Aguilar in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pablo César Aguilar Benítez | ||
Date of birth | 2 April 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Luque, Paraguay | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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América | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2007 | Sportivo Luqueño | 82 | (8) |
2008–2009 | Colón | 34 | (3) |
2009–2013 | San Luis | 31 | (2) |
2010–2011 | → Arsenal de Sarandí (loan) | 32 | (2) |
2011–2012 | → Sportivo Luqueño (loan) | 18 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Tijuana (loan) | 32 | (6) |
2013 | Tijuana | 17 | (1) |
2014– | América | 120 | (14) |
National team‡ | |||
2007– | Paraguay | 28 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2016 |
Pablo César Aguilar Benítez (born 2 April 1987) is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing as a defender for Liga MX club América and the Paraguay national team.
As of 13 March 2017, Aguilar is serving a ten-match suspension from any football activity after headbutting a referee.
Aguilar won the Paraguayan Primera División title with his first club, Sportivo Luqueño, in 2007. He then transferred to Argentine Primera División side Colón de Santa Fe, where he played for one year. Subsequently, Aguilar played for San Luis of the Mexican Primera División, before joining Argentine Primera's side Arsenal de Sarandí.
In 2012, Aguilar was sent on loan to Club Tijuana. He started in 20 matches for the club during the Apertura tournament, which Tijuana won, defeating Toluca in the final, even scoring one of the goals himself.
On 18 December 2013, it was announced that Aguilar was transferred to Club América, with the announcement being made on the club's Twitter account.
On 8 March 2017, during the Copa MX round-of-16 match against Tijuana, Aguilar headbutted referee Fernando Hernández. Despite initially being given a ten game suspension, a strike by the referee's association protesting the punishments of Aguilar and Enrique Triverio of Toluca ultimatley led to a revised year-long ban for Aguilar from any official football activity. On 31 March, it was reported that both Aguilar and Triverio would appeal their bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.