Marcos Caballero
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcos Caballero Quiroga[1] | ||
| Date of birth | – | ||
| Place of birth | Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sportivo Ameliano | ||
| Number | – | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003– | Sportivo Ameliano | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 June 2020 | |||
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Marcos Caballero Quiroga is a Paraguayan professional footballer who most recently played for Sportivo Ameliano. Caballero also had appearances for Tacuary, Valois Rivarola and General Díaz.[1]
Career
Youth career
Caballero signed with Sportivo Ameliano when he was 14.[3] Under the coaching of Mario Almirón, he played on their U20 side until 2002.[2]
2003: Debut season
Both the U20 team goalkeeper, José Cardozo, and he were promoted to the first-team in the 2003 season, when Caballero scored a total of 12 goals.[2] He scored against Capitan Figari in a 2–1 victory that made Sportivo Ameliano champions of the 2003 Paraguay fourth-tier.[4]
2004–2018: Successive seasons
Caballero scored 11 goals in his 2008 campaign, which tied him with Deportivo Recoleta's Alberto Cristaldo for the most goals scored in the league.[5]
2019: Promotion to División Intermedia
On the last day of the 2019 Primera División B season, Caballero scored the only goal in the 81st minute of Sportivo Ameliano's 1–0 victory that earned the team promotion to the División Intermedia in 2020.[6]
2020–2021: División Intermedia
In August 2021, Caballero scored in the 18th minute of a 2–1 victory against Sport Colonial in the Copa Paraguay.[7]
In October 2021, he told Crónica that he wanted Sportivo Ameliano to be promoted to the Primera División Paraguaya and that he wanted to retire after playing in at least one game in the Primera División.[1]
Personal life
Caballero has a football coaching licence and aims to coach the lower divisions at Sportivo Ameliano.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Crónica / MARCO CABALLERO QUIROGA: "Sueño con el ascenso y un partido en Primera"". 23 October 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Veinteañeros y campeones con el Sportivo Ameliano - Deportes - ABC Color". www.abc.com.py.
- ↑ "Un Ameliano hambriento de gloria sueña con el ascenso". d10.ultimahora.com (in español). 30 September 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ↑ "Sportivo Ameliano obtiene el título de la Segunda División - 730am - ABC Color". 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016.
- ↑ "Paraguay (Fourth Level) 2008". www.rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ameliano es campeón y de Intermedia - APF". www.apf.org.py (in español). Paraguayan Football Association. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ↑ "Ameliano sella su pase a la siguiente ronda". d10.ultimahora.com (in español). D10 Paraguay. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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