Gustavo Bobadilla

Gustavo Bobadilla

Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Adolfo Bobadilla Orrego
Date of birth	(1959-02-17) 17 February 1959
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Sol de América (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	General Genes
1979–1982	Olimpia
1984	Sol de América
1985–1988	Olimpia
1988–1990	Colegiales
1991	Deportivo Municipal
1991–1992	Sportivo Luqueño
1993	Melgar
Managerial career
1995	Guaraní (assistant)
1996	Sportivo Luqueño (assistant)
1997–1998	Sol de América
1999	Paraguay (assistant)
2000	Olimpia (youth)
2000	Tacuary
2001–2002	Paraguay (assistant)
2003	Deportivo Recoleta
2004	Paraguay U20 (assistant)
2005–2006	Olimpia (assistant)
2008	Melgar
2011–2012	Guatemala U20
2013	Olimpia (assistant)
2014	25 de Noviembre
2014	Resistencia
2015	Independiente FBC
2015	Deportivo Santaní (assistant)
2016–2017	22 de Setiembre
2017	River Plate Asunción
2017	Municipal (assistant)
2018	25 de Noviembre
2018–2019	General Caballero JLM
2021	Sol de América (assistant)
2021	2 de Mayo
2022	General Caballero JLM
2023–	Sol de América
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gustavo Adolfo Bobadilla Orrego (born 17 February 1959) is a Paraguayan football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current manager of Sol de América.

Playing career

Born in Paraguay, Bobadilla started his career at Olimpia Asunción where he played for 12 years mostly as a substitute to the star of Ever Hugo Almeida. While in Olimpia, he won several national championships between 1979 and 1988. He then went on to play for Atlético Colegiales and Sportivo Luqueño before going to Peru to play for teams like Club Deportivo Municipal and FBC Melgar. He also had a brief stint in Club Sol de América in 1984.

While playing in Peru, Bobadilla sported the emblem of Sportivo Luqueño in his jerseys to show the love for the team and the city of Luque.

Coaching career

Bobadilla managed the youth divisions of teams like Olimpia, Sol de América, Guaraní and the Paraguay national team. In Peru, he coached Melgar FBC. and in the second division of Paraguay, the teams of Resistencia and Independiente de Campo Grande.