Football is by far the most popular sport in Paraguay. Paraguay's national team has played at eight FIFA World Cup competitions and has won two Copa América tournaments. Olimpia Asunción is the country's most successful club in domestic and international competitions. Paraguay's football leagues are divided into four divisions. In 2020, Paraguay's top-tier was ranked 8th in the world by the IFFHS.
Paraguay's national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa
Paraguay's biggest star, José Luís Chilavert was chosen by the IFFHS as the best goalkeeper in the world on three occasions, namely in 1995, 1997 and 1998, and figures amongst 48 legendary players by the IFFHS
Paraguay against England at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
Roque Santa Cruz is the national team's highest goal scorer with 32 goals
Roque Luis Santa Cruz Cantero is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Paraguayan Primera División club Club Libertad. He is the record goal scorer and has earned over 100 caps for the Paraguay national team, thus he is regarded as one of the best players in the nation's history. Santa Cruz has scored goals at a professional level in each of the last four decades.
Santa Cruz with Bayern Munich
Santa Cruz during his first spell with Blackburn
Santa Cruz training with Malaga in 2012
Santa Cruz during the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League against Zenit Saint Petersburg
