Luis Arnulfo Gini Jara (born 31 October 1935) is a Paraguayan former

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defender who was in Paraguay’s

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for the

1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the 6th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first and only FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Br ...

. He also played for

Club Sol de América Club Sol de América is a Paraguayan sports club, mostly known for its Association football, football team. The club is located in barrio Obrero (Asunción), Barrio Obrero, Asunción, and was founded in 1909. The stadium Sol de America uses for m ...

International career

Gini was included in the Paraguay

for the

, but did not make any appearances. He was also in Paraguay's

for the 1959 Copa America in Argentina, playing five games. The first game against

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was also his first cap with

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

. His eighth and last cap was the 2nd leg of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification Inter-confederation playoff against

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References

External links

FIFA profile
1935 births Living people Paraguayan men's footballers Paraguay men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Club Sol de América footballers 1958 FIFA World Cup players People from Piribebuy Footballers from Cordillera Department {{Paraguay-footy-defender-stub