Erick Cabalceta

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Erick Cabalceta
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Cabalceta in 2023
Personal information
Full name Erick Anthony Cabalceta Giacchero
Date of birth (1993-01-09) 9 January 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Municipal Tibás
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2011 Brujas 2 (0)
2011–2012 Orión 19 (2)
2012–2016 Catania 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Cartaginés (loan) 14 (1)
2015–2016 → Deportivo Saprissa (loan) 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Carmelita (loan) 16 (0)
2017 Saint Louis FC 11 (0)
2017–2018 Carmelita 33 (4)
2019–2020 Cartaginés 38 (3)
2020–2022 San Carlos 47 (3)
2022–2023 Alajuelense 12 (0)
2023–2024 San Carlos 9 (0)
2024 Municipal Limeño 0 (0)
2025 Águila 4 (0)
International career‡
2013 Costa Rica U20 4 (0)
2014 Costa Rica U21 2 (1)
2022–2023 El Salvador 11 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 January 2024

Erick Anthony Cabalceta Giacchero (born 9 January 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Born in Costa Rica, he plays for the El Salvador national team.

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Club career

Born in San José, Cabalceta played youth football with Municipal Tibás before playing as a defender for Brujas and Orión, both in the Costa Rican Primera División. Cabalceta has Italian heritage and acquired Italian citizenship in 2012 before signing a four-year contract with Serie A side Catania. [1] After one season captaining the club's youth side, he joined the senior squad for the 2013–14 season. [2] In September 2015, Deportivo Saprissa signed Erick Cabalceta and midfielder Christian Bolanos. [3]

Cartaginés

In June 2014, Cabalceta was signed by Cartaginés on a 1-year contract on loan. [4] [5]

Saint Louis FC

On November 30, 2016, Saint Louis FC announced they have agreed to a contract with defender Erick Cabalceta pending United Soccer League and United States Soccer Federation approval. [6]

International career

Cabalceta was born in Costa Rica, and is of Salvadoran descent through a grandmother. [7] He has appeared for the Costa Rica national under-20 football team in the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship where they were eliminated by Cuba in the knockout stage. [8]

He opted to represent the El Salvador national team in 2022. [7] He debuted with them in a 3–1 CONCACAF Nations League win over Grenada on 7 June 2022. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Calvo C., Rodrigo (4 January 2013). "Cabalceta sueña con emular a Tuma Martínez en el calcio" [Cabalceta dreams with emuling Tuma Martínez in Italian football] (in Spanish). La Nacion.
  2. ↑ Araya N., José Fernando (15 August 2013). "Erick Cabalceta vive un sueño en Italia" [Erick Cabalceta lives a dream in Italy] (in Spanish). La Nacion.
  3. ↑ "Saprissa presentó a sus nuevos fichajes: Christian Bolaños y Erick Cabalceta". Diario Digital Nuestro País (in European Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Masis, Fiorella (25 June 2014). "Erick Cabalceta firma por un año con Cartaginés" [Erick Cabalceta signs a one year contract with Cartaginés] (in Spanish). La Nacion.
  5. ↑ Solano A, Jeison (25 June 2014). "Cartaginés y Catania logran acuerdo para préstamo de Cabalceta" [Cartaginés y Catania reach agreement to loan Cabalceta] (in Spanish). Club Sport Cartaginés. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Saint Louis FC Strengthen Defense For 2017 - Saint Louis Football Club". saintlouisfc.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Erick Cabalceta decidió naturalizarse salvadoreño por ilusión de buscar mundial". ESPN.com.mx. 3 May 2022.
  8. ↑ Valverde, Esteban (26 April 2013). "Tico Erick Cabalceta convocado para el Milan-Catania" [Erick Cabalceta called-up for Milan–Catania] (in Spanish). Al Dia.
  9. ↑ "Game Details". Concacaf. 12 March 2021.
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