Néstor Ayala

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Néstor Ayala
Personal information
Full name	Néstor Ayala Villagra
Date of birth	February 18, 1983 (1983-02-18) (age 25)
Place of birth	Paraguay
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Club Atlético Tigre
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007 2007-	Sportivo Iteño Once Lobos Atlético Balboa C.D. FAS Club Sportivo Luqueño Club Atlético Tigre	? (?)  ? (?)  ? (?)  ? (?)  ? (?) 11 (7)
National team2
2007-	Paraguay	1 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 November 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 3 November 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Néstor Ayala Villagra (Born February 18, 1983) is a Paraguayan football player who currently plays striker for Club Atlético Tigre in Argentina.

Contents 1 Professional career 2 International career 3 Notes and references 4 External links

[edit] Professional career

Anaya began his professional footballing career playing for Sportivo Iteño in the Paraguayan third division. After playing well throughout the season, Ayala was offered trails to play for various clubs in the El Salvador's Primera División. Ayala had trails with various clubs but was ultimately signed by Once Lobos for the 2004 Clausura season. He spent one year with the Santa Ana club, before transferring to C.D. Atlético Balboa for the 2005 season. After having a solid year with C.D. Atlético Balboa, Ayala finished the 2005/2006 Apertura season as his teams top goalscorer and tied for second as the leagues leading scorer. As a result of his consisitently good performances, Ayala arose interest from some of El Salvador larger clubs, and ultimately signed a 3 year contract with Club Deportivo FAS for the 2006 Clausura season. After having a spectacular season with FAS. Ayala finished top scorer for his team and was arguably the club's best player for the season. He led them to finish second for the seasons and was a vital part of FAS progressing to the final against C.D. Águila (A game they ultimately lost 4-2).

After that season there was talk of Ayala becoming nationalised as a Salvadoran and playing for the national team, along with his team mate Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos, Vista Hermosa's Patricio Barroche and A.D. Isidro Metapán's Rodrigo Lagos. ^[1]

For the 2006 Apertura Ayala once again began the season strong and was fast becoming a fan favourtie, not only by FAS's supporter but by all Salvadoran's. Unfortunately, at some stage during mid season the decision was made to release Ayala after the clubs president called him out for being an alcoholic^{[citation needed]}. After his release Ayala returned to Paraguay were he signed with Club Sportivo Luqueño for the remainder of the season. There he was a part of Club Sportivo Luqueño championship winning team for that season. Ayala remained at the club for the 2006/2007 Apertura season and was ultimately spotted by Argentina's Club Atlético Tigre.

Ayala then transferred to Tigre for a reportadly 2.5 million transfer fee and has since been playing extremely well. His greatest game so far was arguably the game against River Plate, where he netted 2 goals. ^{[2] [3]}. Tigre eventually finished the Apertura 2007 in second place, the highest league finish in the clubs history. Ayala made a contribution of 7 goals in 11 games.

[edit] International career

Ayala was recently called up to the Paraguayan national side in a South American FIFA World Cup qualifier against Ecuador. Ayala played well scoring a goal and assisting in another in Paraguay's 5-1 win. ^[4]

[edit] Notes and references