Roberto García (footballer, born 1980) explained

Roberto
Full Name:Roberto García Cabello
Birth Date:4 February 1980
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Height:1.90 m
Position:Centre-forward
Youthclubs1:Real Madrid
Years1:2000–2001
Years2:2001–2002
Years3:2002
Years4:2003
Years5:2003–2004
Years6:2004–2005
Years7:2005–2006
Years8:2006–2009
Years9:2009–2010
Years10:2010–2012
Years11:2012–2014
Years12:2014–2015
Years13:2015–2017
Years14:2017–2019
Years15:2019–2020
Years16:2020
Clubs1:Real Madrid B
Clubs2:Alcorcón
Clubs3:Sevilla B
Clubs4:Mérida
Clubs5:Guijuelo
Clubs6:Huesca
Clubs7:Burgos
Clubs8:Huesca
Clubs9:Gimnàstic
Clubs10:Huesca
Clubs11:Apollon Limassol
Clubs12:Omonia
Clubs13:Toledo
Clubs14:Alcobendas Sport
Clubs15:Trival Valderas
Clubs16:Unión Adarve
Caps1:6
Caps2:32
Caps3:2
Caps4:15
Caps6:29
Caps7:38
Caps8:113
Caps9:34
Caps10:73
Caps11:59
Caps12:25
Caps13:69
Caps14:60
Caps15:8
Caps16:5
Totalcaps:568
Goals1:0
Goals2:3
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals6:10
Goals7:10
Goals8:43
Goals9:4
Goals10:16
Goals11:10
Goals12:3
Goals13:11
Goals14:19
Goals15:2
Goals16:1
Totalgoals:132

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

Club career

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 the 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]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Madrid B2000–01[5] Segunda División B6060
Alcorcón2001–02Segunda División B323323
Sevilla B2002–03Segunda División B2020
Mérida2002–03Segunda División B15010160
Huesca2004–05Segunda División B29102910
Burgos2005–06Segunda División B361020204010
Huesca2006–07Segunda División B34940389
2007–08Segunda División B372021424323
2008–09Segunda División3411103511
Total10540318211643
Gimnàstic2009–10Segunda División34410354
Huesca2010–11Segunda División38500385
2011–12Segunda División3511213712
Total7316217517
Apollon Limassol2012–13[6] Cypriot First Division28671357
2013–14Cypriot First Division3147180465
Total5910142808112
Omonia2014–15Cypriot First Division2536051364
Toledo2015–16Segunda División B7272
Career total42398294233475105

Notes and References

  1. https://www.diariodelaltoaragon.es/NoticiasImprimir.aspx?Id=270309 "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")
  2. http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/2a_division/es/desarrollo/1159804.html Castellón y Huesca empatan en un choque igualado (Castellón and Huesca draw in even match)
  3. https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/huesca/2010/06/23/el-regreso-roberto-huesca-gana-enteros-91779-2261127.html El regreso de Roberto al Huesca gana enteros (Roberto's return to Huesca stronger by the day)
  4. http://www.diariodelaltoaragon.es/Deportes/NoticiasDetalle.aspx?Id=876095 Roberto retorna a Chipre (Roberto returns to Cyprus)
  5. Web site: Roberto: Roberto García Cabello. BDFutbol. 9 October 2015.
  6. Web site: Roberto García. Soccerway. 9 October 2015.