Gabriel Caballero

Mexican footballer and manager (born 1971)

Gabriel Caballero
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Esteban Caballero Schiker[1]
Date of birth (1971-02-05) 5 February 1971 (age 53)
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
2016–2017 Dorados
2017–2018 Cafetaleros
2018–2020 Juárez
2022–2023 Mazatlán
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gabriel Esteban Caballero Schiker (born 5 February 1971) is a professional football manager and former player. Born in Argentina, he played for the Mexico national team.

Club 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,[2] winning 6 championships (Santos Laguna, Pachuca), most recently with Pachuca on 27 May 2007. He announced his retirement on 18 November 2009.

International career

Mexico national team

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.[3]

Managerial 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.

Honours

Player

Santos Laguna

Pachuca

Individual

Manager

Dorados

Cafetaleros

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
  2. ^ MedioTiempo.com. "Gabriel Caballero – Pachuca" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  3. ^ FIFA. "FIFA Player Statistics: Gabriel CABALLERO". Retrieved 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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Mexico squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup
Mexico
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Play-off matches not included
Managerial positions
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Dorados de Sinaloa – managers
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FC Juárez – managers
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Mazatlán F.C. – managers
(c) = caretaker manager