Pablo Nicolás Caballero Santos (; born 21 July 1986) is an Argentine

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who plays as a

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for Spanish

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club Recreativo de Huelva.

Club career

Born in Totoras, Santa Fe, Caballero graduated from Racing Club de Avellaneda's youth setup. He made his professional debut on 24 November 2007, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Independiente for the

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championship. Caballero scored his first professional goal on 28 September 2008, netting his side's last in a 3–3 away draw against River Plate. He appeared in 29 matches during the campaign, scoring three goals. On 26 July 2010 Caballero was loaned to Tigre. After another temporary spell at Guaraní, he returned to Racing, but only appeared sparingly. In the 2012 summer Caballero moved to Primera B Nacional's Almirante Brown. After appearing and scoring regularly, he moved to Chinese Super League side Qingdao Jonoon on 23 July 2013. In January 2014 Caballero returned to his home country, signing for Ferro Carril Oeste. On 30 January 2015 he joined Spanish

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. On 17 July 2017, free agent Caballero signed a two-year contract with UD Almería still in the second tier. After a season with FC Cartagena, he moved to Italy in October 2020 to join Serie D club FC Messina.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Caballero, Pablo 1986 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers People from Iriondo Department Men's association football forwards Footballers from Santa Fe Province Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Club Atlético Tigre footballers Club Guaraní players Club Almirante Brown footballers Qingdao Hainiu F.C. players Ferro Carril Oeste footballers CD Lugo players UD Almería players FC Cartagena footballers CD Tudelano footballers SSD FC Messina players Recreativo de Huelva players Primera Nacional players Argentine Primera División players Paraguayan Primera División players Chinese Super League players Segunda División players Primera Federación players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in China Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Italy