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
- As of 9 October 2015
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Madrid B | 2000–01[5] | Segunda División B | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Alcorcón | 2001–02[5] | Segunda División B | 32 | 3 | — | — | 32 | 3 | ||
| Sevilla B | 2002–03[5] | Segunda División B | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mérida | 2002–03[5] | Segunda División B | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
| Huesca | 2004–05[5] | Segunda División B | 29 | 10 | — | — | 29 | 10 | ||
| Burgos | 2005–06[5] | Segunda División B | 36 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 40 | 10 |
| Huesca | 2006–07[5] | Segunda División B | 34 | 9 | — | 4[a] | 0 | 38 | 9 | |
| 2007–08[5] | Segunda División B | 37 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 4[a] | 2 | 43 | 23 | |
| 2008–09[5] | Segunda División | 34 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 11 | ||
| Total | 105 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 116 | 43 | ||
| Gimnàstic | 2009–10[5] | Segunda División | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 4 | |
| Huesca | 2010–11[5] | Segunda División | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 38 | 5 | |
| 2011–12[5] | Segunda División | 35 | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | 37 | 12 | ||
| Total | 73 | 16 | 2 | 1 | — | 75 | 17 | |||
| Apollon Limassol | 2012–13[6] | Cypriot First Division | 28 | 6 | 7 | 1 | — | 35 | 7 | |
| 2013–14[6] | Cypriot First Division | 31 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8[b] | 0 | 46 | 5 | |
| Total | 59 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 81 | 12 | ||
| Omonia | 2014–15[6] | Cypriot First Division | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5[b] | 1 | 36 | 4 |
| Toledo | 2015–16[6] | Segunda División B | 7 | 2 | — | — | 7 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 423 | 98 | 29 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 475 | 105 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
- ^ "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)
- ^ Castellón y Huesca empatan en un choque igualado (Castellón and Huesca draw in even match); Marca, 31 August 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ 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)
- ^ Roberto retorna a Chipre (Roberto returns to Cyprus); Diario del AltoAragón, 28 May 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Roberto: Roberto García Cabello". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Roberto García". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2015.