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Paraguay men's national under 20 football team

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FIFA code
  
PAR

Location
  
Paraguay

Confederation
  
CONMEBOL (South America)

Captain
  
Gustavo Gómez

Head coach
  
Víctor Genes

Paraguay men's national under-20 football team

Association
  
Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol

Home stadium
  
Estadio Defensores del Chaco

Best result
  
FIFA U-20 World Cup Fourth Place 1 time (2001) South American Youth Football Championship First Place 1 time (1971) Runner-up 4 times (1964, 1967, 1985, 2009) Third Place 6 times (1974, 1977, 1979, 1997, 2001, 2003) Fourth Place 1 time (1999)

Ground
  
Estadio Defensores del Chaco

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Paraguay national under-20 football team represents Paraguay in international football competitions such as FIFA U-20 World Cup and South American Youth Football Championship.

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The team's most successful period was mostly during 2001 to 2003 and once again in 2006, achieving Fourth place at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship before winning back-to-back tournaments at the Milk Cup in 2002 and 2003 and once again in 2006. Paraguay also won the 2002 SBS Cup disputed in Shizuoka Japan.

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Overview

The under-20 Paraguay national football team has seen and delivered along the years many of Paraguay's best talents such as Juan Bautista Agüero, Julio César Romero, Roberto Cabañas, Paulo Da Silva, Justo Villar, Salvador Cabañas and Roque Santa Cruz.

The team has participated in 8 events of the FIFA World Youth Championship and the best performance came in the 2001 World Cup held in Argentina, when Paraguay finished in the fourth place. The best performance at the South American level came in 1971 when they won the South American Youth Football Championship (also known as "Juventud de América"), along with four runners-up finishes in 1964, 1967, 1985 and 2009.

Paraguay has qualified for 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup that was held in Egypt.

Current talents for the Paraguay squad include Hernán Pérez, Robin Ramírez, Nicolás Martínez, Federico Santander and Joel Silva.

Current squad

Team of the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship.

Coach: Víctor Genes

References

Paraguay men's national under-20 football team Wikipedia