Cristín Cibils
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Cristín Eugenio Cibils González (born 13 March 1956 in Loma Pytá, Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

) is a former football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 defender.

Career

Cibils started his career at the youth divisions of Atlético Juventud of his hometown Loma Pytá. He then moved to Olimpia
Olimpia Asunción
Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sport club based in Asunción. It is best known for its professional football team which plays in the Paraguayan Primera División....

 where he spent several years in the reserve and as usually came in as a substitute. Cibils was then transferred to Tembetary
Club Atlético Tembetary
Club Atlético Tembetary Ypané is a football club from Ypané, Paraguay founded in 1912. Since 2009 the club has played in the Primera C División, Paraguay's fourth division. Despite being a very small team that is actually part of the lower divisions of the Paraguayan football league it is very well...

 where he spent his best years as he was called up to the Paraguay national football team
Paraguay national football team
The Paraguay national football team is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association and represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions. The team has reached the second round of the World Cup on four occasions . The 2010 trip also featured their first appearance in the...

 and was part of the squad that won the Copa América 1979
Copa América 1979
The 1979 edition of the Copa América soccer tournament was played between July 10 and December 12. This time, the continental champion would not go to the FIFA World Cup. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played on a home and away basis...

. In 1980 he had a brief spell with Cerro Porteño
Cerro Porteño
Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 28 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football club in Paraguay...

 where the club finished in second place in the Paraguayan league. After a few years in Guaraní
Club Guaraní
Club Guaraní is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighbourhood of Dos Bocas in outer Asunción, founded in 1903.-History:Club Guaraní is the second oldest Paraguayan football club. It was founded in 1903 under the name of "Football Club Guarani" and its first president was Juan Patri...

 he was loaned to La Serena
Club de Deportes La Serena
Club de Deportes La Serena S.A.D.P., is a Chilean football club based in the city of La Serena, Coquimbo Region. The club was founded December 9, 1955 and plays in the first division of the Chilean football league. Their home games are played at the La Portada stadium, which has a capacity of...

 of Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

. In 1985 he returned to Olimpia, but his position was well covered by players such as Rogelio Delgado
Rogelio Delgado
Rogelio Wilfrido Delgado Casco is a retired football central defender from Paraguay.-Club career:At the club level, Delgado played for Olimpia Asunción, where he won the Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup in 1979, and six Paraguayan league titles.He also played for Independiente of...

 and Gustavo Benítez
Gustavo Benítez
Gustavo Benítez is a retired Paraguayan football defender. He currently works as a coach.-Career:...

 so Cibils had very limited playing time which made him leave the club to Boquerón and Atlético Juventud where he finished his career in 1989.

Titles

Season Team Title
1979
Copa América 1979
The 1979 edition of the Copa América soccer tournament was played between July 10 and December 12. This time, the continental champion would not go to the FIFA World Cup. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played on a home and away basis...

  Paraguay
Paraguay national football team
The Paraguay national football team is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association and represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions. The team has reached the second round of the World Cup on four occasions . The 2010 trip also featured their first appearance in the...

Copa América
Copa América
The Copa América —previously known as South American Championship—is an international football competition contested between the men's national teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body...

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