Ricardo Cabanas
![]() Cabanas lining up for Switzerland in November 2006 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ricardo Cabanas-Rey | ||
Date of birth | 17 January 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1986–1992 | SCI Juventus Zürich | ||
1992–1997 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2006 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 198 | (42) |
2003–2004 | → Guingamp (loan) | 17 | (0) |
2006–2007 | 1. FC Köln | 41 | (2) |
2007–2012 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 86 | (20) |
Total | 342 | (64) | |
International career‡ | |||
2000–2008 | Switzerland | 51 | (4) |
2005–2008 | Galicia | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 August 2008 |
Ricardo Cabanas-Rey (born 17 January 1979) is a former Swiss football player who played as a midfielder.[1][2] He played 51 international matches for the Swiss national team.
Club career
Born in Zürich, Cabanas started his career with Grasshoppers Zürich and played there for several seasons, winning two league titles, before moving to Cologne. During this period, he also enjoyed a loan spell at Guingamp.[3]
In June 2007, 1. FC Köln announced that Cabanas was to return to his previous club, Grasshoppers Zürich for an undisclosed fee.
International career
Cabanas is a member of the Switzerland national team and was called up to the squad which participated in the 2006 World Cup[4] and the Euro 2008. At the 2006 FIFA World Cup he missed a spot-kick during his side's penalty shootout against Ukraine, who emerged victorious. Cabanas has also played for the (non-official) Galicia national team against Iran[5] and against Uruguay.[6]
Personal life
His father, also called Ricardo Cabanas, played for Bellinzona, and for SC Kriens[7] in the 1980–81 season. His brother, Christian Cabanas Rey,[7] also briefly played in the professional league. His cousin, Raúl Cabanas, played with Ricardo at Grasshoppers.
He has two children with his wife Deby.[8]
References
- ^ "Ricardo Cabanas". ZeroZeroFootball. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ^ "Ricardo Cabanas: Official Website". Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
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- ^ Ricardo Cabanas – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Zurück zu den Wurzeln" (in German). Blick.ch. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ^ "Un gallego con una Suiza de Calidad" (in Spanish). elcorreogallego.es. 5 June 2006. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
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External links
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- Ricardo Cabanas – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Official website Template:De icon
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Swiss people of Galician descent
- Swiss people of Spanish descent
- Swiss footballers
- Swiss expatriate footballers
- Switzerland under-21 international footballers
- Switzerland international footballers
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2008 players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in France
- En Avant de Guingamp players
- 1. FC Köln players
- Grasshopper Club Zürich players
- Swiss Super League players
- Ligue 1 players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Sportspeople from Zürich
- Swiss expatriates in Germany
- Swiss expatriates in France
- Association football midfielders