Juan Ayala

Juan Ayala
Personal information
Full name	Juan Pelayo Ayala Cáceres
Date of birth	26 June 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth	Villa Hayes, Paraguay
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Benjamín Aceval
1961–1968	Libertad
1968–1969	Antofagasta Portuario
1969	Lota Schwager
1972	Always Ready
1973	Ingenieros de Oruro
1974	Oruro Royal
International career
1963	Paraguay
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Pelayo Ayala Cáceres (born 1942) is a Paraguayan former footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia and Venezuela.^[1] He played in five matches for the Paraguay national football team in 1963.^[2] He was also part of Paraguay's squad for the 1963 South American Championship.^[3]

Career

Born in Villa Hayes, Paraguay, Ayala started his career with Benjamín Aceval before playing for Libertad from 1961 to 1968.^[1]^[4]

After Libertad, Ayala moved to Chile and got two consecutive league titles of the Segunda División with Antofagasta Portuario and Lota Schwager in 1968 and 1969, respectively.^[5]^[6] He became an idol for Deportes Antofagasta.^[7]^[8]

From 1972 and 1974, Ayala played in Bolivia for Always Ready, Ingenieros de Oruro and Oruro Royal. He ended his career playing in Venezuela.^[1]^[4]

After his retirement, Ayala lived for 25 years in Venezuela before settling in Antofagasta, Chile.^[1]^[4]

Ayala is the godfather of the former Paraguayan international goalkeeper Ricardo Tavarelli.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Cáceres, Miguel Ángel (15 June 2015). "Pelayo Ayala, goleador guaraní en Antofagasta". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 June 2025.
^ "Juan Ayala". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "South American Championship 1963". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hoy recordamos a través de ésta fotografía a Juan Pelayo Ayala, villahayense de corazón" (in Spanish). Villa Hayes Recuerdos. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
^ "Cuatro hitos que debes saber sobre Deportes Antofagasta". Red Bull (in Spanish). 17 January 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
^ Torres Aillón, Luis (2019). "¡ EL ASCENSO DE 1969!". Grandes historias de Lota Schwager Tomo II (PDF) (in Spanish). Tomé, Chile: Al Aire Libro 2.0. pp. 25–39. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
^ @clubdeportesantofagasta; (26 June 2024). "🥳🎉 ¡FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS, DON JUAN PELAYO AYALA! ⚓️🤍💙" (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2025 – via Instagram.
^ "El hombre del Quillotazo 🤯" (in Spanish). Deportes Antofagasta. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2025.

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