Diego Caballo | |
Full Name: | Diego Caballo Alonso |
Birth Date: | 17 February 1994 |
Birth Place: | Salamanca, Spain |
Height: | 1.71 m |
Position: | Left-back |
Currentclub: | AaB |
Clubnumber: | 15 |
Youthyears1: | 1999–2003 |
Youthclubs1: | Capuchinos |
Youthyears2: | 2003–2009 |
Youthclubs2: | Salamanca |
Youthyears3: | 2009–2013 |
Youthclubs3: | Real Madrid |
Years1: | 2013–2015 |
Clubs1: | Real Madrid C |
Caps1: | 59 |
Goals1: | 5 |
Years2: | 2014–2015 |
Clubs2: | Real Madrid B |
Caps2: | 6 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2015–2017 |
Clubs3: | Valencia B |
Caps3: | 29 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2017–2018 |
Clubs4: | Deportivo B |
Caps4: | 28 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Years5: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs5: | Deportivo La Coruña |
Caps5: | 27 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs6: | Extremadura |
Caps6: | 14 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Years7: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs7: | Albacete |
Caps7: | 31 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs8: | CR Sabadell FC |
Caps8: | 30 |
Goals8: | 1 |
Years9: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs9: | Sydney FC |
Caps9: | 25 |
Goals9: | 2 |
Years10: | 2023– |
Clubs10: | AaB |
Caps10: | 26 |
Goals10: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2011 |
Nationalteam1: | Spain U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 3 December 2024 |
Diego Caballo Alonso (born 17 February 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for AaB as a left-back for Danish Superliga club AaB.
Caballo was born in Salamanca, Castile and León, and joined Real Madrid's youth setup in 2009, from UD Salamanca.[1] He made his senior debut with the C-team on 24 August 2013, starting in a 1–0 Segunda División B away win against Atlético Madrid B.
Caballo first appeared with the reserves on 24 August 2014, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 loss at the same opponent also for the third division championship.[2] He scored his first senior goal with the C's on 19 October, netting the opener in a 2–0 Tercera División home defeat of CD Móstoles URJC.
On 7 July 2015, free agent Caballo signed for Valencia CF, being assigned to the B-team also in the third tier.[3] He moved to another reserve team on 2 July 2017, after agreeing to a contract with Deportivo Fabril in the same division.[4]
On 5 July 2018, Caballo renewed his contract with Dépor for two seasons.[5] On 13 August, he was definitely promoted to the main squad in Segunda División.[6]
Caballo made his professional debut on 17 August 2018, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Albacete Balompié.[7] On 2 September of the following year, he terminated his contract with Dépor,[8] and signed a one-year deal with fellow second division side Extremadura UD the following day.[9]
On 22 January 2020, Caballo cut ties with Extremadura and agreed to a two-and-a-half-year contract with Albacete Balompié, still in the second division.[10]
On 13 July 2022, Caballo signed for Australian A-League club Sydney FC.[11] After a slow start to his time at Sydney, Caballo would score a free kick to open his scoring account for the club in a 2-3 defeat to league leaders Melbourne City.[12] His second goal was scored in a 3-3 draw against Western United in Round 22.
On 5 July 2023, Caballo signed for newly relegated Danish 1st Division side AaB for an undisclosed fee from Sydney FC.[13] [14]