Ever Almeida

Ever Almeida
Personal information
Full name	Ever Hugo Almeida Almada
Date of birth	1 July 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Salto, Uruguay
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Mushuc Runa (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1967–1971	Cerro
1972	Guaraní
1973–1991	Olimpia
Total
International career
1975–1985	Paraguay
Managerial career
1992	Nacional
1993	Olimpia
1996	Sportivo Luqueño
1997–1998	Sol de América
1999	Paraguay
2000	Sol de América
2001–2004	Municipal
2004–2007	El Nacional
2008	Barcelona SC
2008–2009	Olimpia
2009–2010	Nacional
2010–2013	Guatemala
2013–2014	Olimpia
2015–2017	Libertad
2017	Sportivo Trinidense
2017	Olimpia
2017	Municipal
2018	Sol de América
2019	Rionegro Águilas
2021	Sol de América
2022–2024	El Nacional
2024–	Mushuc Runa
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ever Hugo Almeida Almada (born 1 July 1948) is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current manager of Ecuadorian club Mushuc Runa.

Almeida was born in Salto, Uruguay, but became a naturalized Paraguayan in 1975.

Career

As player

Almeida made his professional debut in 1967 at the age of 19 playing for C.A. Cerro of Montevideo. After a few years in the Uruguayan football league he was transferred to Club Guaraní of Paraguay. Shortly afterwards, in 1973, he received an offer from Olimpia. From that point on Almeida played with Olimpia for nearly two decades, setting a record for being the player with most appearances in the Copa Libertadores with 113,^[1] from 1973 to 1990, winning the tournament on two occasions (1979 and 1990). He also won the Intercontinental Cup (1979), Supercopa Sudamericana (1990), and the Recopa Sudamericana (1991), along with several Paraguayan national championships with Olimpia.

As coach

After retiring as a player, Almeida worked in sports journalism and later became a coach of teams like Sol de América and Olimpia of Paraguay, Municipal of Guatemala, Nacional of Quito and Barcelona SC of Ecuador; and he even coached the Paraguay national team in 1999 during the Copa América.^[2] In August 2008, Almeida was chosen as the new coach of Olimpia replacing Gustavo Costas, marking his return to the club since 1993.^[3] Almeida achieved success as a coach by winning championships in Paraguay, Guatemala and Ecuador. He also coached Club Nacional of Paraguay.