Osvaldo Aquino

Osvaldo Aquino
Personal information
Full name Osvaldo Nicolás Aquino[1]
Date of birth (1952-01-28)28 January 1952
Place of birth San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Date of death 9 July 2025(2025-07-09) (aged 73)
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, winger
Youth career
1968 Atlético Triunfo
1969–1970 San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971 San Lorenzo
1972 Club Manuel Cabello
1973 Guaraní
1974–1984 Olimpia Asunción
1985 San Lorenzo
1985 Cerro Corá
International career
1971 Paraguay U20
1974–1981 Paraguay 20 (4)
Managerial career
Atlético Triunfo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Osvaldo Nicolás Aquino (28 January 1952 – 9 July 2025) was a Paraguayan footballer and manager. As a footballer, he played as a midfielder or winger for teams in Paraguay.[2] He notably spent 10 years at Olimpia Asunción, and scored the team's first goal in the 1979 Copa Libertadores finals against Boca Juniors.[3] He was also capped 20 times for Paraguay between 1974 and 1981, and helped them win the 1979 Copa América.[4]

Aquino suffered from Alzheimer's disease. He died on 9 July 2025, at the age of 73.[5]

Honours

Club Manuel Cabello
  • Liga de Carapeguá: 1972
Olimpia Asunción
Paraguay
Paraguay youth
  • South American Youth Championship: 1971
Individual
  • ‘'López de Filippi'’ medal (best Olimpia player of the year): 1976

References

  1. 1 2 Osvaldo Aquino at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Datos de Osvaldo Aquino". Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  3. ↑ Osvaldo Aquino: Goles, talento y supercampeón Archived 8 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine by Artemio Villanueva
  4. ↑ Copa America 1979 at RSSSF
  5. ↑ "Olimpia and Paraguay Mourn the Death of 1979 Icon Osvaldo Aquino". dailysports. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
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