Gabriel Caballero
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Esteban Caballero Schiker | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1994 | Central Córdoba | 99 | (16) |
| 1994–1995 | Antofagasta | 58 | (22) |
| 1995–1998 | Santos Laguna | 93 | (27) |
| 1998–2002 | Pachuca | 154 | (28) |
| 2002–2003 | Atlas | 40 | (6) |
| 2003–2004 | Pachuca | 46 | (5) |
| 2004–2005 | Puebla | 33 | (3) |
| 2005–2009 | Pachuca | 151 | (22) |
| Total | 674 | (129) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2001–2002 | Mexico | 8 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2011 | Pachuca (Assistant coach) | ||
| 2013 | Pachuca | ||
| 2015–2016 | Cafetaleros de Tapachula | ||
| 2016–2017 | Dorados de Sinaloa | ||
| 2017–2018 | Cafetaleros de Tapachula | ||
| 2018–2020 | FC Juárez | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 August 2007 | |||
Gabriel Esteban Caballero Schiker (born 5 February 1971 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina) is a Mexican-Argentine footballer professional football coach and former player who is the former manager of FC Juárez.
Biography
Career
Caballero started playing in his native Argentina's Central Córdoba in 1989, and in 1993 he transferred to Chilean Antofagasta.
In 1995, he arrived in Mexico, and has played for Mexican teams such as Santos Laguna, Pachuca, Atlas and Puebla,[1] winning 6 championships (Santos Laguna, Pachuca), most recently with Pachuca on 27 May 2007. He announced his retirement on 18 November 2009.
International career
Caballero became a naturalized Mexican on 11 December 2001, and was later recruited to the national team, with whom he had the chance to play in his first World Cup in 2002, held in South Korea and Japan. Caballero appeared in all three of Mexico's first round matches, against Croatia, Ecuador, and Italy.[2]
Managing career
After his retirement announced his new job as Assistant coach from his last club, on 14 November 2012 he was announced as the new coach of C.F. Pachuca, after the club terminated their previous coach Hugo Sanchez.
Club honours
Player
- Primera División Chilena – Top Scorer 1995
- Mexican Championship – Winter 1996
- Mexican Championship – Top Scorer Summer 1997
- Mexican Championship – Winter 1999, Winter 2001, Apertura 2003, Clausura 2006, Clausura 2007
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007, 2008
- Copa Nissan Sudamericana: 2006
- North American SuperLiga: 2007
Manager
- Ascenso MX: Apertura 2016
References
- ^ MedioTiempo.com. "Gabriel Caballero - Pachuca" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 15 June 2013.
- ^ FIFA. "FIFA Player Statistics: Gabriel CABALLERO". Retrieved on 15 June 2013.
External links
- Interview in Spanish
- Gabriel Esteban Caballero at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Profile at Guardian stats centre at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 July 2012)
- Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 March 2007) (in Spanish)
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- Use dmy dates from February 2013
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Santa Fe, Argentina
- Argentine emigrants to Mexico
- Naturalized citizens of Mexico
- Argentine people of German descent
- Association football midfielders
- Argentine footballers
- Mexican footballers
- Mexico international footballers
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- Central Córdoba de Rosario footballers
- C.D. Antofagasta footballers
- Santos Laguna footballers
- C.F. Pachuca players
- Atlas F.C. footballers
- Club Puebla players
- Liga MX players
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Chile
- Mexican football managers
- C.F. Pachuca managers
- Dorados de Sinaloa managers
- FC Juárez managers