Gabriel José Urdaneta Rangel (born 7 January 1976) is a retired

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

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Club career

Urdaneta has played professional football for a number of clubs in Venezuela and

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. He also holds Swiss nationality. At the end of the 2010-2011 season, he announced his retirement.

International career

He made 77 appearances for the Venezuela national team between 1996 and 2005, making him the third most-capped player in Venezuelan international football as of March 2008.rsssf: Venezuela record international players

International goals

, - , 1. , , May 19, 1999 , , Reales Tamarindos, Portoviejo, Ecuador , , , , 0–1 , , 0-2 , , Friendly , - , 2. , , May 19, 1999 , , Reales Tamarindos, Portoviejo, Ecuador , , , , 0–2 , , 0-2 , , Friendly , - , 3. , , July 7, 1999 , , Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad Del Este, Paraguay , , , , 3–1 , , 3-1 , ,

1999 Copa América The 1999 Copa América was a football tournament held in Paraguay, from 29 June to 18 July. It was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. There was no qualifying for the final tournament. Mexico and Japan were invited to ...

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, Alajuela, Costa Rica , , , , 1–1 , , 1-5 , , Friendly , - , 5. , , August 10, 2000 , ,

, Alajuela, Costa Rica , , , , 1–2 , , 1-5 , , Friendly , - , 6. , , April 2, 2003 , ,

Brígido Iriarte Brígido Iriarte (1 June 1921 – 4 January 1984) was a Venezuelan track and field athlete who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He competed in a wide variety of events, including the decathlon, men's athletics pentathlon, pole vault, long ...

Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

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, United States , , , , 1–1 , , 2-1 , , Friendly , - , 8. , , March 31, 2004 , , Centenario,

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2006 FIFA World Cup qualification The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation – the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South Americ ...

, - , 9. , , October 14, 2004 , , Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela , , , , 1–0 , , 3-1 , ,

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Urdaneta, Gabriel 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Mérida, Mérida Men's association football midfielders Venezuelan men's footballers Venezuela men's international footballers 1997 Copa América players 1999 Copa América players 2001 Copa América players Caracas FC players FC Luzern players SV Waldhof Mannheim players FC Lugano players SC Kriens players BSC Young Boys players FC Vaduz players UA Maracaibo players Estudiantes de Mérida players Deportivo Miranda F.C. players Deportivo Anzoátegui players Venezuelan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Liechtenstein Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Germany Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein