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{{short description|Paraguayan footballer (born 1963)}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2010}}
{{family name hatnote|Samaniego|Giménez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Adriano Samaniego
| image = 
| fullname = Adriano Samaniego Giménez
| height = 1.80 m
 | birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1963|9|8}}
| birth_place = [[Luque]], [[Paraguay]]
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia Asunción]]
| years1 = 1981–1985
| years2 = 1987–1989
| years3 = 1990
| years4 = 1991
| years5 = 1992
| years6 = 1993–1994
| years7 = 1995–1997
| years8 = 1998
| clubs1 = [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia Asunción]]
| clubs2 = [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]]
| clubs3 = [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia Asunción]]
| clubs4 = [[Junior Barranquilla]]
| clubs5 = [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia Asunción]]
| clubs6 = [[Junior Barranquilla]]
| clubs7 = [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia Asunción]]
| clubs8 = [[Club Guaraní|Guaraní]]
| caps1 = 111
| caps2 = 45
| caps3 = 39
| caps4 = 33
| caps5 = 30
| caps6 = 56
| caps7 = 77
| caps8 = 20
| goals1 = 51
| goals2 = 10
| goals3 = 26
| goals4 = 18
| goals5 = 14
| goals6 = 23
| goals7 = 26
| goals8 = 10
| nationalyears1 = 1985–1995
| nationalteam1 = [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]
| nationalcaps1 = 26
| nationalgoals1 = 7
| pcupdate = April 2008
}}

'''Adriano Samaniego Giménez''' (born 8 September 1963) is a former [[Association football|football]] [[Striker (association football)|striker]].

==Club==
Samaniego started his football career in the youth divisions of [[Olimpia Asunción|Club Olimpia]] of [[Paraguay]]. His debut in the first team squad was in 1981. He played for Olimpia from 1981 to 1985, achieving the [[Primera División de Paraguay topscorers|top scorer title]] of the [[Liga Paraguaya|Paraguayan League]] in 1985 and winning the national championship in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985. A serious injury kept him from playing the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]]. After a brief stint in [[Mexico]] playing for [[Necaxa]], he returned to Olimpia in 1990 to form the feared attacking trio of 1990 along with [[Raul Vicente Amarilla]] and [[Gabriel González (Paraguayan footballer)|Gabriel "El Loco" González]], which led Olimpia to the [[Copa Libertadores]] title, [[Supercopa Sudamericana]] and [[Recopa Sudamericana|Recopa]] of the same year. Samaniego was also the [[Copa Libertadores de América Topscorers|top scorer]] of the Copa Libertadores in 1990 with seven goals.

After his success with Olimpia, Samaniego played for [[Colombia]]n side [[Atlético Junior|Junior 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 for [[Club Guaraní]]. He will always be remembered for his speed and his characteristic tremendous left foot shots.

==International==
Samaniego made his international debut for the [[Paraguay national football team]] on 9 October 1985 in a [[friendly match]] against [[Chile national football team|Chile]] (0-0). He obtained a total number of 26 international caps, scoring seven goals for the national side.

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{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="80%"
!colspan=7|<big>International Goals</big>
|-
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| ??. || 27 February 1991 || [[Campo Grande, Brazil]] || {{fb|BRA}} || 1–'''1''' || 1–'''1''' || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| ??. || 6 July 1995 || [[Maldonado, Uruguay]] || {{fb|MEX}} || '''2'''–1 || '''2'''–1 || [[1995 Copa América|Copa América]]
|}

==Honours==

===Club===
* '''[[Olimpia Asunción|Olimpia]]'''
** [[Liga Paraguaya: Primera División|Paraguayan Primera División]]: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1995, 1997
** [[Torneo República]]: 1992
** [[Copa Libertadores]]: [[Copa Libertadores 1990|1990]]
** [[Supercopa Sudamericana]]: 1990
** [[Recopa Sudamericana]]: 1990
* '''[[Junior Barranquilla]]'''
** [[Colombian Professional Football|Colombian 1st division]]: 1993

===Individual===
* '''[[Olimpia Asunción|Olimpia]]'''
** Top scorer [[Liga Paraguaya: Primera División|Paraguayan Primera División]]: 1985 (19 goals)
** Top scorer [[Copa Libertadores]]: 1990 (7 goals)

==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* {{BDFA|53236}}
* {{NFT player|38704}}

{{1990 South American Team of the Year}}
{{Copa Libertadores top scorers}}
{{Paraguay Squad 1995 Copa América}}
{{Deportivo Santaní managers}}

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