Gabriel Caballero

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Caballero and the second or maternal family name is Schiker.

Gabriel Caballero

Personal information
Full name	Gabriel Esteban Caballero Schiker
Date of birth	(1971-02-05) 5 February 1971
Place of birth	Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height
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)
International career‡
2001-2002	Mexico	8	(0)
Managerial career
2010–2011	Pachuca (Assistant coach)
2013	Pachuca
2015-	Cafetaleros de Tapachula
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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.

Biography

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

International career

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.

Managing 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.

Club honours

Antofagasta

• Primera División Chilena – Top Scorer 1995

Santos Laguna

• Mexican Championship – Winter 1996
• Mexican Championship – Top Scorer Summer 1997

C.F. 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

External links

• Interview in Spanish
• BDFA Argentine Football Database
• Profile at Guardian stats centre
• (Spanish) Profile