Nelson David Cabrera
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nelson David Cabrera Báez | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Itauguá, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Olimpia Asunción | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Olimpia Asunción | 24 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Cerro Porteño | 107 | (18) |
| 2009–2012 | Colo-Colo | 23 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | → CFR Cluj (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2012 | Chongqing Lifan | 21 | (5) |
| 2012– | Bolívar | 76 | (11) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Paraguay | 1 | (0) |
| 2016– | Bolivia | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 May 2015. | |||
Nelson David Cabrera Báez (born 22 April 1983 in Itauguá) is a Paraguayan[1] football defender who plays for Club Bolivar in Bolivia. He also holds Bolivian citizenship.
Career
Cabrera started his career in Olimpia Asunción and moved to rivals Cerro Porteño in 2005.There he won two championships and was team captain in 2007 and 2008. He was then transferred to the CSD Colo Colo of Chile for a million dollars for the Copa Santander Libertadores. In the 2009-2010 season he played for CFR Cluj of Romania, where he won the National League and played in UEFA Europa League.
Cabrera was born and raised in Paraguay, and represented their national team in a friendly match in 2007. However, later in his career he played in Bolivia, gained their nationality and debuted officially for the Bolivia national football team in 2016.[2] He was subsequently found to be ineligible by FIFA resulting in forfeiture of the preliminary 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification games between Bolivia and Peru on 1 September 2016 and between Chile and Bolivia on 6 September 2016.[3]
Honours
- Cerro Porteño
- Colo-Colo
- CFR Cluj
- Club Bolivar
References
- ↑ FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - FIFA.com
- ↑ "Baldivieso names Bolivia Copa America Centenario squad" (internationalsoccerteams.com)
- ↑ FIFA.com (2016-11-01). "Bolivia sanctioned for fielding ineligible player". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
External links
- Nelson David Cabrera at National-Football-Teams.com
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