Roberto Cabañas González (11 April 1961 – 9 January 2017) was a Paraguayan footballer who played as a forward. Career During his career, Cabañas played for Cerro Porteño of Paraguay, Stade Brestois and Olympique Lyonnais of France, the New York Cosmos (winning the 1980 and 1982 NASL championship and top scorer and NASL MVP in 1983), América de Cali of Colombia (helping the team in reaching three consecutive Copa Libertadores finals) and Boca Juniors of Argentina (winning the 1992 Apertura tournament and the 1992 Copa Master de Supercopa). After representing Paraguay at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, Cabañas became a key player of the Paraguay national team during the 1980s. Cabañas was not only pivotal in Paraguay's qualification for the Mexico 1986 World Cup, but he also scored the two goals against Belgium in the pivotal third group match, thus tying the game at 2-2. This allowed Paraguay to qualify second in their group, behind Mexico. After retiring, Cabañas settled in Cali, Colombia, where he married and had two children. Cabañas died of a heart attack in Asunción in January 2017, Paraguay. He was 55. References External links rsssf 1961 births 2017 deaths People from Ñeembucú Department Paraguayan footballers Paraguayan expatriate footballers Cerro Porteño players América de Cali footballers Stade Brestois 29 players Olympique Lyonnais players Boca Juniors footballers New York Cosmos players Club Libertad footballers Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Ecuador Expatriate footballers in Colombia Expatriate soccer players in the United States Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in France Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in the United States North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Paraguayan Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Categoría Primera A players Ecuadorian Serie A players Paraguay under-20 international footballers Paraguay international footballers Copa América-winning players 1979 Copa América players 1986 FIFA World Cup players 1987 Copa América players 1993 Copa América players América de Cali managers Association football forwards Paraguayan football managers 20th-century Paraguayan people 21st-century Paraguayan people