Nelson Cuevas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nelson Rafael Cuevas Amarilla | ||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997 | Sport Colombia | ||
| 1997–1998 | Tembetary | ||
| 1998–2004 | River Plate | 74 | (10) |
| 2003 | → Inter Shanghai (loan) | 24 | (6) |
| 2005–2006 | Pachuca | 47 | (16) |
| 2006–2007 | Club América | 23 | (0) |
| 2008 | Libertad | 8 | (0) |
| 2008 | Santos | 17 | (2) |
| 2009 | Universidad de Chile | 12 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Olimpia Asunción | 41 | (12) |
| 2010 | Albacete | 11 | (1) |
| 2011 | Puebla | 9 | (0) |
| 2011 | Cerro Porteño | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | Sportivo Luqueño | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | Sportivo Carapeguá | 7 | (1) |
| Total | 276 | (50) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999 | Paraguay U20 | ||
| 2000 | Paraguay U23 | ||
| 1999–2007 | Paraguay | 41 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2012. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 December 2008 |
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Nelson Rafael Cuevas Amarilla (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnelson rafaˈel ˈkweβas amaˈɾiʎa]; born 10 January 1980 in Asunción, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan former footballer and current singer.
He represented the Paraguay national football team at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups and the 1999 and 2007 Copa América tournaments.
In addition to playing club football in his native Paraguay, Cuevas played for Santos in Brazil, River Plate in Argentina, Universidad de Chile in Chile, Albacete in Spain, Inter Shanghai in China, and three clubs in Mexico.
Cuevas started his career at Club Atlético Tembetary, a lower division club from Paraguay, before moving to River Plate of Argentina in 1998. He will forever be remembered by River fans for his memorable goals against Racing and Boca, the first resulting in River's championship win. 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.
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