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{{short description|Paraguayan footballer (born 1949)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{family name hatnote|Talavera|Valdez|lang=Spanish}}
'''Hugo Ricardo Talavera Valdez''' (born 31 October 1949 in [[Asunción]], [[Paraguay]]) is a former [[Association football|football]] [[midfielder]] and [[Forward (association football)|forward]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/hugo-talavera/ |title=Hugo Talavera |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>

==Career==
Talavera started his career at [[Club Nacional|Nacional]] of [[Barrio Obrero (Asunción)|Barrio Obrero]] before moving to [[Club Guaraní]], where he played briefly. His career advanced in 1971, when he joined [[Cerro Porteño]] and won three national championships in a row. In 1975, Talavera moved to rival club [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]], where he became a key player by winning several national and international titles until 1985, the year of his retirement. In 1979 He was champion of the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup. He also played for the [[Argentina|Argentine]] club [[Newell's Old Boys]].

At the national team level, Talavera was part of the [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay squad]] that won the 1979 [[Copa América]] tournament. That year Talavera won everything at the club level and at the national team level, being captain and figure.

After retiring from football, he briefly acted as Olimpia's head coach in 2005.

==Honours==
===Club===
* {{flagicon|PAR}} '''[[Cerro Porteño]]'''
** [[Paraguayan Primera División]]: 1972, 1973, and 1974
* {{flagicon|PAR}} '''[[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]'''
** [[Paraguayan Primera División]]: 1978, 1979,1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1985
** [[Copa Libertadores]]: [[Copa Libertadores 1979|1979]]
** [[Copa Interamericana]]: 1979
** [[Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Championship statistics|Intercontinental Cup]]: 1979

===National Team===
* {{fb|PAR}}
** [[Copa América]]: [[1979 Copa América|1979]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071216045449/http://www.olimpia.com.py/idolos/hugo_talavera.asp Olimpia Website]

{{Copa Libertadores winning captains}}
{{Paraguay squad 1975 Copa América}}
{{Paraguay squad 1979 Copa América}}

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[[Category:Paraguayan men's footballers]]
[[Category:Paraguayan football managers]]
[[Category:Cerro Porteño players]]
[[Category:Club Olimpia footballers]]
[[Category:Club Guaraní players]]
[[Category:Newell's Old Boys footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:Paraguay men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Asunción]]
[[Category:1975 Copa América players]]
[[Category:1979 Copa América players]]
[[Category:Copa América–winning players]]
[[Category:Copa Libertadores–winning players]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]


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