Club Rubio Ñu

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Club Rubio Ñu is a Paraguayan football club based in the neighborhood of Santísima Trinidad in Asunción. The club was founded August 24, 1913 and plays in División Intermedia, the second division of the Paraguayan football league system. Their home games are played at the Estadio La Arboleda which has a capacity of approximately 8,000 seats.

Rubio Ñu
Full nameClub Rubio Ñu
NicknamesAlbiverdes
Laureado
Ñuenses
Founded24 August 1913; 112 years ago (1913-08-24)
GroundEstadio La Arboleda
Capacity8,000
ChairmanRubén Martín Ruíz Díaz
LeaguePrimera División
2025División Intermedia, 1st of 16 (champions and promoted)
Current season

History

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The club was founded in 1913 by a group of young friends that chose white and green as the colors in representation of "purity" and "hope", respectively.[1] After its foundation Rubio Ñu joined the rebel league "Liga Centenario", which was created by some clubs that had disagreements with the Paraguayan football association (APF) which was in charge of organizing the main league, the Liga Paraguaya.[2] Some 23 years after its foundation, two others clubs from the same Santísima Trinidad neighborhood (Club Itá Ybaté and Club Flor de Mayo) merged with Rubio Ñu. Sportivo Trinidense (which is also from the same neighborhood) is the club's main rival.

After the Liga Centenario disappeared, they were back in the lower divisions of the Liga Paraguaya until finally in 1926 they won the second division and made their way to the first division. Since then, Rubio Ñu has been relegated and promoted between the third, second and first division several times. Most recently in 2008, they won the second division tournament for the 7th time in their history under the coaching of Francisco Arce and made it to the top-flight of Paraguayan football in 2009.

Honours

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1926, 1941, 1954, 1961, 1963, 1972, 2008, 2025
1941, 1942, 2005

Current squad

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As of 11 April, 2026[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ARG Tomás Canteros
2 DF  PAR Rodi Ferreira
3 DF  PAR Javier Vallejos
4 DF  PAR Jorge González
5 DF  PAR Pedro Álvarez (on loan from Cerro Porteño)
8 MF  PAR Rodrigo Rojas
9 FW  PAR Pedro Báez
10 MF  PAR William Mendieta (Captain)
11 FW  PAR Juan Giménez (on loan from Cerro Porteño)
13 DF  PAR Víctor Cabañas (on loan from Cerro Porteño)
15 MF  PAR Ángel Cardozo Lucena
17 DF  ARG Renzo Arzamendia (on loan from Unión Santa Fe)
18 FW  PAR César Villagra
19 MF  ARG Santiago Frean
20 MF  PAR Fernando Martínez
21 FW  PAR Elías Sarquis
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK  BRA Táles Wastowski
23 FW  PAR Sebastián Ruíz Díaz (on loan from Sportivo Luqueño)
24 DF  PAR Diego Velázquez (on loan from Club Guaraní)
25 GK  ARG Franco Fragueda (on loan from Club Atlético 9 de Julio)
27 MF  PAR Stevens Gómez
28 FW  PAR Anderson Leguizamón (on loan from Club Guaraní)
29 MF  PAR Octavio Alfonso (on loan from Club Guaraní)
30 MF  PAR Pablo Ayala
31 DF  ARG Brian Blasi
33 DF  PAR Rodrigo Alborno
36 DF  PAR Carlos Giménez
37 FW  ARG Mauricio Roldán (on loan from Banfield)
38 MF  PAR Gustavo Manzur
40 FW  PAR Estiven Pérez (on loan from Atlético Tembetary)

Notable players

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To appear in this section a player must have either:
  • Played at least 125 games for the club.
  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
  • Been part of a national team at any time.
  • Played in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay).
  • Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition.

References

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  1. Grandes momentos ñuenses Archived December 14, 2018, at the Wayback Machine – Diario ABC Color
  2. Rubio Ñu y su 94º aniversario Archived December 14, 2018, at the Wayback Machine – Diario ABC Color
  3. "Algunas de las figuras que tendrá la Intermedia 2021". March 5, 2021. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  4. "Josias Paulo Cardoso Júnior - Soccer - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". Archived from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
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