Juan Carlos Caballero

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Juan Carlos Caballero

| image = Juan Carlos Caballero.jpg

| caption = Caballero in 2013

| fullname = Juan Carlos Caballero Martín{{cite news|url=https://resultados.as.com/resultados/ficha/deportista/caballero/6879/|title=Caballero|newspaper=Diario AS|language=Spanish|accessdate=29 April 2022}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|9|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Zaragoza, Spain

| height = 1.90 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1999–2001

| years2 = 2001–2002

| years3 = 2002–2003

| years4 = 2004

| years5 = 2004–2005

| years6 = 2005

| years7 = 2005–2008

| years8 = 2008–2009

| years9 = 2009

| years10 = 2009

| years11 = 2010

| years12 = 2010–2011

| years13 = 2011–2012

| years14 = 2012

| years15 = 2013

| clubs1 = Osasuna B

| clubs2 = Figueres

| clubs3 = Sevilla

| clubs4 = Terrassa

| clubs5 = Eibar

| clubs6 = Lorca Deportiva

| clubs7 = Cartagena

| clubs8 = Benidorm

| clubs9 = Cobreloa

| clubs10 = Alicante

| clubs11 = Sangonera Atlético

| clubs12 = Teruel

| clubs13 = Conquense

| clubs14 = Orihuela

| clubs15 = La Serena

| caps1 = 21

| caps2 = 23

| caps3 = 1

| caps4 = 1

| caps5 = 1

| caps6 = 21

| caps7 = 79

| caps8 = 19

| caps9 = 15

| caps10 = 5

| caps11 = 18

| caps12 = 36

| caps13 = 40

| caps14 = 17

| caps15 = 1

| totalcaps = 298

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| goals11 = 0

| goals12 = 0

| goals13 = 0

| goals14 = 0

| goals15 = 0

| totalgoals = 0

| manageryears1 = 2017–2018

| managerclubs1 = Barcelona SC (reserves)

| manageryears2 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs2 = {{ill|Guayaquil F.C.|lt=Guayaquil FC|es|Guayaquil Fútbol Club}}

| manageryears3 = 2022

| managerclubs3 = {{ill|C.A. Santo Domingo|lt=Atlético Santo Domingo|es|Club Atlético Santo Domingo}}

}}

Juan Carlos Caballero Martín (born 29 September 1978) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, Caballero spent the vast majority of his career in the Segunda División B, appearing in 279 matches in representation of ten clubs, mainly FC Cartagena.{{cite news|url=https://www.laverdad.es/murcia/20071220/deportes_murcia/fc-cartagena/portero-caballero-odria-marcharse-20071220.html|title=El portero Caballero podría marcharse a Liga escocesa|trans-title=Goalkeeper Caballero could go to the Scottish League|newspaper=La Verdad|first=Francisco J.|last=Moya|language=Spanish|date=20 December 2007|accessdate=29 April 2022}} In the summer of 2002 he moved straight from the lower leagues to La Liga after leaving UE Figueres to sign with Sevilla FC, but he played understudy to Antonio Notario during his spell, his only competitive appearance arriving on 21 June 2003 (the last day of the season) in a 0–3 home loss against Valencia CF.{{cite news|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/2003/06/21/liga/1056228109.html|title=El Valencia gana a domicilio en el Sánchez Pizjuan|trans-title=Valencia win at the Sánchez Pizjuan|newspaper=El Mundo|language=Spanish|date=21 June 2003|accessdate=18 September 2015}}

Caballero retired in 2013 at the age of 35 shortly after being relegated from the third tier with Orihuela CF, who had released him midway through the campaign.{{cite news|url=https://www.informacion.es/deportes/2012/12/29/orihuela-da-baja-portero-caballero-6707110.html|title=El Orihuela da la baja al portero Caballero y ficha a Queco Piña|trans-title=Orihuela release goalkeeper Caballero and sign Queco Piña|newspaper=Diario Información|first=Jesús|last=Zerón|language=Spanish|date=29 December 2012|accessdate=29 April 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.lasprovincias.es/v/20130610/deportes/futbol/annus-horribilis-orihuela-20130610.html|title=El 'annus horribilis' del Orihuela|trans-title=Orihuela's 'annus horribilis'|newspaper=Las Provincias|first=Fernando|last=Amat|language=Spanish|date=10 June 2013|accessdate=29 April 2022}} He also played two years in Chile, appearing for C.D. Cobreloa in the 2009 edition of the Primera División.{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/deportes/adios_sueno_por_amor.html|title=Adiós a un sueño por amor|trans-title=Farewell to a dream for love|newspaper=Heraldo de Aragón|first=Raúl|last=Lahoz|language=Spanish|date=17 March 2009|accessdate=29 April 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://tntsports.cl/internacional/Espanol-que-atajo-en-Cobreloa-recibio-un-regalo-de-Messi-20210107-0012.html|title=Juan Carlos Caballero mostró el regalo que recibió de Lionel Messi|trans-title=Juan Carlos Caballero showed the gift he got from Lionel Messi|publisher=TNT Sports|language=Spanish|date=7 January 2021|accessdate=29 April 2022}}