Gabriel Caballero

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Personal information
Gabriel Caballero
Full name	Gabriel Esteban Caballero Schiker
Date of birth	February 5, 1971 (1971-02-05) (age 37)
Place of birth	Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder / Striker
Club information
Current club	Pachuca
Number	19
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1994 1994-1995 1995-1998 1998-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-Present	Central Córdoba Antofagasta Santos Laguna Pachuca Atlas Pachuca Puebla Pachuca	99 (16) 58 (22) 93 (27) 154 (28) 40 (6) 46 (5) 33 (3) 90 (10)
National team²
2002	Mexico	8 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 April 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of August 17 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Gabriel Esteban Caballero Schiker (born February 5, 1971 in Santa Fe, Argentina) is a naturalized Mexican footballer.

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, winning 6 championships (Santos Laguna, Pachuca), most recently with Pachuca on May 27, 2007.

Caballero became a naturalized Mexican on December 11, 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 Korea/Japan.

[edit] Club Honours

Santos Laguna

Mexican Championship - Winter 1996

CF Pachuca

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

[edit] External links

Profile at Guardian stats centre
(Spanish) Profile

v • d • e Mexico squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Pérez • 2 de Anda • 3 García • 4 Márquez • 5 Vidrio • 6 Torrado • 7 Morales • 8 García Aspe • 9 Borgetti • 10 Blanco • 11 Luna • 12 Sánchez • 13 Mercado • 14 Villa • 15 Hernández • 16 Carmona • 17 Palencia • 18 J. Rodríguez • 19 Caballero • 20 Brown • 21 Arellano • 22 A. Rodríguez • 23 Campos • Coach: Aguirre

v • d • e

CF Pachuca – current squad

1 Calero • 2 López • 3 Manzur • 4 Pérez • 5 G. Martínez • 6 Correa • 7 Álvarez • 8 Caballero • 10 Chitiva • 11 Cacho • 13 Salazar • 14 Cabrera • 15 Santibañez • 16 G. Rodríguez • 18 Rey • 19 Giménez • 21 Pinto • 22 Aguilar • 24 R. Martínez • 25 Torres • 26 Brambila • 28 Montes • 29 Mañon • 30 Cota • 33 Godínez • 35 De La Barrera • 38 J. Rodríguez • 44 Blanco • 50 Hernández • 52 Cortés • 54 Reyes • 59 Guerrero • Manager: Meza