Darío Verón

Darío Anastacio Verón Maldonado ( born July 26, 1979 in San Ignacio, Paraguay ) is a Paraguayan football player.

Career

The said nicknamed Hechicero Verón started his professional career in 1999 at Club 12 de Octubre and belonged to the team that won five years after promotion to the first division, the first Paraguayan national championship in club history in 2002. Here Veron scored in the 86th minute in a playoff against Guaraní the decisive goal. The following year, he was taken from the Chilean club Cobreloa Calama under contract with which he also won the championship.

After moving to the Mexican club UNAM Pumas succeeded in 2004 by winning the Clausura tournament, the first title after 14 years, that in the second half of the year also came the Apertura championship. Five years later the leadership Strong and equipped with a good positional play in the penalty area Verón again made its contribution to the next title, the Clausura 2009.

In the national team of Paraguay Darío Verón debuted on January 27, 2001 game against South Korea. For the Copa América, he was nominated in 2001 for the first time, but did not play. In 2004 he was in the squad, but was not used by coach Anibal Ruiz again. For a regular in the national team he has been with the qualifying round of the FIFA World Cup 2010, when he was used in eleven of 18 games. At the World Cup finals in South Africa Paraguay made ​​it to the quarterfinals, where Verón still was no match throughout the tournament.

Achievements

  • Paraguayan Primera División 2002 Clausura with Club 12 de Octubre
  • Chilean Primera División Apertura 2003 with Cobreloa
  • Mexican Primera División 2004 Clausura, 2004 Apertura, 2009 Clausura with UNAM Pumas
  • Campeón de Campeones 2004 UNAM Pumas
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