Juan Pablo Caffa

Juan Pablo Caffa

Personal information
Full name	Juan Pablo Caffa [1]
Date of birth	(1984-09-30) 30 September 1984 (age 40) [1]
Place of birth	Murphy, Argentina [1]
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003	Boca Juniors	1	(0)
2004–2005	Ferro Carril Oeste	42	(5)
2005–2007	Arsenal Sarandí	46	(11)
2007–2010	Betis	65	(8)
2008–2009	→ Zaragoza (loan)	38	(4)
2011–2013	Arsenal Sarandí	59	(6)
2013–2014	Asteras Tripolis	26	(2)
2014–2015	Defensor	8	(0)
2015	Liga Loja	38	(9)
2016	Universidad Católica	18	(2)
2017	Tulsa Roughnecks	29	(9)
2018–2019	Fresno	62	(13)
Total		432	(69)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Pablo Caffa (born 30 September 1984) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a left winger.

His nickname was "El violinista del Viaducto" (literally translated as "The violinist of the viaduct"), as he played an imaginary violin during his goal celebrations. ^{[2] [3]} His professional career, other than in his own country where he represented Boca Juniors, Ferro Carril Oeste and Arsenal de Sarandí (two spells), was spent in Spain, Greece, Uruguay, Ecuador and the United States.

Club career

Argentina

Born in Murphy, Santa Fe, Caffa was part of Club Atlético Boca Juniors youth system, being already with the first team when it won the 2003 Apertura, although he only featured in one league match.

In the following years, he played with Ferro Carril Oeste and Arsenal de Sarandí.

Spain

After a number of strong displays with Arsenal during the 2006 Apertura tournament, Caffa earned a €2 million transfer to Real Betis in the January 2007 transfer window. ^[4] He played his first La Liga match on 4 February against Athletic Bilbao, ^[5] but went scoreless in his six season appearances, also not finding the net in his first full campaign although he did not start regularly for the Andalusians.

In 2008–09, Caffa played on loan with Real Zaragoza, ^[6] being an important attacking element as they returned to the first division after just one year out. ^[7] Again at Betis, he appeared in 32 games – although only ten starts ^[8] – and scored seven goals, ^[9] but the club failed to regain top-flight status. ^[10]

Return to Argentina

In early December 2010, Caffa bought out the remainder of his contract with Betis ^[10] and returned to Argentina to his former team Arsenal, agreeing on a three-year contract. ^[11]

Club statistics

As of 12 September 2010 (asterisk signals statistics drawn from all competitions) ^[12]

Season	Club	Division	Apps	Goals	Assists
2002/03	Boca Juniors	Primera División	1	0	?
2005/06	Arsenal	Primera División	25	7	?
2006/07	Arsenal	Primera División	18	4	?
2006/07	Betis	La Liga	9*	0	1
2007/08	Betis	La Liga	24*	0	7
2008/09	Zaragoza	Segunda División	38*	4	6
2009/10	Betis	Segunda División	33*	7	7
2010/11	Betis	Segunda División	8*	1	2
Total			156	23	23

Honours

Arsenal Sarandí

• Argentine Primera División: 2012 Clausura ^[13]

References

1. "Juan Pablo Caffa". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2020.
2. Sierra, R. (1 December 2009). "El 'violinista' Caffa calmó los ánimos" ['Violinist' Caffa calmed the masses]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2016.
3. Inga, Freddy (25 October 2015). "¡El 'Violinista' de la 'Garra del oso'!" [The 'Violinist' of the 'Bear claw'!] (in Spanish). Extra. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
4. "El Betis presenta a sus nuevos fichajes: Ilic y Caffa" [Betis present their new signings: Ilic and Caffa]. Marca (in Spanish). 30 January 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
5. Melero, Delfín (4 February 2007). "Un 'machote' Betis sale reforzado de San Mamés" ['Macho-like' Betis leave San Mamés enpowered]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2016.
6. González, Tito (28 August 2008). "Juan Pablo Caffa se va un año cedido al Zaragoza" [Juan Pablo Caffa goes on loan to Zaragoza for one year]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2016.
7. Gaudioso, Sonia (27 July 2014). "Juan Pablo Caffa apuesta por regresar al Real Zaragoza" [Juan Pablo Caffa bets on returning to Real Zaragoza]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2016.
8. Lastra, Luis (6 April 2010). "El extraño caso de Caffa" [The strange case of Caffa]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2020.
9. Borrego, Álvaro (4 October 2019). "Nunca perdió la clase: todos los golazos de Caffa en EEUU" [He never lost his class: all of Caffa's wonder goals in US] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
10. "El argentino Caffa rescinde su contrato con el Real Betis" [Argentine Caffa terminates his contract with Real Betis]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 10 December 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
11. "Caffa: "Vine al Arsenal para ser campeón"" [Caffa: "I came to Arsenal to become champion"]. Marca (in Spanish). 23 December 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
12. "J. Caffa". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
13. "Arsenal, campeón del fútbol argentino por primera vez en su historia" [Arsenal, Argentine football champions for the first time in their history] (in Spanish). Infobae. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

External links

• Argentine League statistics ^[usurped] (in Spanish)^{[ dead link ]}
• Juan Pablo Caffa at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Juan Pablo Caffa at BDFutbol
• Statistics at Irish Times