Club Rubio Ñu

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 name	Club Rubio Ñu
Nickname(s)	Albiverdes Laureado Ñuenses
Founded	August 24, 1913
Ground	Estadio La Arboleda
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Gustavo Dávalos
Manager	Héctor Marecos
League	División Intermedia
2024	División Intermedia, 7th of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

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

• Paraguayan Second Division: 7

1926, 1941, 1954, 1961, 1963, 1972, 2008

• Paraguayan Third Division: 3

1941, 1942, 2005

Current squad

As of 25 January 2025^[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  PAR Horacio Almada 3 DF  PAR Javier Vallejos (Captain) 4 MF  ARG Enzo Castillo 5 DF  PAR Pedro Álvarez 7 FW  PAR Juan Giménez 10 FW  PAR Edsson Riveros 11 FW  PAR Sebastián Ruíz Díaz 14 DF  ARG Mariano Ramos 15 MF  PAR Fernando Garcete 17 DF  PAR Yony Villazanti 18 FW  PAR César Villagra

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  PAR Gonzalo Medina 23 FW  PAR Édgar Benítez - DF  PAR Víctor Ayala - MF  PAR Alexis González - MF  PAR Marcelino Ñamandú - MF  PAR Diego Velázquez - FW  PAR Derlis Mereles - FW  PAR Samir Fariña - FW  PAR Rodolfo Gamarra - FW  ARG Julián Viollaz

Notable players

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.

2010's Josías Paulo Cardoso Júnior (2012)[4]