Diego Caballo

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Diego Caballo
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Personal information
Full name Diego Caballo Alonso
Date of birth (1994-02-17) 17 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Salamanca, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 AaB
Number 15
Youth career
1999–2003 Capuchinos
2003–2009 Salamanca
2009–2013 Real Madrid
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2015 Real Madrid C 59 (5)
2014–2015 Real Madrid B 6 (0)
2015–2017 Valencia B 29 (1)
2017–2018 Deportivo B 28 (2)
2018–2019 Deportivo La Coruña 27 (0)
2019–2020 Extremadura 14 (1)
2020–2021 Albacete 31 (0)
2021–2022 CR Sabadell FC 30 (1)
2022–2023 Sydney FC 25 (2)
2023– AaB 19 (0)
International career
2011 Spain U17 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 April 2024

Diego Caballo Alonso (born 17 February 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for AaB as a left-back for Danish 1st Division club AaB.

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Club career

Caballo was born in Salamanca, Castile and León, and joined Real Madrid's youth setup in 2009, from UD Salamanca. [1] He made his senior debut with the C-team on 24 August 2013, starting in a 1–0 Segunda División B away win against Atlético Madrid B.

Caballo first appeared with the reserves on 24 August 2014, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 loss at the same opponent also for the third division championship. [2] He scored his first senior goal with the C's on 19 October, netting the opener in a 2–0 Tercera División home defeat of CD Móstoles URJC.

On 7 July 2015, free agent Caballo signed for Valencia CF, being assigned to the B-team also in the third tier. [3] He moved to another reserve team on 2 July 2017, after agreeing to a contract with Deportivo Fabril in the same division. [4]

On 5 July 2018, Caballo renewed his contract with Dépor for two seasons. [5] On 13 August, he was definitely promoted to the main squad in Segunda División. [6]

Caballo made his professional debut on 17 August 2018, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Albacete Balompié. [7] On 2 September of the following year, he terminated his contract with Dépor, [8] and signed a one-year deal with fellow second division side Extremadura UD the following day. [9]

On 22 January 2020, Caballo cut ties with Extremadura and agreed to a two-and-a-half-year contract with Albacete Balompié, still in the second division. [10]

Sydney FC

On 13 July 2022, Caballo signed for Australian A-League club Sydney FC. [11] After a slow start to his time at Sydney, Caballo would score a free kick to open his scoring account for the club in a 2-3 defeat to league leaders Melbourne City. [12] His second goal was scored in a 3-3 draw against Western United in Round 22.

AaB

On 5 July 2023, Caballo signed for newly relegated Danish 1st Division side AaB for an undisclosed fee from Sydney FC. [13] [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "La madurez de Diego Caballo" [The maturity of Diego Caballo] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "2–1: Castilla let the three points slip against Atlético B" (in Spanish). Real Madrid C.F. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "El salmantino Diego Caballo deja el Real Madrid y ficha por el Valencia" [Salmantino Diego Caballo leaves Real Madrid and signs for Valencia] (in Spanish). La Gaceta de Salamanca. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Diego Caballo, Martín Bengoa y Gaizka Martínez, tres nuevos refuerzos para el Fabril 2017–2018" [Diego Caballo, Martín Bengoa and Gaizka Martínez, three new additions for the 2017–2018 Fabril] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Diego Caballo amplía su vinculación con el Dépor y Borja Galán se marcha con opción de vuelta" [Diego Caballo extends his link with Dépor and Borja Galán leaves with an option of return] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Diego Caballo tendrá ficha con la primera plantilla del Dépor 2018–2019" [Diego Caballo will have place with the first team of the 2018–2019 Dépor] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Manaj salva al Albacete con polémica ante un buen Dépor" [Manaj saves Albacete with controverse against a good Dépor] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "El Deportivo y Diego Caballo acuerdan la rescisión del contrato" [Deportivo and Diego Caballo agree the contract rescision] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "Diego Caballo refuerza la defensa" [Diego Caballo bolsters the defense] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "Diego Caballo es del Alba" [Diego Caballo is an Alba player] (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  11. ↑ Warriner, David. "SYDNEY FC COMPLETE DIEGO CABALLO SIGNING". Sydney FC. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Match report". Sydney FC. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "Diego Caballo sold to Danish club AaB Aalborg". Sydney FC . 5 July 2023.
  14. ↑ "AaB tilføjer spansk venstreback [AaB add Spanish left back]". AaB . 5 July 2023.
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