Rubén Maldonado

Rubén Maldonado
Personal information
Full nameRubén Dario Maldonado Brizuela
Date of birth29 April 1979
Place of birthAsunción, Paraguay
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Olimpia
Number29
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1999Olimpia64(10)
2000–2005Venezia94(6)
2001–2002→ Cosenza (loan)12(0)
2005–2008Napoli67(2)
2008→ Chievo (loan)3(0)
2008–2010Gimnasia La Plata67(4)
2010–Olimpia0(0)
National team
1999Paraguay U204(1)
1999–Paraguay12(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 September 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Rubén Dario Maldonado Brizuela (born 29 April 1979 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan football defender who currently plays for Club Olimpia in the Paraguayan Primera División.

He made his Italian Serie A debut on 11 March 2000, against Bologna F.C. 1909.

Maldonado was part of the Paraguay national under-20 football team that participated in the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship he has since gone on to represent Paraguay at senior international level.

Maldonado has recently signed for the team where he was "born in soccer", Club Olimpia. He will take part of the glorious squad in the second half of the 2010 season, the Clausura 2010 in Paraguay.

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