Mauro Caballero (footballer, born 1972)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mauro Caballero

| image =

| fullname = Mauro Antonio Caballero López

| height = {{height|m=1.75|precision=0}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|5|3}}

| birth_place = Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 = 1991

| youthclubs1 = Olimpia Asunción

| years1 = 1992–1998

| years2 = 1999–2001

| years3 = 2001

| years4 = 2001

| years5 = 2002–2004

| years6 = 2004

| years7 = 2005

| years8 = 2005–2007

| clubs1 = Olimpia Asunción

| clubs2 = Tigres de la UANL

| clubs3 = Cerro Porteño

| clubs4 = Libertad

| clubs5 = Olimpia Asunción

| clubs6 = Jorge Wilstermann

| clubs7 = Nacional Asunción

| clubs8 = Olimpia Asunción

| caps1 = 99

| caps2 = 26

| caps3 = 15

| caps4 = 15

| caps5 = 70

| caps6 = 7

| caps7 = 11

| caps8 = 37

| goals1 = 51

| goals2 = 7

| goals3 = 7

| goals4 = 7

| goals5 = 26

| goals6 = 2

| goals7 = 2

| goals8 = 10

| nationalyears1 = 1992

| nationalteam1 = Paraguay U23

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 = 1996–2003

| nationalteam2 = Paraguay

| nationalcaps2 = 14

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| pcupdate = May 2009

}}

Mauro Antonio Caballero López (born 3 May 1972) is a Paraguayan former football striker and current coach of 3 de Febrero in the División Intermedia.{{Cite web|url=https://versus.lanacion.com.py/versus/2022/01/06/mauro-caballero-fue-presentado-en-un-ambicioso-club-de-intermedia/|title = Mauro Caballero fue presentado en un ambicioso club de Intermedia|date = 6 January 2022}}

Career

Caballero started playing for Club 24 de Junio of Altos and then moved to the youth divisions of Olimpia Asunción in 1991. In 1992, he made his debut on the senior team for Olimpia, where he would win several national and international championships.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070427171544/http://www.olimpia.com.py/idolos/mauro_caballero.asp Profile at Club Olimpia website] Caballero also played for other clubs such as Tigres de la UANL, Cerro Porteño, Club Libertad, Club Jorge Wilstermann, Nacional and Estudiantes de Mérida. His best years as a striker where in 1998 and 2001, when he was the Paraguayan 1st Division topscorer.

International career

Caballero made his international debut for the Paraguay national football team on 9 October 1996 in a World Cup Qualifier against Chile (2-1 win). He obtained a total number of 14 international caps, scoring two goals for the national side. Caballero also played for the Paraguay national football team during the 1992 Olympic Games and the 1998 World Cup qualifiers.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121020092521/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=162753/ FIFA player stats]

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#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	3 March 1999	Guatemala City, Guatemala	{{fb\|GUA}}	2–3	2–3	Copa de la Paz
2.	7 March 1999	Guatemala City, Guatemala	{{fb\|BOL}}	1–0	3–0	Copa de la Paz

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!colspan=7|International Goals

Date

Venue

Opponent

Score

Result

Competition

3 March 1999

Guatemala City, Guatemala

2–3

Copa de la Paz

7 March 1999

Guatemala City, Guatemala

1–0

3–0

Copa de la Paz

Coaching career

In January 2022, Caballero was assigned as the coach of División Intermedia team 3 de Febrero, after having coached Olimpia Asunción's under-19 team.{{Cite web|url=https://versus.lanacion.com.py/versus/2022/01/06/mauro-caballero-fue-presentado-en-un-ambicioso-club-de-intermedia/|title = Mauro Caballero fue presentado en un ambicioso club de Intermedia|date = 6 January 2022}}