Gustavo Andrés Páez Martinez, better known simply as Gustavo Páez (born April 16, 1990) is a Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n football forward playing with Academia Emeritense.

Career

Gustavo Páez started his senior career playing in Venezuelan club Academia Emeritense. In 2009 he had a short spell with Peruvian Alianza Lima

Alianza Lima

Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are one of the most famous and well supported clubs in the country and the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.Alianza enjoyed success...

 before returning to his home country to play with Zamora FC, this time in the Venezuelan Primera División. In January 2010 he signed with NK Interblock Ljubljana playing in the Slovenian First League. Páez grabbed a place in the main squad, however the team ended up relegated at the end of the season. In summer 2010 he went to Italy to play with the Serie D

Serie D

Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...

 club A.S. Union Quinto

A.S. Union Quinto

Associazione Sportiva Union Quinto is an Italian association football club located in Quinto di Treviso, Veneto. It currently plays in Serie D. Its colors are red and blue.-External links:*...

. In summer 2011 he moved to Spain, more precisely to the Balearic Islands to play with the B team of R.C.D. Mallorca. However, by early September he moves back to Venzuela to his former club Academia Emeritense.

National team

Gustavo Páez was part of the Venezuelan team

Venezuela national under-17 football team

-Current squad:Squad for 2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship-External links:...

 at the 2007 South American Under 17 Football Championship

2007 South American Under 17 Football Championship

The 2007 South American Under 17 Football Championship was played in Ecuador from 4 till 25 March 2007. The seven venues of the competition were the cities of Ambato, Azogues, Cuenca, Ibarra, Latacunga, Quito and Riobamba...

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External sources

• Stats from Slovenia at PrvaLiga.
• Gustavo Páez at Transfermarkt.
• Gustavo Páez at ZerozeroFootball.