Argentine association football player

Caballero and the second or maternal family name is Lazcano. In this spanish name, the first or agnate surname isand the second or maternal class name is Wilfredo Daniel “ Willy “ Caballero Lazcano ( hold 28 September 1981 ) is an Argentine master football player who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship side Middlesbrough. Cabellero precious played for Premier League sides Manchester City & Chelsea.

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He spent most of his career in Spain, representing Elche and Málaga and competing in La Liga with the latter club. In the summer of 2014 he signed for Manchester City, helping them win the 2016 League Cup. Caballero made his senior debut for Argentina in 2018. He represented the nation at the 2018 World Cup, and was besides a non-playing extremity of the squads that won a gold decoration at the 2004 Summer Olympics and finished runner-up at the 2005 Confederations Cup .

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Born in Santa Elena, Entre Ríos, Caballero started his playing career with Boca Juniors in 2001, where he won three major titles in 2003. On 14 December of that class he witnessed – from the bench – his team perplex A.C. Milan 3–1 on penalties, in the 2003 Intercontinental Cup. [ 4 ] Caballero joined Elche of Spain in 2004, and when his daughter was diagnosed with cancer he agreed to a brief loan spell back in his country with Arsenal de Sarandí to care for her. [ 5 ] With the erstwhile, after a rough first season, he went on to become the undisputed appetizer, appearing in about 200 Segunda División games .

Málaga [edit ]

On 10 February 2011, Caballero was transferred to Málaga in La Liga for € 900,000 and two-and-a-half years, as an hand brake transfer – after the remove deadline of 31 January – due to a serious stifle injury to Sergio Asenjo ( their previous appetizer, Rubén, was besides unavailable due to physical problems ) ; [ 6 ] he made his league introduction on 20 February, starting in a 1–1 attract at Villarreal, [ 7 ] and played all the matches until the end of the campaign, with the Andalusians finally escaping delegating. On 1 October 2011, Caballero entered Málaga ‘s history books as he kept his goal clean for 480 minutes, beating the baseball club ‘s previous record of 429 held by Pedro Contreras since the 2001–02 season. [ 8 ] On 16 October, he was sent off midway through the first half of an away fixture against Levante after touching the ball with his hands barely outside the box – the hosts finally won it 3–0. [ 9 ] On 18 January 2012, Caballero signed a sign extension, tying him to the club until 2016. [ 10 ] On 25 March, playing against Espanyol, he fractured his left hand early into the game, being sidelined for the rest of the season. [ 11 ] Caballero returned to wide fitness for 2012–13, featuring in all but two games and helping the Boquerones to the sixth stead. Goal.com named him as the best player in his status for the campaign. [ 12 ] At the end of the follow season, he was nominated as the best goalkeeper in the league alongside Thibaut Courtois of Atlético Madrid and Keylor Navas of Levante. [ 13 ]

Manchester City [edit ]

On 8 July 2014, Caballero signed a three-year hand with Manchester City, for a fee believed to be in the area of £ 6 million excluding add-ons. He reunited at his modern club with erstwhile Málaga director Manuel Pellegrini, [ 14 ] and his competitive debut came on 10 August in the 2014 FA Community Shield, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–3 loss to Arsenal at Wembley Stadium ; [ 15 ] a week former, in the Premier League opener, he was an unused substitute at Newcastle United. [ 16 ] Caballero ‘s second official appearance for City occurred on 24 September 2014, in the 7–0 base route of Sheffield Wednesday for the Football League Cup. [ 17 ] He made his first base league appearance aside against Hull City three days late, relegating longtime incumbent Joe Hart to the judiciary in a 4–2 winnings. [ 18 ] Caballero ‘s third base league equal was on 26 September 2015, a 1–4 get the better of at Tottenham Hotspur. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Throughout the season, he was first-choice in the League Cup, receiving criticism in the national press before the final examination following a poor people performance in the 1–5 loss to Chelsea in the FA Cup ; [ 21 ] in the decisive peer at Wembley Stadium, he saved three attempts in the 3–1 penalty gunfight triumph against Liverpool, [ 22 ] and Pellegrini subsequently said he would quite lose the match to keep his word, whilst several pundits added that both actor and coach deserved an apology with some remarking the performance was a moral in loyalty. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Following the appointment of director Pep Guardiola in the 2016 off-season, Caballero became the newcomer over Hart. [ 25 ] soon after, with the sign language of Claudio Bravo, he returned to his backup role. [ 26 ] On 19 October 2016, Caballero appeared as a ersatz in a 0–4 defeat by Barcelona at the Camp Nou in the group stagecoach of the UEFA Champions League. After replacing the red-carded Bravo in goal, he saved a penalty from Neymar in the 87th moment of the match. [ 27 ] Two weeks late, he deputised for the suspended Bravo in the 3–1 home win over the same opposition for the lapp rival. [ 28 ] On 1 February 2017, Caballero replaced Bravo. On his return key to the starting eleven, he kept a clean sheet in a 4–0 acquire over West Ham United at the London Olympic Stadium. [ 29 ] Late into the month, in a 5–3 Champions League round of 16 acquire over Monaco, he saved a penalty from Radamel Falcao. [ 30 ] On 25 May 2017, it was announced Caballero would leave the club on the death of his contract, which occurred on 30 June. [ 31 ]

