Ever Hugo Almeida

Football player infobox
playername = Ever Almeida


fullname = Ever Hugo Almeida
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1948|7|1
cityofbirth = Salto
countryofbirth = Uruguay
currentclub = "Retired"
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position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1967-1971
1972
1973-1991
clubs = CA Cerro
Guaraní
Olimpia
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nationalteam = Paraguay
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Ever Hugo Almeida (born July 1, 1948 in Salto, Uruguay); naturalized Paraguayan in 1975, is a former football goalkeeper and coach.

Career

As player

Almeida made his professional debut in 1967 at the age of 19 playing for CA Cerro of Montevideo. After a few years in the Uruguayan football league he was transferred to Club Guaraní of Paraguay. Shortly afterwards, in 1973, he received an offer from Olimpia Asunción. 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 [ [http://www.rsssf.com/players/almeida-app-copalib.html Ever Almeida's matches in Copa Libertadores] ] , from 1973 to 1990, winning the tournament on two occasions (1979 and 1990). He also won the Intercontinental Cup (1979), Supercopa Sudamericana (1990), and the Recopa Sudamericana (1990), along with several with Olimpia.

Almeida was an extremely good penalty saver, a skill that helped Olimpia win both international and national championships. Past the age of 40 he decided to retire and became a legend for the Paraguayan club due to all his contributions and titles obtained throughout the years.

As coach

After retiring as a player, Almeida worked in sports journalism and later became a coach of teams like Sol de América and Olimpia of Paraguay; Municipal of Guatemala, Nacional of Quito and Barcelona SC of Ecuador; and he even coached the Paraguayan national team in 1999 during the Copa America. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tables/99safull.html#rosters Copa America 1999 rosters] ] In August of 2008, Almeida was chosen as the new coach of Olimpia replacing Gustavo Costas, marking his return to the club since 1993. [ [http://futbolalogrande.com/2008/8/29/4032/El-elegido El elegido] ]

Almeida achieved success as a coach by winning championships in Paraguay, Guatemala and Ecuador.

Titles

As player

As coach

References

External links

* [http://www.olimpia.com.py/idolos/ever_almeida.asp Profile at Club Olimpia]
* [http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugador2.asp?codigo=45836 Profile at BDFA]