César Omar Taborda (born January 23, 1984) is an

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who plays for Nueva Chicago.

Career

Taborda played youth football for

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from 2002 to 2004, when he signed his first professional contract. Before making any appearance for the first team, he was loaned to

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side

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for the 2006–07 season, where he played 31 games. Upon his return to Estudiantes, he was relegated to third choice goalkeeper behind

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and Damián Albil. In 2009, Taborda had a 6-month period on loan at O'Higgins in

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, where he played 18 games. After his second return to Estudiantes, he played his first game for the team replacing Albil in the 16th minute of the first half of a 0–1 defeat to

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, for the 2009 Apertura. The following fixture, he had his first start in a 1–1 draw with

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. With this participation, Taborda became the first goalkeeper from Estudiantes' youth divisions to start for the team since

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in 2002. Taborda was Albil's substitute in Estudiantes'

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runner-up participation, and was

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's substitute in the team's 2010 Apertura winning campaign. In the latter, he played four games, two as a starter and two coming on as a substitute for an injured Orión. He also started in the two games of the

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, due to Orión being suspended.

Honours

;Estudiantes *

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(1): 2010 Apertura

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