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Almeida celebrating after winning a penalty shoot-out with Olimpia in 1990

He made his professional debut in 1967 at the age of 19 playing for CA Cerro of Montevideo. Club Atlético Cerro Club Atlético Cerro, usually known simply as Cerro is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. Montevideo (monteβi'ðeo is the largest city the capital and chief port of Uruguay. After a few years in the Uruguayan football league he was transferred to Club Guaraní of Paraguay. Club Guaraní is a Paraguayan Football (soccer team based in the neighbourhood of Dos Bocas in outer Asunción, founded in 1903 Shortly afterwards, in 1973, he received an offer from Olimpia de Asuncion. Club Olimpia is a traditional Paraguayan Sports club based in Asunción, best known for its Football (soccer team

From that point on, Almeida played with Olimpia for nearly two decades, setting a record for being the player with most appearances in the Copa Libertadores with 113, from 1973 to 1990, winning the tournament on two occasions (1979 and 1990). Club Olimpia is a traditional Paraguayan Sports club based in Asunción, best known for its Football (soccer team The Copa Santander Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América, ( Taça Libertadores da América) is a football cup competition played He also won the Intercontinental Cup (1979), Supercopa Sudamericana (1990), and the Recopa Sudamericana (1990), along with several Paraguayan national championships with Olimpia. Statistics including Intercontinental Cup (1960-2004 FIFA Club World Cup (2000 and 2007 on Supercopa Sudamericana ( English: South American Supercup, Portuguese: Supercopa Sul-americana) also known as Supercopa João Havelange The Recopa Sudamericana (also known as Recopa VISA Sudamericana ( English: South American Super Cup, Portuguese: Recopa Sul-Americana

Almeida was an extremely good penalty saver, a skill that helped Olimpia to win both international and national championships. Past the age of 40 he decided to retire and became a legend for Paraguayan clubs.

After retiring he worked in sports journalism and later became a coach of teams like Sol de América of Paraguay, Municipal of Guatemala, Nacional of Quito of Ecuador, and he even coached the Paraguayan national team in 1999 during the Copa America. Sol de América is a Paraguayan Sports club, mostly known for its Football (soccer team Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only A township (or Municipality) is a settlement which has the status and powers of a unit of local government Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest Club Deportivo El Nacional is a sports club from Quito, Ecuador that is best known for its professional football team For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. The Paraguay national football team is the national team of Paraguay and is controlled by the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol. The Copa América ( Spanish and Portuguese for "America Cup" is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by He is currently coaching Barcelona SC of Ecuador with success. Barcelona Sporting Club is an Ecuadorian football team located in the country's most populous city Guayaquil. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics.

Titles as a player

• Paraguayan League: 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989 (with Olimpia)
• Copa Libertadores: 1979, 1990 (with Olimpia)
• Copa Interamericana: 1979 (with Olimpia)
• Intercontinental Cup: 1979 (with Olimpia)
• Supercopa Sudamericana: 1990 (with Olimpia)
• Recopa Sudamericana: 1990 (with Olimpia)

External link

• Profile at Club Olimpia