Paraguay 2000s squad
Every player who appeared for Paraguay in the 2000s — 139 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Justo Villar racked up the most caps of anyone here — 120 in all. Roque Santa Cruz leads the scoring with 32. The sharpest strike rate belongs to José Cardozo: 25 goals in 82 caps. The squad breaks down as 9 goalkeepers, 39 defenders, 47 midfielders and 44 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Gamarra | DF | 110 | 12 | 90 |
| Justo Villar | GK | 120 | — | 89 |
| Denis Caniza | DF | 100 | 1 | 89 |
| Cristian Riveros | MF | 88 | 15 | 89 |
| Celso Ayala | DF | 85 | 6 | 88 |
| Roque Santa Cruz | FW | 112 | 32 | 88 |
| José Cardozo | FW | 82 | 25 | 88 |
| Carlos Paredes | MF | 74 | 10 | 87 |
| Roberto Acuña | MF | 100 | 5 | 87 |
| José Luis Chilavert | GK | 74 | — | 86 |
| Estanislao Struway | MF | 74 | 4 | 86 |
| Francisco Arce | DF | 61 | 5 | 85 |
| Julio César Enciso | MF | 70 | 2 | 85 |
| Darío Verón | DF | 53 | 1 | 84 |
| Nelson Valdez | FW | 77 | 13 | 84 |
| Édgar Barreto | MF | 60 | 3 | 84 |
| Óscar Cardozo | FW | 58 | 12 | 84 |
| Enrique Vera | MF | 52 | 4 | 83 |
| Jorge Campos | MF | 46 | 6 | 83 |
| Pedro Sarabia | DF | 47 | 0 | 83 |
| Salvador Cabañas | FW | 44 | 10 | 82 |
| Miguel Samudio | DF | 41 | 1 | 81 |
| Ricardo Tavarelli | GK | 31 | — | 81 |
| Delio Toledo | DF | 35 | 4 | 79 |
| Virgilio Ferreira | FW | 25 | 7 | 79 |
| Nelson Cuevas | FW | 41 | 6 | 79 |
| Julio Manzur | DF | 32 | 1 | 79 |
| Diego Gavilán | MF | 43 | 0 | 78 |
| Osvaldo Martínez | MF | 32 | 1 | 78 |
| Jonathan Santana | MF | 32 | 1 | 78 |
| Néstor Ortigoza | MF | 31 | 1 | 78 |
| Aldo Bobadilla | GK | 19 | — | 78 |
| Guido Alvarenga | MF | 24 | 3 | 77 |
| Jorge Martín Núñez | DF | 23 | 1 | 76 |
| Antolín Alcaraz | DF | 23 | 2 | 76 |
| Francisco Esteche | MF | 22 | 2 | 76 |
| Gabriel González | FW | 34 | 2 | 75 |
| Gustavo Morínigo | MF | 18 | 3 | 75 |
| Ángel Ortiz | MF | 27 | 0 | 75 |
| Juan Daniel Cáceres | DF | 20 | 2 | 74 |
| Richart Báez | FW | 26 | 2 | 74 |
| Danilo Aceval | GK | 11 | — | 74 |
| Fredy Bareiro | FW | 19 | 2 | 72 |
| Hugo Brizuela | FW | 15 | 3 | 72 |
| Néstor Isasi | DF | 16 | 1 | 72 |
| Mauro Caballero | FW | 14 | 2 | 71 |
| Tomás González | MF | 11 | 2 | 71 |
| Derlis Soto | FW | 14 | 1 | 70 |
| Rubén Maldonado | DF | 12 | 0 | 70 |
| Derlis Gómez | GK | 6 | — | 69 |
| César Ramírez | FW | 17 | 0 | 69 |
| Nery Ortiz | DF | 11 | 0 | 69 |
| Julio César Yegros | FW | 15 | 0 | 68 |
| Raúl Román | FW | 8 | 2 | 68 |
| Eduardo Ledesma | MF | 10 | 0 | 68 |
| Carlos González Ferreira | MF | 8 | 1 | 68 |
| Juan Samudio | FW | 10 | 1 | 68 |
| José Montiel | MF | 9 | 0 | 67 |
| Miguel Cáceres | FW | 9 | 1 | 67 |
| Pablo Zeballos | FW | 9 | 1 | 67 |
| Elvis Marecos | DF | 8 | 1 | 67 |
| Nelson Zelaya | DF | 7 | 0 | 66 |
| Alfredo Amarilla | MF | 7 | 0 | 65 |
| Daniel Sanabria | DF | 6 | 0 | 65 |
| Silvio Garay | MF | 5 | 1 | 64 |
| Aristides Masi | FW | 7 | 0 | 64 |
| Domingo Salcedo | MF | 5 | 0 | 63 |
| Edgar Robles | MF | 5 | 0 | 63 |
| Juan Carlos Franco | MF | 5 | 0 | 63 |
| Emilio Martínez | DF | 5 | 0 | 63 |
| Cristian Bogado | FW | 5 | 1 | 63 |
| Julio Valentín González | FW | 5 | 1 | 63 |
| Diego Figueredo | MF | 4 | 0 | 62 |
| Carlos Espínola | DF | 4 | 0 | 61 |
| Derlis Aníbal González | DF | 4 | 0 | 61 |
| Ernesto Cristaldo | MF | 3 | 1 | 61 |
