Nelson "Pipino" Cuevas (born
January 10, 1980 in Asunción
) is a
Paraguayan
footballer, who
plays as a second forward. He
currently plays for
Olimpia
Asunción.
Cuevas
started his career at Club
Atlético Tembetary, a lower division club from Paraguay, before
moving to River Plate
of Argentina
in 1998. In the 2004-2005 season he was transferred to
Club América of Mexico
, who loaned
him out to Pachuca
where he was
champion in the year 2006. He then
returned to
Club América.
Cuevas was released by
Club America,
and trained for brief period with
English Premier League club
Portsmouth.
Both Portsmouth
and Blackburn Rovers
have been strongly linked to him with the player
stating that a move to England
is a
possibility in the future. Cuevas played the first half of
2008 for
Libertad
in his native country and was signed by
Santos in July 2008.
On January 15, 2009 he was released from his contract with
Santos. On
February 9,
he signed a six months deal with
Universidad de Chile, one of the most
popular teams in that country. On
July 7 he
won the
2009
Apertura tournament with
Universidad de Chile ending with 18
match played and 3 goals. At the end of the tournament he announced
that he will not renew with the
Chilean
club.
During the 2009 off-season Cuevas had trials at
FC Twente (making his debut in a friendly match
played in the Netherlands, which ended in victory against
Borussia Mönchengladbach) and
Hannover 96. Cuevas did not finalize his
contract with the aforementioned European clubs and returned to
Paraguay to play for
Olimpia
Asunción, where he is trying to recover his game lost long time
ago, unluky so far in this attempt. Although his mother, the
popular "Dona Tora" has still proven to be a tough player.
International career
Cuevas represented
Paraguay at the
2002 World Cup, scoring two superb
crucial goals in Paraguay's final group match, a 3-1 win over
Slovenia. Without
the two goals,
South
Africa would have progressed to the second round at Paraguay's
expense on goal difference.
Cuevas was also in the National team in the
Germany
2006 World Cup,
and scored the second goal in the 2-0 Paraguay victory over
Trinidad
& Tobago after an assist by teammate Roque Santa Cruz. Despite the win,
Paraguay failed to advance to the second round.
Personal
His mother, Nidia Amarilla, is also his manager, which is a rarity
in the soccer world.
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