Bogado

Cristian Venancio Bogado Morínigo is a Paraguayan football forward who played for Estudiantes de la Plata, Colo-Colo, Libertad and Nacional of Paraguay.He is actually players of Deportes Iquique.-International goal:-Titles:...

 Carlos Bonet

Carlos Bonet

Carlos Bonet Cáceres is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a right winger for Libertad in the Paraguayan Primera División. He has been chosen to represent his country in the 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups.-Honours:...

 Teresio Centurión

Teresio Centurión

Teresio Faustino Centurión Sosa is a former football midfielder and coach.-Career:Centurión started his career in Sol de América in 1976 until 1989, with a 3-month spell at club Capitán Figari in 1981. He also played for other Paraguayan clubs until 1992 where he ended his career playing for Humaitá...

 Dante López

Dante López

Dante Rafael López Fariña is a football player from Paraguay. He currently plays as a striker in Paraguay for Club Guaraní....

 Líder Mármol

Líder Mármol

Eder Líder Mármol Cuenca is a Paraguayan professional footballer. He currently plays for Atlante.-Club career:...

 José Ortigoza

José Ortigoza

José María Ortigoza Ortiz, is a Paraguayan football striker. He currently plays for Cruzeiro of Brazilian Série A, on loan from Sol de América.-Club:Ortigoza started his career with the Paraguayan club Sol de América...

 Enrique Vera

Enrique Vera

Enrique Daniel Vera Torres, nicknamed Rambert is a Paraguayan football midfielder who plays for LDU Quito and the Paraguayan national team.-Club career:...

 Justo Villar Pablo Zeballos

Pablo Zeballos

Pablo Daniel Zeballos Ocampos is a Paraguayan football striker who currently plays for Club Olimpia.-Career:Zeballos started his career in the youth divisions of Sol de América and made his debut in 2007, helping the team win the Paraguayan 3rd division tournament by being the team's top-scorer...

Notable coaches

  Ferenc Puskás

Ferenc Puskás

Ferenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. He became Olympic champion in 1952 and was a World Cup finalist in 1954...

 Sergio Markarián

Sergio Markarián

Sergio Apraham Markarián is a Uruguayan-Armenian football coach. Currently, he is the head coach of the national football team of Peru.-Early life:...

 Ever Hugo Almeida

Ever Hugo Almeida

Ever Hugo Almeida ; naturalized Paraguayan in 1975, is a former football goalkeeper and now is the national coach of Guatemala....

Jesús Motos es nuevo jugador del Club Sol de América: Es Español tiene 21 años juega extremo dercho e izquierda antes juega Real Madrid Castilla ...

Basketball

Sol de América also has a basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team participating in the Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League

Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League

The Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League is the most important basketball league from Paraguay. As of 2006, 11 teams are participating in the league. The yearly winners of this league are considered the Paraguayan basketball champions despite the fact that only teams from Asunción compete...

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• Paraguayan Championship: 7

1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2007