Pablo Cavallero

Pablo Cavallero
Personal information
Full name	Pablo Oscar Cavallero
Date of birth	13 April 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1998	Vélez Sarsfield
1998–1999	→ Unión Santa Fe (loan)
1999–2000	Espanyol
2000–2004	Celta
2005–2008	Levante
2008–2009	Peñarol
Total
International career
1996	Argentina Olympic
1996–2004	Argentina
Medal record
Representing Argentina
Men's Football
	*Club domestic league appearances and 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^[2]– Unión de Santa Fe, RCD Espanyol,^[3] 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.^[4]^[5]

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.^[6]^[7]

After one year out of professional football, Cavallero moved to Uruguay with Primera División side Peñarol, retiring in 2009 at the age of 35.^[8]

International career

Cavallero won 26 caps for Argentina in an eight-year span,^[9] and was a participant at the 1996 Summer Olympics, helping the national team win silver,^[10] and the 1998 and the 2002 FIFA World Cups, starting in the latter ahead of Roberto Bonano and Germán Burgos.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

Honours

Vélez

Espanyol

Copa del Rey: 1999–2000^[15]

Argentina

Summer Olympic Games: Silver medal 1996^[10]

Individual

Ricardo Zamora Trophy: 2002–03^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Pablo Óscar Cavallero". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 May 2022.
^ "Se cumplen 25 años del gol de Chilavert a Argentina en el estadio Monumental" [25th anniversary of Chilavert's goal to Argentina at the Monumental ground] (in Spanish). OneFootball. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
^ ""En fútbol, exige más la familia del chico que el club"" ["In football, the kids' family is more demanding than the club"]. El Esquiú (in Spanish). 17 December 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
^ "Pablo Cavallero y los guantes del 3er ascenso" [Pablo Cavallero and the gloves of the 3rd promotion] (in Spanish). Museo Virtual Levante UD. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ Martínez-Vilanova, Pablo (15 June 2023). "El levantinismo tomó Lleida" [Levante faithful took over Lleida]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ "Pablo Cavallero" (in Spanish). Yo Jugué en el Celta. 17 April 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b Currás, Víctor (15 April 2021). "Los mejores porteros de la historia del Celta: estos son sus Trofeos Zamora" [The best goalkeepers in Celta's history: these are their Zamora Trophies]. El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 May 2022.
^ "Argentino Pablo Cavallero se despidió en mala forma del Peñarol" [Argentine Pablo Cavallero had negative goodbye at Peñarol] (in Spanish). Fútbol Red. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
^ Casado, Edu (11 November 2015). "Qué fue de… Pablo Cavallero: un portero 'bielsista' en España" [What happened to… Pablo Cavallero: a 'bielsista' goalkeeper in Spain]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b "A 25 años de Argentina-Nigeria en Atlanta 1996" [25th anniversary of Argentina-Nigeria in Atlanta 1996] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
^ "El meta Pablo Cavallero desplaza a Burgos y Bonano en Argentina" [Goalie Pablo Cavallero surpasses Burgos and Bonano in Argentina]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). 28 May 2002. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
^ "Batistuta sinks Nigeria". BBC Sport. 2 June 2002. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ "England's sweet revenge". BBC Sport. 7 June 2002. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ Barnade, Oscar (25 May 2018). "El trío de arqueros de Selección con menos experiencia de la historia" [The national team's trio of goalkeepers with the least experience in history]. Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ Segurola, Santiago (28 May 2000). "El Espanyol se corona en Mestalla" [Espanyol crowned at Mestalla]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2024.