Ricardo Cabanas
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Cabanas Rey
Date of birth	April 20 1979 (1979--) (age 28)
Place of birth	Zürich, Switzerland
Height	ft  in ( m)
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Grasshoppers
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-2006 2003-2004 2006-2007 2007-	Grasshoppers → Guingamp (loan) FC Köln Grasshoppers	197 (43) 17 (0) 41 (2) 0 (0)
National team2
2000- 2006-	Switzerland Galicia	47 (4) 2 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 June 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 26 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Ricardo Cabanas (born 17 January 1979 in Zürich) is a Spanish-Swiss football (soccer) player who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Köln in Germany.

Cabanas started his career with his Grasshoppers Zürich and played there for several seasons before moving to Cologne. During this period, he also enjoyed a loan spell at Guingamp.

He is a member of the Switzerland national team and was recently called up to the squad to participate in the 2006 World Cup.

In June 2007, 1. FC Köln announced that Cabanas was to return to his previous club, Grasshoppers Zürich for an undisclosed fee.

Personal life

He is the son of Ricardo Cabanas Snr., which he last played for SC Kriens in 1980-1981 season. His brother Christian Cabanas also briefly played in professional league. His cousin, Raúl Cabanas currently playing with Ricardo in Grasshopper. He has recently been questioned by police by responding violently to a man calling him Cannabis instead of Cabanas.

Switzerland squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Zuberbühler • 2 Djourou • 3 Magnin • 4 Senderos • 5 Margairaz • 6 Vogel • 7 Cabanas • 8 Wicky • 9 Frei • 10 Gygax • 11 Streller • 12 Benaglio • 13 Grichting • 14 D. Degen • 15 Džemaili • 16 Barnetta • 17 Spycher • 18 Lustrinelli • 19 Behrami • 20 Müller • 21 Coltorti • 22 Yakın • 23 P. Degen • Coach: Kuhn

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