Carlos Gamarra 807472 225929685 2008-07-16T01:52:34Z Nameless User 6641053 /* Honours */ {{Infobox Football biography | playername = Carlos Gamarra | image = | fullname = Carlos Alberto Gamarra Pavon | dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1971|2|17}} | cityofbirth = [[Ypacarai]] | countryofbirth = [[Paraguay]] | height = {{height|m=1.83}} | position = [[Defender (football)#Centre back|Centre Back]] | currentclub = [[Olimpia Asunción]] | clubnumber = | contractend = | youthyears = | youthclubs = | years = 1991&ndash;1992<br>1992&ndash;1993<br>1993&ndash;1995<br>1995&ndash;1997<br>1997&ndash;1998<br>1998<br>1999&ndash;2000<br>2000<br>2001&ndash;2002<br>2002&ndash;2005<br>2005&ndash;2006<br>2007 | clubs = [[Cerro Porteño]]<br>[[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]<br>[[Cerro Porteño]]<br>[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]<br>[[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]<br>[[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]<br>[[Atlético Madrid]]<br>[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]<br>[[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]<br>[[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter Milan]]<br>[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]<br>[[Olimpia Asunción]]<br>'''Total''' | caps(goals) = {{0}}35 {{0}}(2)<br>{{0}}{{0}}8 {{0}}(0)<br>{{0}}49 {{0}}(2)<br>{{0}}59 {{0}}(5)<br>{{0}}13 {{0}}(0)<br>{{0}}31 {{0}}(3)<br>{{0}}32 {{0}}(1)<br>{{0}}{{0}}4 {{0}}(1)<br>{{0}}24 {{0}}(0)<br>{{0}}27 {{0}}(1)<br>{{0}}33 {{0}}(2)<br>{{0}}25 {{0}}(1)<br>'''340 (18)''' | nationalyears = 1993&ndash;2006 | nationalteam = [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] | nationalcaps(goals) = 110 (12) | pcupdate = 21:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC) | ntupdate = 21:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC) }} '''Carlos Alberto Gamarra Pavon''' (born [[February 17]], [[1971]] in [[Ypacarai]], [[Paraguay]]) is a [[football (soccer)|football]] player. He [[Captain (football)|captained]] the [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay national team]] at international level, playing at [[defender (football)|centre-half]], and is the most capped player in Paraguayan football history, having made 110 international appearances and scoring 12 goals<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/para-recintlp.html rsssf: Paraguay record international footballers]</ref>. Gamarra is known for his leadership, heading and outstanding tackling skills, making him one of the most respected defenders in South America. ==Career== ===Club career=== Gamarra began his club career playing for [[Cerro Porteño]] in his home country in 1991, and went on to win the Paraguayan national championship with Cerro in 1992. He moved to [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]] for the 1992-1993 football season in [[Argentina]], but stayed only briefly before moving back to Cerro Porteño. In 1995, Gamarra joined [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]] in [[Brazil]], where his profile grew, eventually resulting in the naming of him as [[Paraguayan Footballer of the Year]] in 1997 by the Paraguayan [[newspaper]] [[Diario ABC Color]] (an achievement which Gamarra repeated in 1998). He moved to [[SL Benfica]] for the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[1997]]-1998 season, before returning to Brazil, this time with [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|SC Corinthians]]. After finishing the 1999 Brazilian football season with Corinthians, he moved to the [[Spanish league]], playing for [[Atlético Madrid]]. Atlético were relegated in 2000, and Gamarra briefly moved back to Brazil, this time joining [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|CR Flamengo]]. The 2001-2002 season was more successful for Gamarra, as he joined [[AEK Athens]] in [[Greece]], playing 24 [[Alpha Ethniki|league]] games and winning the [[Greek football Cup|Greek Cup]]. On the back of his World Cup performance in 2002, he joined [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale]] in Italy's [[Serie A|Serie A Scudetto]] for the 2002-2003 season. This was undoubtedly the highest-profile club Gamarra had joined. In his first pre-season, he scored the winning goal in the Pirelli Cup final against [[AS Roma]]. Inter finished the season as runners-up in the league, with Gamarra making 14 appearances. His next season at the club was less successful, as Inter finished fourth in the league, and Gamarra made only 10 appearances. He remained at Inter for the 2004-2005 season, but after another season largely spent on the bench he joined the Brazilian side Palmeiras in July, 2005. In 2007, Gamarra decided to return to Paraguay to end his football career and signed for [[Olimpia Asunción|Olimpia]]. ===National team=== His first international cap came against [[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]] on [[March 27]], [[1993]], a game which Paraguay lost 2-1. He stayed at Cerro Porteño until 1995. Gamarra made his first big impact in international football during Paraguay's campaign at [[Football World Cup 1998|World Cup France 1998]], in the second round of which Paraguay were knocked out by [[France national football team|France]] (the eventual winners). Gamarra played in all four of Paraguay's games, garnering great respect for his defensive skills, and did not concede a single foul in any of his side's matches. [[FIFA]] named him as part of the All-Star team of the [[Football World Cup|World Cup]]. At the [[Football World Cup 2002|2002 World Cup]] in [[South Korea]] and [[Japan]], Paraguay were once again knocked out in the second round. Gamarra played every single minute of Paraguay's campaign, and again completed his side's participation without conceding a foul. Gamarra captained the Paraguay side to a [[silver medal]] in the [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|football tournament]] at the [[Athens 2004|2004 Summer Olympics]] [[Olympic Games]], losing 1-0 to [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in the final. