Eladio Zárate

Eladio Zárate
Zárate with San Lorenzo in 1963
Personal information
Full name Eladio Zárate León
Date of birth (1942-01-12)12 January 1942
Place of birth Alberdi, Paraguay
Date of death 3 May 2026(2026-05-03) (aged 84)
Place of death Lambaré, Paraguay
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1962 General Caballero
1962–1963 Olimpia
1964 San Lorenzo 32 (5)
1965–1966 Huracán 40 (18)
1967–1970 Unión Española 145 (103)
1971 Universidad de Chile 32 (25)
1972 San Luis Potosí
1973 Guaraní
International career
1959–1963 Paraguay 8 (4)
Managerial career
1976 Coquimbo Unido
1984 Guaraní (assistant)
Sportivo Ameliano
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eladio Zárate León (14 January 1942 – 3 May 2026)[1] was a Paraguayan professional footballer who played as a forward in clubs of Paraguay, Argentina and Chile and the Paraguay national team in the 1963 South American Championship.[2][3]

Playing career

Managerial career

Zárate began his career as manager in 1974. He coached Coquimbo Unido along with Enrique Hormazábal in 1976.[8] He also served as the assistant of Cayetano Ré in Guaraní in the 1984 season, when they became the Paraguayan champions, among others.[7]

As head coach, he led several teams in the Paraguayan second level and also regional teams until 2000.[7]

Personal life and death

Zárate married María Dolores López, a Chilean who played volleyball for Unión Española and is the niece of Juan Martínez, a former player of Rangers de Talca.[7]

He was the uncle of the former Paraguay international footballer, Diego Gavilán.[7]

His eldest son, who was with the Guaraní youth ranks, died of leukaemia, aged 17. His youngest son, Marcos,[9] is a former footballer who played at minor categories of the Spanish football and trialled with Unión Española in 2003.[10][7]

Zárate died on 3 May 2026, aged 84, in Lambaré, Paraguay.[11][1]

Honours

Olimpia

Individual

  • Chilean Championship top scorer: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971

References

  1. 1 2 @eladioalberto.zarategonzalez; (3 May 2026). "Q.E.P.D." (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 May 2026 – via Instagram.
  2. ↑ "Eladio Zárate". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "South American Championship 1963". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Union Española 1967 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Union Española 1970 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Universidad de Chile 1971 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Eladio Zárate, el implacable tetragoleador paraguayo que fue feliz en Chile". Grupo de Diarios América (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  8. ↑ Alfaro Pizarro, Wilson (20 July 2023). "Más de 60 años de fútbol: El recuerdo de una entrevista con el gran José Sulantay". Radio El Loa FM (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "Marcos Zarate - Ex-At. Ciudatella". www.lapreferente.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  10. ↑ "Un paraguayo en Cartagena". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). 20 September 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  11. ↑ Martorell, Francisco (4 May 2026). "Muere Eladio Zárate, histórico goleador de Unión Española y figura del fútbol chileno". El Periodista (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Paraguay 1962". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
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