Alejandro Cabral
Encyclopedia
Alejandro Ariel Cabral is an Argentine
football left-footed centre midfielder
currently playing for Vélez Sársfield
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, during Ricardo La Volpe's coaching era. Despite playing in the youth system as a centre attacking midfielder (in Argentina called enganche) he plays in the first team as a centre midfielder. He was part of Vélez' 2009 Torneo Clausura winning team, playing 5 games.
In 2010 Vélez loaned Cabral to Legia Warszawa
for the entire 2010–11 season, for a fee of 150,000 US dollars and a buyout price of 2,000,000 of the same coin. He returned to Velez one year later.
on 1 June 2011 in a friendly match
against Nigeria
.
Legia Warszawa
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
football left-footed centre midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
currently playing for Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...
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Club
Cabral started his playing career in 2007 with Vélez SársfieldClub Atlético Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...
, during Ricardo La Volpe's coaching era. Despite playing in the youth system as a centre attacking midfielder (in Argentina called enganche) he plays in the first team as a centre midfielder. He was part of Vélez' 2009 Torneo Clausura winning team, playing 5 games.
In 2010 Vélez loaned Cabral to Legia Warszawa
Legia Warszawa
Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...
for the entire 2010–11 season, for a fee of 150,000 US dollars and a buyout price of 2,000,000 of the same coin. He returned to Velez one year later.
International
He made his debut for the national team of ArgentinaArgentina national football team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...
on 1 June 2011 in a friendly match
Exhibition game
An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
against Nigeria
Nigeria national football team
The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles or Green Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation . The team has ranked as high as 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, in April 1994...
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International appearances and goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Final Score | Goal | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | June 1, 2011 | Abuja Abuja Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory . Abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos... , Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in... |
4–1 | 0 | Lost | Friendly Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition... |
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| 2. | June 5, 2011 | Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most... , Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
2–1 | 0 | Lost | Friendly Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition... |
Club
Vélez Sársfield- Argentine Primera División (1): 2009 Clausura
Legia Warszawa
- Polish CupPolish CupThe Polish Cup in football or officially Remes Puchar Polski, is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title...
(1): 2010–112010–11 Polish CupThe 2010–11 Polish Cup is the fifty-seventh season of the annual Polish football knockout tournament. It began on 21 July 2010 with the first matches of the Extra Preliminary Round and will end in 2011 with the Final. The winners will qualify for the third qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA...
External links
- Argentine Primera statistics at Futbol XXI