Roberto García (footballer, born 1980)

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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Cabello.
Roberto
Personal information
Full name Roberto García Cabello
Date of birth (1980-02-04) 4 February 1980
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Real Madrid B 6 (0)
2001–2002 Alcorcón 32 (3)
2002 Sevilla B 2 (0)
2003 Mérida 15 (0)
2003–2004 Guijuelo
2004–2005 Huesca 29 (10)
2005–2006 Burgos 38 (10)
2006–2009 Huesca 113 (43)
2009–2010 Gimnàstic 34 (4)
2010–2012 Huesca 73 (16)
2012–2014 Apollon Limassol 59 (10)
2014–2015 Omonia 25 (3)
2015–2017 Toledo 69 (11)
2017–2019 Alcobendas Sport 60 (19)
2019–2020 Trival Valderas 8 (2)
2020 Unión Adarve 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2021

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 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]

Club statistics
As of 9 October 2015
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Madrid B 2000–01[5] Segunda División B 60——60
Alcorcón 2001–02[5] Segunda División B 323——323
Sevilla B 2002–03[5] Segunda División B 20——20
Mérida 2002–03[5] Segunda División B 15010—160
Huesca 2004–05[5] Segunda División B 2910——2910
Burgos 2005–06[5] Segunda División B 3610202[lower-alpha 1]04010
Huesca 2006–07[5] Segunda División B 349—4[lower-alpha 1]0389
2007–08[5] Segunda División B 3720214[lower-alpha 1]24323
2008–09[5] Segunda División 341110—3511
Total 10540318211643
Gimnàstic 2009–10[5] Segunda División 34410—354
Huesca 2010–11[5] Segunda División 38500—385
2011–12[5] Segunda División 351121—3712
Total 731621—7517
Apollon Limassol 2012–13[6] Cypriot First Division 28671—357
2013–14[6] Cypriot First Division 314718[lower-alpha 2]0465
Total 5910142808112
Omonia 2014–15[6] Cypriot First Division 253605[lower-alpha 2]1364
Toledo 2015–16[6] Segunda División B 72——72
Career total 42398294233475105
  1. Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References
  1. "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"); Diario del AltoAragón, 27 December 2008 (in Spanish)
  2. Castellón y Huesca empatan en un choque igualado (Castellón and Huesca draw in even match); Marca, 31 August 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. El regreso de Roberto al Huesca gana enteros (Roberto's return to Huesca stronger by the day); Heraldo de Aragón, 23 June 2010 (in Spanish)
  4. Roberto retorna a Chipre (Roberto returns to Cyprus); Diario del AltoAragón, 28 May 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. "Roberto: Roberto García Cabello". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  6. "Roberto García". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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