Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gabriel Esteban Caballero Schiker | ||
Date of birth | 5 February 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder, Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Dorados de Sinaloa | ||
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) |
National team‡ | |||
2001–2002 | Mexico | 8 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2010–2011 | Pachuca (Assistant coach) | ||
2013 | Pachuca | ||
2015–2016 | Cafetaleros de Tapachula | ||
2016– | Dorados de Sinaloa | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 November 2009. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 August 2007 |
Gabriel Esteban Caballero Schiker (born 5 February 1971 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina) is a Mexican-Argentine footballer midfielder, who last played for Pachuca in the Mexican First Division.
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 27 May 2007. He announced his retirement on 18 November 2009.
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.
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.