Salvador Breglia

Salvador Breglia
Personal information
Full nameSalvador Luis Amílcar Breglia Luna
Date of birth15 September 1935
Place of birthCaazapá, Paraguay
Date of death17 January 2014 (aged 78)
Place of deathAsunción, Paraguay
Playing positionDefender / Midfielder
Youth career
25 de Enero
Nanawa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1950-1968Cerro Porteño225(21)
National team
1960-1967Paraguay?(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Salvador Luis Amílcar Breglia Luna (15 September 1935 – 17 January 2014) was a Paraguayan football defender/midfielder and coach.[1]

Career

Breglia was born in Caazapá, where he started his career in the youth divisions of Club 25 de Enero and then Club Nanawa. He then moved to Cerro Porteño and made his debut at the of 16. He would win several national championships while at Cerro and was part of the Paraguay national football team from 1960 to 1967.[2]

As a coach he managed Cerro Porteño, Paranaense, Libertad, Sol de América, Limpio and Teniente Fariña of Guarambaré. Breglia was also part of the coaching staff for the Paraguay national team at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

He died in Asunción, aged 78.

Titles

As player

Season Team Title
1954Paraguay Cerro Porteño Paraguayan 1st division
1961Paraguay Cerro Porteño Paraguayan 1st division
1963Paraguay Cerro Porteño Paraguayan 1st division
1966Paraguay Cerro Porteño Paraguayan 1st division

As coach

Season Team Title
1972Paraguay Cerro Porteño Paraguayan 1st division
1973Paraguay Cerro Porteño Copa República
1974Paraguay Cerro Porteño Paraguayan 1st division
1977Paraguay Cerro Porteño Paraguayan 1st division

References

  1. "Falleció Salvador Breglia - Deportes". Abc.com.py. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  2. Futbol Paraguayo - Historico by Artemio Villanueva