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Gamarra was the first player in the tournament to score an [[own goal]], from an incoming free kick from [[David Beckham]] in his team's opening match against [[England national football team|England]], which eventually led to England's 1-0 win. During the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], Gamarra announced his retirement from the Paraguay national team. ==Career statistics== <ref>http://www.world-soccer.org/p-01074.htm</ref> {{Football player statistics 1|YY}} {{Football player statistics 2|PAR|YY}} |- |1991||rowspan="2"|[[Cerro Porteño]]||rowspan="2"|[[Primera División de Paraguay|Primera División]]||23||0|||||||||||||||| |- |1992||21||2|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 2|ARG|YY}} |- |[[Primera División Argentina 1992-93|1992-93]]||[[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]||[[Primera División Argentina|Primera División]]||8||0|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 2|PAR|YY}} |- |1993||rowspan="3"|[[Cerro Porteño]]||rowspan="3"|[[Primera División de Paraguay|Primera División]]||15||0|||||||||||||||| |- |1994||24||1|||||||||||||||| |- |1995||10||1|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 2|BRA|YY}} |- |[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1995|1995]]||rowspan="3"|[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]||rowspan="3"|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]||17||0|||||||||||||||| |- |[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1996|1996]]||22||2|||||||||||||||| |- |[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1997|1997]]||20||3|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 2|POR|YY}} |- |[[Portuguese Liga 1997-98|1997-98]]||[[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]||[[Portuguese Liga]]||13||0|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 2|BRA|YY}} |- |[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1998|1998]]||[[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]||[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]||31||3|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 2|ESP|YY}} |- |[[La Liga 1999-00|1999-00]]||[[Atlético Madrid]]||[[La Liga]]||32||0|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 2|BRA|YY}} |- |[[Copa João Havelange|2000]]||[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]||[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]||4||0|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 2|GRE|YY}} |- |[[Alpha Ethniki 2000-01|2000-01]]||rowspan="2"|[[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]||rowspan="2"|[[Super League Greece|Super League]]||0||0|||||||||||||||| |- |[[Alpha Ethniki 2001-02|2001-02]]||24||0|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 2|ITA|YY}} |- |[[Serie A 2002-03|2002-03]]||rowspan="3"|[[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale Milano]]||rowspan="3"|[[Serie A]]||14||0|||||||||||||||| |- |[[Serie A 2003-04|2003-04]]||10||0|||||||||||||||| |- |[[Serie A 2004-05|2004-05]]||3||0|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 2|BRA|YY}} |- |[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2005|2005]]||rowspan="2"|[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]||rowspan="2"|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]||30||1|||||||||||||||| |- |[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2006|2006]]||3||1|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 2|PAR|YY}} |- |2007||rowspan="2"|[[Olimpia Asunción]]||rowspan="2"|[[Primera División de Paraguay|Primera División]]||25||1|||||||||||||||| |- |2008|||||||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 3|7|PAR}}118||5|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 4|ARG}}8||0|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 4|BRA}}127||10|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 4|POR}}13||0|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 4|ESP}}32||0|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 4|GRE}}24||0|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 4|ITA}}27||0|||||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 5}}349||15|||||||||||||||| |} ==Honours== {{MedalTop}} {{MedalCountry|{{PAR}}}} {{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]]}} {{MedalBottom}} '''[[Cerro Porteño]]''' *[[Liga Paraguaya|Paraguayan League]]: 1990, 1992 '''[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]''' *[[Campeonato Gaúcho]]: 1997 '''[[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]''' *[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Campeonato Brasileiro]]: 1998 *[[Campeonato Paulista]]: 1999 '''[[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]''' *[[Campeonato Carioca]]: 2001 *[[Copa dos Campeões]]: 2001 '''[[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]''' *[[Greek football Cup]]: 2002 '''[[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]''' *[[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Silver medal, Olympic Games]]: 2004 '''[[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter Milan]]''' *[[Coppa Italia]]: 2005 ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/gamarra-intl.html International statistics] at [[rsssf]] *[http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=5259 Profile] at National Football Teams {{Paraguay Squad 1998 World Cup}} {{Paraguay Squad 2002 World Cup}} {{Paraguay Squad Copa América 2004}} {{Paraguay Squad 2006 World Cup}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gamarra, Carlos}} [[Category:1971 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Paraguayan footballers]] [[Category:Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic footballers of Paraguay]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Paraguay]] [[Category:Independiente footballers]] [[Category:Expatriate footballers in Argentina]] [[Category:Expatriate footballers in Greece]] [[Category:F.C. 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