Roberto García (footballer, born 1980)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Cabello.
Roberto
Personal information
Full name Roberto García Cabello
Date of birth (1980-02-04) 4 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Real Madrid B 6 (0)
2001–2002 Alcorcón 32 (3)
2002 Sevilla B 2 (0)
2003 Mérida 15 (0)
2003–2004 Guijuelo
2004–2005 Huesca 29 (10)
2005–2006 Burgos 38 (10)
2006–2009 Huesca 113 (43)
2009–2010 Gimnàstic 34 (4)
2010–2012 Huesca 73 (16)
2012–2014 Apollon Limassol 59 (10)
2014–2015 Omonia 25 (3)
2015–2017 Toledo 69 (11)
2017–2019 Alcobendas Sport 60 (19)
2019–2020 Trival Valderas 8 (2)
2020 Unión Adarve 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2021

Roberto García Cabello (born 4 February 1980), known simply as Roberto, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre forward.

Club career[edit]

Born in Madrid, Roberto only made his debut in professional football in the 2008–09 season, aged 28, at the service of SD Huesca in Segunda División. In the previous campaign, he had scored a career-best 20 goals (plus two in the playoffs and one in the Copa del Rey) to help the club promote from Segunda División B for the first time ever.[1]

Roberto played his first game in the second division of Spanish football on 31 August 2008, and scored in a 2–2 home draw against CD Castellón.[2] He went on to amass second-tier totals of 141 matches and 32 goals, for Huesca and Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[3]

In 2012, at the age of 32, Roberto moved abroad for the first time, going on to spend several years in the Cypriot First Division.[4]

Club statistics[edit]

As of 9 October 2015
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Real Madrid B 2000–01[5] Segunda División B 6 0 — — 6 0
Alcorcón 2001–02[5] Segunda División B 32 3 — — 32 3
Sevilla B 2002–03[5] Segunda División B 2 0 — — 2 0
Mérida 2002–03[5] Segunda División B 15 0 1 0 — 16 0
Huesca 2004–05[5] Segunda División B 29 10 — — 29 10
Burgos 2005–06[5] Segunda División B 36 10 2 0 2[a] 0 40 10
Huesca 2006–07[5] Segunda División B 34 9 — 4[a] 0 38 9
2007–08[5] Segunda División B 37 20 2 1 4[a] 2 43 23
2008–09[5] Segunda División 34 11 1 0 — 35 11
Total 105 40 3 1 8 2 116 43
Gimnàstic 2009–10[5] Segunda División 34 4 1 0 — 35 4
Huesca 2010–11[5] Segunda División 38 5 0 0 — 38 5
2011–12[5] Segunda División 35 11 2 1 — 37 12
Total 73 16 2 1 — 75 17
Apollon Limassol 2012–13[6] Cypriot First Division 28 6 7 1 — 35 7
2013–14[6] Cypriot First Division 31 4 7 1 8[b] 0 46 5
Total 59 10 14 2 8 0 81 12
Omonia 2014–15[6] Cypriot First Division 25 3 6 0 5[b] 1 36 4
Toledo 2015–16[6] Segunda División B 7 2 — — 7 2
Career total 423 98 29 4 23 3 475 105
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References[edit]

  1. ^ "El gol en Écija no se me borrará nunca, siempre irá conmigo" ("That goal in Écija will never go away, it will always be there with me"); Diario del AltoAragón, 27 December 2008 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Castellón y Huesca empatan en un choque igualado (Castellón and Huesca draw in even match); Marca, 31 August 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El regreso de Roberto al Huesca gana enteros (Roberto's return to Huesca stronger by the day); Heraldo de Aragón, 23 June 2010 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Roberto retorna a Chipre (Roberto returns to Cyprus); Diario del AltoAragón, 28 May 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Roberto: Roberto García Cabello". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d "Roberto García". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

External links[edit]

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