Chelsea [edit ]

Caballero toy for Chelsea in 2018

On 1 July 2017, Caballero signed for style holders Chelsea on a release transfer. [ 32 ] He made his competitive debut on 20 September, in a 5–1 home winnings against Nottingham Forest for the League Cup. [ 33 ] On 17 January 2018, Caballero saved a penalty from Nélson Oliveira in the gunfight of a third polish FA Cup play back win over Norwich City, which had finished 1–1 after supernumerary clock. [ 34 ] Due to an ankle injury to first-choice Thibaut Courtois, he made his Premier League introduction away to Brighton & Hove Albion two days later, in a 4–0 success. [ 35 ] On 24 February 2019, during the 2019 EFL Cup Final against cup holders Manchester City, with the match at 0–0 and a penalty gunfight at hand, Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga refused to be substituted off for Caballero to face his old clubhouse as the team went on to lose 3–4. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] With Arrizabalaga struggling to stay in form during the 2019–20 Premier League season, Caballero was selected as the starting goalkeeper for Chelsea in a cup match against Hull City in deep January 2020. Caballero was then the starting goalkeeper for the future four league matches and a Champions League meet before Arrizabalaga returned. [ 38 ] Caballero played in the 2020 FA Cup Final, a 2–1 loss to Arsenal [ 39 ] On 20 May 2020, Caballero had his contract with Chelsea extended by one more year. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] On 4 June 2021, Chelsea announced he will depart from the club at the end of the calendar month when his abridge expires, and thanked him for his contribution to the team, with an unfold article for his time and feats there. [ 42 ] On 29 November 2021, Middlesbrough announced the unblock agentive role sign of Cabellero, after the wound to goalkeeper Joe Lumley [ 43 ] .

International career [edit ]

Caballero played for Argentina at under-20 level, helping the nation win the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship by playing in the competition ‘s last two games. [ 44 ] In 2004, he was picked for the aureate decoration -winning police squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics as backup to Germán Lux ( besides first-choice in the previous tournament ). Caballero was an unused member for the senior team at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup. [ 45 ] In November 2014, he was called by director Gerardo Martino for friendlies against Croatia and Portugal. [ 46 ] He only won his first base cap closely four years subsequently at the long time of 36, starting in a 2–0 frustration of Italy on 23 March 2018 in another exhibition game, played in Manchester. [ 47 ] Caballero was included in the final team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [ 48 ] He started the tournament due to the injury of accustomed first-choice Sergio Romero, [ 49 ] and made his debut in the rival on 16 June in a 1–1 group stage hook against Iceland. [ 50 ] In the following match against Croatia, his err handed the opposition the first finish in a 0–3 defeat, [ 51 ] and he was subsequently dropped by director Jorge Sampaoli in favor of Franco Armani for the team ‘s final examination group match against Nigeria, which ended in a 2–1 win ; [ 52 ] [ 53 ] he besides did not sport in the circle of 16 crippled, a 4–3 loss to France. [ 54 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 26 September 2020[55]

International [edit ]

As of match played 21 June 2018[55]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Argentina

2018
5
0

Total
5
0

Honours [edit ]

Boca Juniors
Manchester City
Chelsea
Argentina U20
Argentina Olympic

References [edit ]