Roberto Cabañas

Roberto Cabañas
Personal information
Full name Roberto Cabañas González
Date of birth (1961-04-11) 11 April 1961
Place of birth Pilar, Paraguay
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1980 Cerro Porteño 0 (0)
1980–1984 New York Cosmos 97 (63)
1984–1987 América de Cali 75 (40)
1988–1990 Brest 53 (31)
1990–1991 Lyon 27 (9)
1991–1993 Boca Juniors 56 (16)
1993–1994 Barcelona SC ? (?)
1995 Boca Juniors 4 (0)
1996 Libertad 0 (0)
1996 Independiente Medellín 7 (2)
2000 Real Cartagena 9 (2)
National team
1981–1993 Paraguay 28 (11)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Roberto Cabañas González (born 11 April 1961 in Pilar, Paraguay) is a former Paraguayan professional football player who played as a striker.

Biography

During his career, Cabañas played for Cerro Porteño of Paraguay, Stade Brestois and Olympique Lyonnais of France, the New York Cosmos (winning the 1980 and 1982 NASL championship and the NASL Most Valuable Player Award in 1983), América de Cali of Colombia (helping the team in reaching three consecutive Copa Libertadores finals) and Boca Juniors of Argentina (winning the 1992 Apertura tournament and the 1992 Copa Masters). He scored the "NASL Goal of the Year" in 1983.[1]

After representing Paraguay at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, Cabañas became a key player of the Paraguayan national team during the 1980s. Cabañas was not only pivotal in Paraguay's qualification for the Mexico 1986 World Cup, but he also scored the two goals against Belgium in the pivotal third group match, thus tying the game at 2-2. This allowed Paraguay to qualify second in their group, behind Mexico.

After retiring, he settled in Cali, Colombia, where he married and had two children.

Cabañas is currently a player's agent.

References

  1. ↑ Roberto Cabanas: 1983 Goal of the Year


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