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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adriano Samaniego Giménez | ||
| Date of birth | (1963-09-08)8 September 1963 (age 62) | ||
| Place of birth | Luque,Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Olimpia Asunción | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1985 | Olimpia Asunción | 111 | (51) |
| 1987–1989 | Necaxa | 45 | (10) |
| 1990 | Olimpia Asunción | 39 | (26) |
| 1991 | Junior Barranquilla | 33 | (18) |
| 1992 | Olimpia Asunción | 30 | (14) |
| 1993–1994 | Junior Barranquilla | 56 | (23) |
| 1995–1997 | Olimpia Asunción | 77 | (26) |
| 1998 | Guaraní | 20 | (10) |
| International career | |||
| 1985–1995 | Paraguay | 26 | (7) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of April 2008 | |||
Adriano Samaniego Giménez (born 8 September 1963) is a formerfootballstriker.
Samaniego started his football career in the youth divisions ofClub Olimpia ofParaguay. His debut in the first team squad was in 1981. He played for Olimpia from 1981 to 1985, achieving thetop scorer title of theParaguayan League in 1985 and winning the national championship in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985. A serious injury kept him from playing the1986 FIFA World Cup. After a brief stint inMexico playing forNecaxa, he returned to Olimpia in 1990 to form the feared attacking trio of 1990 along withRaul Vicente Amarilla andGabriel "El Loco" González, which led Olimpia to theCopa Libertadores title,Supercopa Sudamericana andRecopa of the same year. Samaniego was also thetop scorer of the Copa Libertadores in 1990 with seven goals.
After his success with Olimpia, Samaniego played forColombian sideJunior de Barranquilla between 1991 and 1994, where he won the 1993 national championship, before returning again to Olimpia in 1995. Adriano Samaniego ended his career in 1998 playing forClub Guaraní. He will always be remembered for his speed and his characteristic tremendous left foot shots.
Samaniego made his international debut for theParaguay national football team on 9 October 1985 in afriendly match againstChile (0-0). He obtained a total number of 26 international caps, scoring seven goals for the national side.
| International Goals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| ??. | 27 February 1991 | Campo Grande, Brazil |  Brazil | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| ??. | 6 July 1995 | Maldonado, Uruguay |  Mexico | 2–1 | 2–1 | Copa América |
