Fabián Cubero

Fabián Cubero

Personal information
Full name	Fabián Alberto Cubero
Date of birth	December 21, 1978 (1978-12-21)
Place of birth	Mar del Plata, Argentina
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Right back / Right winger / Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Vélez Sársfield
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–2007	Vélez Sársfield	248	(8)
2007–2008	UANL Tigres	40	(0)
2008–	Vélez Sársfield	91	(2)
National team‡
1995	Argentina U17
1997	Argentina U20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:41, 5 February 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:23, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Fabián Alberto Cubero (born 21 December 1978) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Vélez Sársfield in the Argentine Primera División. A versatile player, Cubero started as a defensive midfielder but has played most of his career as a right back. He is nicknamed Poroto (bean).

Club career

Cubero started his professional career with Vélez Sársfield in 1996. He won with the team the 1998 Clausura, where he was not a usual first team player, and the 2005 Clausura, where he was an important first team player. During this last tournament, he scored the first goal against Estudiantes de La Plata in the 3-0 that confirmed Vélez as champions. In 2007, he went to play to Mexico for Tigres de la UANL.

Subsequently, Cubero returned to Vélez Sársfield for the 2008–09 Argentine Primera División season. He established as a starter as defensive midfielder during the Apertura tournament (first half of the season). However, when Ricardo Gareca took the manager position in Vélez for the Clausura tournament (second half of the season), Cubero started playing as right back. After Nicolás Cabrera and Darío Ocampo's injuries, Cubero played the last games of the season as right winger. He played a total of 17 games during Vélez' championship winning campaign, captaining the team during most of them.

On August 15, 2010, Cubero reached 300 professional games with Vélez (counting league and international competitions) during the 2010 Apertura second fixture win against All Boys. After winning his fourth Primera División title with Vélez in the 2011 Clausura, Cubero (already 32 years old) renewed his contract for another 3 years.

International career

In 1997, Cubero was part of the Argentina U20 team that won the FIFA World Youth Championship held in Malaysia.

Personal life

Since 2006, Cubero is in a romantic relationship with Argentine model Nicole Neumann. They are married and have a daughter named Indiana.

He is also recognized for his high-pitched voice.

Honours

Vélez Sársfield

• Argentine Primera División (4): 1998 Clausura, 2005 Clausura, 2009 Clausura, 2011 Clausura

Argentina U-20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup (1): 1997

External links

• Profile at Vélez Sársfield official website (Spanish)
• Fabián Cubero – FIFA competition record
• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)
• Statistics at BDFA (Spanish)
• Statistics at Guardian Stats Centre