| Fabio Escobar | FW | 4 | 0 | 60 |
| Juan Carlos Benítez | FW | 4 | 0 | 60 |
| Santiago Salcedo | FW | 4 | 0 | 60 |
| Néstor Ayala | FW | 3 | 1 | 59 |
| Rodolfo Gamarra | MF | 3 | 0 | 59 |
| Pedro Richard Irala | MF | 3 | 0 | 59 |
| Pánfilo Escobar | DF | 3 | 0 | 59 |
| Edison Giménez | FW | 2 | 1 | 57 |
| Marcos Melgarejo | MF | 2 | 0 | 57 |
| Jorge Brítez | MF | 2 | 0 | 57 |
| Luis Núñez | MF | 2 | 0 | 57 |
| Fabio Ramos | MF | 2 | 0 | 57 |
| David Villalba | DF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| José Devaca | DF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| Enrique Gabriel Meza | DF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| Gilberto Velásquez | DF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| Angel Antar | DF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| Juan Cardozo | DF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| Cristian Fatecha | FW | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| Javier Mercedes González | FW | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| Nelson Romero | FW | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| Pablo Giménez | FW | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| Henry Lapczyk | GK | 1 | — | 55 |
| Joel Zayas | GK | 1 | — | 55 |
| Alejandro Da Silva | FW | 1 | 1 | 54 |
| Juan Manuel Iturbe | MF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Walter Fretes | MF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Osvaldo Díaz | MF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Reinaldo Román | DF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Julio Irrazábal | DF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Nelson Cabrera | DF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Derlis Cardozo | DF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Celso Esquivel | DF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Julio Aguilar | FW | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Jorge Torales | FW | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Manuel Maciel | FW | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Francisco Ferreira | FW | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Luis Torres | FW | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Cristian Rolando Ledesma | FW | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Jorge Gaona | MF | — | — | 48 |
| Edgar Daniel González | MF | — | — | 48 |
| Osmar Molinas | MF | — | — | 48 |
| Juan Rodrigo Rojas | MF | — | — | 48 |
| Carlos Bonet | MF | — | — | 48 |
| Víctor Cáceres | DF/MF | — | — | 48 |
| Aureliano Torres | MF | — | — | 48 |
| Luis Cáceres | MF | — | — | 48 |
| Sergio Aquino | MF | — | — | 48 |
| Julio dos Santos | MF | — | — | 48 |
| Marcelo Estigarribia | MF | — | — | 48 |
| Rodrigo Burgos | MF | — | — | 48 |
| Diego Barreto | GK | — | — | 48 |
| Adalberto Román | DF | — | — | 47 |
| Pablo César Aguilar "El Capi Azulado" | DF | — | — | 47 |
| Marcos Cáceres | DF | — | — | 47 |
| Paulo da Silva | DF | — | — | 47 |
| Pedro Benítez | DF | — | — | 47 |
| Dante López | FW | — | — | 47 |
| Pablo Caballero Cáceres | FW | — | — | 47 |
| Pablo Velázquez | FW | — | — | 47 |
| Édgar Benítez | FW | — | — | 47 |
| Ariel Bogado | FW | — | — | 47 |
| Jorge Mariano Achúcarro | FW | — | — | 47 |
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