Estanislao Struway Samaniego (born 25 June 1968) is a Paraguayan football coach and former midfielder from who was nicknamed Taní during his career. He is the current coach of División Intermedia team Sportivo Iteño.[1]

Estanislao Struway
Personal information
Full name Estanislao Struway Samaniego
Date of birth (1968-06-25) 25 June 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Itá, Paraguay
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1994 Cerro Porteño
1994–1995 Racing Club 16 (0)
1995–1996 Los Andes 12 (0)
1996 Sporting Cristal 21 (0)
1997 Portuguesa 5 (0)
1998–1999 Coritiba 32 (1)
1999–2002 Cerro Porteño
2002–2003 Libertad
2004 12 de Octubre
2005 Sportivo Iteño
International career
1991–2002 Paraguay 74 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 2008

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At club level Struway spent most of his career in Paraguay where he won five league titles. He also played at professional level in Argentina, Peru and Brazil. His first club was Cerro Porteño where he made his debut in 1988, he won two Paraguayan league titles in his first spell with the club in 1990 and 1992.

Struway joined Argentine Racing Club de Avellaneda in 1995 but never settled, he joined 2nd division Los Andes the next season. In 1996, he played for Sporting Cristal in Peru.

Struway played in Brazil in the late 1990s, making appearances for Portuguesa and Coritiba. In the former, he protagonized an unusual episode during a Campeonato Brasileiro match: learning that he would be substituted, Struway angrily took off his shirt and threw it on the ground, resulting in him getting sent off instead.

In 1999, he returned to Cerro Porteño where he won another Paraguayan league title in 2001. In 2002, he moved to Libertad where he was part of two more league championship winning campaigns. He spent his last years playing for 12 de Octubre and then Sportivo Iteño before his retirement in 2005.

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Struway made his international debut for the Paraguay national football team on 27 February 1991 in a friendly match against Brazil (1-1). He obtained a total number of 74 international caps, scoring four goals for the national side.[2] He played in the 2002 FIFA World Cup[3] and in five editions of the Copa América: 1991,[4] 1993,[5] 1995,[6] 1997[7] and 2001[8]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Diario HOY | Taní Struway va dirigir en la Intermedia".
  2. ^ rsssf: Paraguay record international footballers
  3. ^ rsssf.org: World Cup 2002 – Match Details
  4. ^ rsssf: Copa América 1991
  5. ^ rsssf: Copa América 1993 Archived 21 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ rsssf: Copa América 1995
  7. ^ rsssf: Copa América 1997
  8. ^ rsssf: Copa América 2001 Archived 4 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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