Samuel Caballero

Samuel Caballero
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Samuel Caballero
Date of birth	December 24, 1974 (1974-12-24) (age 34)
Place of birth	Puerto Lempira, Honduras
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Changchun Yatai
Number	4
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991-1994 1994-1999 1999-2001 2001-2004 2004 2004 2005 2006-	FBC Melgar Olimpia Olimpia Udinese Salernitana Nacional Chicago Fire Changchun Yatai	000? 0(?) 000? 0(?) 0066 (11) 0025 0(2) 0000 0(0) 0000 0(0) 0017 0(1) 0103 0(9)
National team2
2008 1998-present	Honduras U-23  Honduras	0003 0(0) 0071 (11)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 2009 season. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 2009-03-28. * Appearances (Goals)

Jorge Samuel Caballero (born December 24, 1974 in Gracias a Dios department, Honduras) is a Honduran football (soccer) defender.

Club career

Caballero began his career with Olimpia in Honduras, playing with the team from 1996 until transferring overseas in 2001. He moved to Serie A to play for Udinese, where he would remain until moving to Salernitana in 2004. He then played for Nacional in Uruguay, before his move to Major League Soccer and the Chicago Fire. Caballero had a disappointing 2005 with the club, and was released. He has spent the 2006 preseason with the Colorado Rapids.

In the 2008-2009 Winter Market it was reported that two teams from Honduras, Marathon and Olimpia, are interested in the signing of Samuel Caballero after he publicly stated his desire to return to Honduras in order to be close to family and return to the National Team. However, the player still had a contract with the Chinese Club Changchun Yatai and stated that if he did not receive any offers he would return to the club and complete his contract.

International career

Caballero also has been a hugely important force on the Honduran national team, playing during 2002 and 2006 World Cup Qualifiers.^[1]

External links

• Career stats - National Football Teams

References

Preceded by Emil Martínez

Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year 2009

Succeeded by Incumbent

v • d • e Honduras squad – 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Cruz • 2 Guerrero • 3 Clavasquín • 4 S. Caballero • 5 M. Reyes • 6 Medina • 7  • 8 Lagos • 9 C. Pavón • 10 de León • 11 Núñez • 12 H. Caballero • 14 J. Pineda • 15 García • 16 F. Reyes • 18 F. Pavón • 19 Turcios • 20 Guevara • 21 Martínez • 22 A. Pineda • 23 Philips • 24 Coello • Coach: Maradiaga

v • d • e Honduras squad – 2001 Copa América 1 Enamorado • 2 Philips • 3 Cárcamo • 4 Caballero • 5 Reyes • 6 Lagos • 7 Suazo • 8 Brown • 9  • 10 de León • 11  • 13 Bernárdez • 14 Rodríguez • 15 García • 16 Pineda • 17 Güity • 18 Martínez • 19 Turcios • 20 Guevara • 21 Pérez • 22 Valladares • 23 Izaguirre • 24 Medina • 26 Morales • Coach: Maradiaga

v • d • e Honduras squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Coello • 2 Henríquez • 3 Figueroa • 4 Caballero • 5  • 6 Izaguirre • 7 E. Núñez • 8 Palacios • 9 Ramírez • 10 Velásquez • 11 M. Núñez • 13 Berríos • 14 García • 16 Vega • 18 Morán • 19 Turcios • 20 Thomas • 21 Vallecillo • 22 Morales • 23 Guerrero • 24 Guifarro • 25 Garden • Coach: Herrera

v • d • e Honduras squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Puerto • 2  • 3 Figueroa • 4 Caballero • 5 E. Vallecillo • 6 Mendoza • 7 E. Martínez • 8 Palacios • 9 Pavón • 10 de León • 11 J. Martínez • 12 O. Vallecillo • 13 Costly • 14 García • 15 W. Martínez • 16 Oliva • 17 Alvarez • 18 Claros • 19 Rodríguez • 20 Guevara • 21 Izaguirre • 22 Morales • 23 Guerrero • 24 Santamaría • Coach: Rueda

v • d • e Honduras squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Hernández • 2 Arzú • 3 Molina • 4 Caballero • 5 Norales • 6 Morales • 7 Martínez • 8 Padilla • 9 Pavón • 10 Núñez • 11 Rodas • 12 Claros • 13 Thomas • 14 Bernárdez • 15 López • 16 Sánchez • 17 Álvarez • 18 Enamorado • 20 Delgado • 21 Guity • Coach: Yearwood