Roberto Cabañas
Roberto Cabañas González was a Paraguayan professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career
During his career, Cabañas played for Cerro Porteño of Paraguay, Brest and Lyon of France, the New York Cosmos, América de Cali of Colombia and Boca Juniors of Argentina.After representing Paraguay at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, Cabañas became a key player of the Paraguay national team during the 1980s. Cabañas was not only pivotal in Paraguay's qualification for the [1986 FIFA World Cup|Mexico 1986 Copa Libertadores|1986 World Cup], but he also scored the two goals against Belgium in the pivotal third group match, thus tying the game at 2–2. This allowed Paraguay to qualify second in their group, behind Mexico.
Later life and death
After retiring, Cabañas settled in Cali, Colombia, where he married and had two children.Cabañas died of a heart attack in Asunción in January 2017, Paraguay. He was 55.
Honours
New York Cosmos- NASL: 1980, 1982
- National Conference: 1980, 1981, 1982
- Eastern Division: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
- Categoría Primera A: 1985, 1986
- Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1985, 1986, 1987
Paraguay
Individual
- South American Team of the Year: 1986