Pablo Zabaleta
Pablo Zabaleta | ||
Pablo Zabaleta (2019)
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Personnel | ||
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Surname | Pablo Javier Zabaleta Girod | |
birthday | January 16, 1985 | |
place of birth | Buenos Aires , Argentina | |
size | 176 cm | |
position | Right full-back | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
1997-2003 | CA San Lorenzo | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
2002-2005 | CA San Lorenzo | 66 (8) |
2005-2008 | Espanyol Barcelona | 80 (3) |
2008-2017 | Manchester City | 230 (8) |
2017– | West Ham United | 73 (0) |
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
2008 | Argentina Olympics | 6 (0) |
2005-2017 | Argentina | 58 (0) |
1 Only league games are given. As of March 14, 2020 2 As of May 24, 2017 |
Pablo Javier Zabaleta Girod (born January 16, 1985 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine football player who is under contract with the English first division club West Ham United .
Career
society
CA San Lorenzo
At the age of twelve he signed a contract with the Argentine top club CA San Lorenzo , where he went through all the youth teams. First he was set up as a defensive midfielder, before moving to right midfield and the right defensive side.
Espanyol Barcelona
In 2005 he moved to a European club with Espanyol Barcelona , after he had previously captained the Argentina U-20 national team at the 2005 World Cup.
With Espanyol he achieved a great success in his first season by winning the Copa del Rey . The following year was also very successful. Only in the final of the UEFA Cup did Espanyol lose on penalties to compatriots from Sevilla FC .
Manchester City
For the 2008/09 season he moved to Manchester City in the Premier League for around 8.7 million euros . Zabaleta played his 200th game for the Manchester club on January 16, 2016.
West Ham United
For the 2017/18 season, Zabaleta leaves Manchester City and joins league rivals West Ham United , with whom he signed a two-year contract, on a free transfer.
Zabaleta has a Spanish passport, although he continues to compete internationally for Argentina.
National team
Pablo Zabaleta took part in both the 2003 and 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup , winning with Argentina in 2005 . So far, he has played 48 international matches for the senior national team.
In 2008 he won the Olympic football tournament in Beijing with the Argentinian selection . In 2014 he was runner-up with the Argentine national team.
successes
society
- Copa Sudamericana : 2002 (with San Lorenzo)
- Copa del Rey : 2006 (with Barcelona)
- FA Cup : 2011 (with Manchester)
- English champion : 2012 , 2014 (with Manchester)
- FA Community Shield winner: 2012 (with Manchester)
- League Cup : 2014 , 2016 (with Manchester)
National team
Web links
- Pablo Zabaleta in the database of weltfussball.de
- Pablo Zabaleta , profile on the Manchester City homepage
- Pablo Zabaleta in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Zabaleta from ManCity to West Ham. In: spox.com . May 26, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Zabaleta, Pablo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zabaleta, Pablo Javier (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1985 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |