Elvio de Jesús Vera Brítez

It capped an unlikely turnaround for a player who, two years earlier, had torn his cruciate ligament during his first loan spell at the same club, then playing in Paraguay's second tier.

Vera started out in amateur football with 13 de Junio, in Kerâî, in the Caazapá area, making his first-team debut there at 15. He turned professional two years later at Deportivo Capiatá, then moved in 2019 to Cerro Porteño, one of Paraguay's biggest clubs, with whom he won the Apertura title in 2020. A regular place in the first team never materialised, and Cerro Porteño loaned him out repeatedly: to River Plate in 2021, and to 12 de Octubre the following year.

A loan at Sportivo Luqueño followed in the first half of 2025 before he returned to Ameliano again that July, on a loan running to June 2026. Vera has been called up for Paraguay's under-23 side but has yet to play for the senior national team.