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Pablo Cavallero
Personal information
Full name Pablo Oscar Cavallero
Date of birth (1974-04-13) 13 April 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
Height 1.83 m
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Vélez Sarsfield 15 (0)
1998–1999 → Unión Santa Fe (loan) 34 (0)
1999–2000 Espanyol 26 (0)
2000–2004 Celta 121 (0)
2005–2008 Levante 43 (0)
2008–2009 Peñarol 15 (0)
Total 254 (0)
National team
1996 Argentina Olympic 4 (0)
1996–2004 Argentina 26 (0)
Honours
Representing  Argentina
Men's Football
Silver 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Pablo Oscar Cavallero (born 13 April 1974) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Nine years of his professional career were spent in Spain, mainly with Celta. He appeared in 152 La Liga matches over eight seasons.

An Argentina international for eight years, Cavallero played with his country in two World Cups and the 2004 Copa América.

Club career

Cavallero was born in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires Province. During his professional career he played for Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield – being second-choice to Paraguayan José Luis Chilavert for most of his tenure– Unión de Santa Fe, RCD Espanyol, RC Celta de Vigo and Levante UD (the last three in Spain's La Liga). With the last club, he also competed in the Segunda División, appearing in 38 games out of a possible 42 in the 2005–06 season as it returned to the top flight.

In his four-year spell with Celta, Cavallero won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy in 2002–03 as the Galician team qualified for the UEFA Champions League having finished fourth. He allowed 27 goals in 34 matches, a goals-per-match average of 0.79.

After one year out of professional football, Cavallero moved to Uruguay with Primera División side Peñarol, retiring in 2009 at the age of 35.

International career

Cavallero won 26 caps for Argentina in an eight-year span, and was a participant at the 1996 Summer Olympics, helping the national team win silver, and the 1998 and the 2002 FIFA World Cups, starting in the latter ahead of Roberto Bonano and Germán Burgos.

Honours

Vélez

Espanyol

Argentina

Individual

  • Ricardo Zamora Trophy: 2002–03

See also

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