Adrián Paz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adrián Charquero Paz | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder, Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986-1987 | Bella Vista | ||
| 1987-1988 | Vélez Sársfield | 28 | (3) |
| 1988-1991 | Bella Vista | ||
| 1991-1992 | Peñarol | ||
| 1992-1994 | Estudiantes | 48 | (6) |
| 1994-1995 | Ipswich Town | 18 | (1) |
| 1995 | Shanghai Pudong | ||
| 1996 | Columbus Crew | 27 | (6) |
| 1997-1998 | Colorado Rapids | 53 | (6) |
| 1999 | Tianjin Teda | 1 | (0) |
| 2000 | Bella Vista | 15 | (2) |
| 2000 | Qingdao Etsong | 4 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1992-2000 | Uruguay | 10 | (3) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Adrián Paz (born 9 September 1968 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a former professional footballer.
After playing at Uruguay and Argentina, Paz played for Ipswich Town during the 1994–95 season in a transfer done by his FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman together with Argentinian Mauricio Taricco. He became the first Uruguayan to play in the English Premier League.[1] In January 1996, Major League Soccer began allocating players to its newly established teams. Paz was sent to the Columbus Crew where he played 27 games. On February 1, 1997, the Crew sent Paz to the Colorado Rapids in exchange for the first-round selection in the 1997 MLS Supplemental Draft.[2] he spent two seasons in Colorado before moving to Tianjin Teda in 1999. During the time in Tianjin, he suffered serious injury at the first game against Shanghai Shenhua, after Shanghai's defender Xin Feng made tackle on both of his legs. He had been rest until the end of 1999. He joined Bella Vista again in 2000, then went back to China for the third time, joined Qingdao Etsong. He retired from football afterward.
International career
He made his debut for Uruguay in a friendly match against Brazil (1-0 win) on April 30, 1992 in the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo under coach Luis Alberto Cubilla.[3] He went on to score the winner in that game.
References
- ↑ "Adrian Paz profile". Pride of Anglia. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ↑ RAPIDS ACQUIRE URUGUAYAN STAR MIDFIELDER ADRIAN PAZ IN TRADE WITH COLUMBUS Archived October 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uru-intres1995.html
External links
- Adrián Paz at National-Football-Teams.com
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