Gabriel Caballero

Gabriel Caballero
Personal information
Full name	Gabriel Esteban Caballero Schiker
Date of birth	5 February 1971 (age 50)
Place of birth	Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder / Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1994	Central Córdoba
1994–1995	Antofagasta
1995–1998	Santos Laguna
1998–2002	Pachuca
2002–2003	Atlas
2003–2004	Pachuca
2004–2005	Puebla
2005–2009	Pachuca
Total
National team
2001–2002	Mexico
Teams managed
2010–2011	Pachuca (Assistant coach)
2013	Pachuca
2015–2016	Cafetaleros de Tapachula
2016–2017	Dorados de Sinaloa
2017–2018	Cafetaleros de Tapachula
2018–2020	FC Juárez
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gabriel Esteban Caballero Schiker (born 5 February 1971) is a former professional footballer and manager. Born in Argentina, he has previously represented the Mexico national team.

Club 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,^[1] winning 6 championships (Santos Laguna, Pachuca), most recently with Pachuca on 27 May 2007. He announced his retirement on 18 November 2009.

International career[]

Mexico national team[]

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.^[2]

Managerial 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.