Pablo Oscar Cavallero (born 13 April 1974) is an Argentine former

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who played as a

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. Nine years of his professional career were spent in Spain, mainly with

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. He appeared in 152

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matches over eight seasons. An Argentine international for eight years, Cavallero played with his country in two

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and the

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Club career

Cavallero was born in

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, Buenos Aires Province. During his professional career he played for

Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield () is an Argentine sports club based in Liniers, Buenos Aires. Its football team plays in Primera División, the highest level of the Argentine league system. Founded in 1910, the club has spent most of its hist ...

Unión de Santa Fe Club Atlético Unión (; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe ) is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on April 15, 1907 and plays in the Argentine Primera División. Althou ...

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, RC Celta de Vigo and Levante UD (the last three in Spain's

). With the last club he also competed in the Segunda División, appearing in 38 games out of a possible 42 in the 2005–06 season as it returned to the top flight. In his four-year spell with Celta, Cavallero won the

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in 2002–03, as the

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eventually reached the

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. He allowed 27 goals in 34 matches, a goals-per-match average of 0.79. After about one year out of professional football, Cavallero moved to

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with Primera División side

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, retiring in 2009 at the age of 35.

International career

Cavallero won 26

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for

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in an eight-year span, and was a participant at the

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, helping the national team win silver, and the

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and the 2002

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s (starting in the latter ahead of

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and

Germán Burgos Germán Adrián Ramón Burgos (; born 16 April 1969), nicknamed El Mono Burgos (), is an Argentine retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently a manager. During his 15-year senior career, he played for Ferro Carril Oes ...

Honours

Vélez * Argentine Primera División: 1996 Clausura, 1998 Clausura * Supercopa Sudamericana: 1996 * Recopa Sudamericana:

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Espanyol *

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: 1999–2000 Celta * UEFA Intertoto Cup:

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Argentina * Summer Olympic Games: Silver medal 1996 Individual *

: 2002–03

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cavallero, Pablo 1974 births Living people People from Lomas de Zamora Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province Argentine footballers Association football goalkeepers Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers Unión de Santa Fe footballers La Liga players Segunda División players RCD Espanyol footballers RC Celta de Vigo players Levante UD footballers Uruguayan Primera División players Peñarol players Argentina international footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2004 Copa América players Olympic footballers of Argentina Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Uruguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay