Pablo Oscar Cavallero (born 13 April 1974) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Nine years of his professional career were spent in Spain, mainly with Celta. He appeared in 152

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matches over eight seasons. An Argentina international for eight years, Cavallero played with his country in two World Cups and the 2004 Copa América.

Club career

Cavallero was born in

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. During his professional career he played for Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield – being second-choice to Paraguayan José Luis Chilavert for most of his tenure–

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, RCD Espanyol, RC Celta de Vigo and

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(the last three in Spain's

). With the last club, he also competed in the

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, 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 Ricardo Zamora Trophy in 2002–03 as the Galician team qualified for the

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having finished fourth. He allowed 27 goals in 34 matches, a goals-per-match average of 0.79. Cavallero then 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 caps 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

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s, starting in the latter ahead of Roberto Bonano and Germán Burgos.

Honours

Vélez *

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: 1996 Clausura, 1998 Clausura * Supercopa Sudamericana:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

Espanyol *

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: 1999–2000 Argentina *

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Individual * Ricardo Zamora Trophy: 2002–03

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cavallero, Pablo 1974 births Living people Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent 20th-century Argentine sportsmen 21st-century Argentine sportsmen Argentine men's footballers Footballers from Lomas de Zamora Men's 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 men's international footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2004 Copa América players Olympic footballers for Argentina Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay