Salvador Cabañas

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Cabañas and the second or maternal family name is Ortega.
Salvador Cabañas
Personal information
Full name Salvador Cabañas Ortega
Date of birth August 5, 1980 (1980-08-05) (age 30)
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Striker
Winger
Club information
Current club América
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998–2001 12 de Octubre 28 (14)
1999 → Guaraní (loan) 20 (6)
2001–2003 Audax Italiano 53 (29)
2003–2006 Jaguares de Chiapas 103 (59)
2006– América 115 (66)
National team‡
2004– Paraguay 44 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 25, 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 14, 2009

Salvador Cabañas Ortega (born August 5, 1980) is a Paraguayan football striker who plays for Club América in the Mexican Primera División. A prolific and natural goalscorer, he is known for his array of skills on the field such as excellent heading, accurate shooting with either foot, receptions in tight spaces, and a combination of technique, power and positional sense.[1] He was shot in the head in January 2010, and although he survived the attack, it is still unknown whether he will play football again.

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Career

Early years

Cabañas started his career at Paraguayan club 12 de Octubre, where he was promoted to the first division by then coach Alicio Solalinde, scoring a hugely impressive 17 goals in his first season. He moved to a different team, Guaraní, where he had a brief stint before moving to Audax Italiano of Chile. In the 2003 Apertura tournament of the Chilean Primera División Cabañas netted an impressive 18 goals and was the top goalscorer.

Years in Mexico

Afterwards, he joined Jaguares of Mexico from Audax Italiano before the Mexican 2003 Apertura tournament. That season, Cabañas went on to play in 18 games for the team, scoring five goals. He came into his own in the 2004 Clausura however, as he scored 15 goals in 20 games for the club. He would lead the club in goals again in the 2004 Apertura, with eight in 16 matches.

Following the Clausura 2006 season in which Cabañas won his first goalscoring crown in the Mexican League, he attracted the attention of Club América, one of the most important clubs in the country, and was signed by the Mexico City squad prior to the Apertura 2006 season.

Cabañas became América's most prolific goalscorer for 2007, finishing up the first half of the year with an impressive 19 goals between 2007 Copa Libertadores (in which he became the top-scorer with 10 goals) and the Primera División de México. He started the second half of the year with a single goal in the North American SuperLiga, then scored 4 more goals in the 2007 Copa Sudamericana, and has scored 9 more in the Primera División de México, bringing his year's total with the club to 33 goals. His top form in 2007 earned him the Paraguayan Footballer of the Year and South American Footballer of the Year awards.

For 2008, Cabañas has started where he left off in 2007. He has scored 3 goals in the 2008 InterLiga, scored 8 in the 2008 Copa Libertadores (in which, for a consecutive second time, he became the top-scorer), and has scored 6 more goals in the Primera División de México. He started the second half of the year with 6 goals in the Primera División de México, bringing his year's total to 23 goals with the club.

Cabanas started 2009 by scoring his first goal in the 2009 InterLiga and scoring 13 more goals in the Primera División de México. He then finished the second half of the year with 12 goals in the Primera División de México. Taking his tally to 26 goals for the year. On January 18, against Santos Laguna, he scored two goals, taking his personal tally to 100 goals in the Primera División de México.[2]

In 2010, Cabañas again started the year scoring goals in the 2010 InterLiga, scoring four. In the two games he played in the 2010 Bicentenario, he scored two goals.

Assault

Cabañas was shot in the head inside the "Bar Bar" night club in Mexico City early January 25, 2010 at 5:00 in the morning.[3] Cabañas received medical attention during the early hours of January 25, 2010.[4] Later on the day he was submitted to a craniotomy but doctors decided that it was too risky to proceed and the bullet was not extracted. According to his wife, he tried to react against a robbery,[5] although this account is disputed by reports that the assault was the result of a taunting incident in the bar's bathroom.[6] Mexican police believe that drug lord Edgar Valdez Villarreal may have been the man who shot him.[7]

Cabañas left intensive care in late February and was hoping to fully recover in time for the FIFA World Cup 2010 but was not selected for the final Paraguay squad.[8] Doctors dealing with Cabañas have described his recovery so far as "tremendous".[9] However, it is announced he does have short-term memory loss and may not recover for another one to three years. It is unknown if he will return to play because of the bullet that is still lodged in his brain.[10] He gave his first interview on March 12, 2010 in appreciation to all the people who prayed for him.

Honors

Individual honors

Other honors

International goals

As of July 3, 2010[15]

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. March 27, 2005 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador  Ecuador 2–0 2–5 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. June 28, 2007 Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela  Colombia 4–0 5–0 2007 Copa América
3. June 28, 2007 Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela  Colombia 5–0 5–0 2007 Copa América
4. July 2, 2007 Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas, Venezuela  United States 3–1 3–1 2007 Copa América
5. November 21, 2007 Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile  Chile 1–0 3–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6. June 15, 2008 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay  Brazil 2–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7. October 11, 2008 Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia  Colombia 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
8. June 10, 2009 Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil  Brazil 1–0 1–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
9. September 5, 2009 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay  Bolivia 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
10. October 10, 2009 Puerto Ordaz, Polideportivo Cachamay, Venezuela  Venezuela 1–0 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ↑ A closer look at Cabanas FIFA.com
  2. ↑ Cabañas llega a 100 goles en México - Fox Sports en Espanol
  3. ↑ eluniversal.com.mx Cabañas ¿quién? ¿por qué?
  4. ↑ Paraguay striker Cabanas shot in bar attack ESPN.com, 25 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Cabañas leva tiro na cabeça em tentativa de assalto e corre risco de morte Globoesporte.com (Portuguese)
  6. ↑ "Paraguay's Cabanas May Have Dared His Attacker". New York Times. 28 January 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/01/28/sports/sports-uk-soccer-mexico-cabanas.html. Retrieved 29 January 2010. 
  7. ↑ "Soccer Star Left Behind After Shooting". The New York Times. June 28, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/sports/soccer/29iht-WCPARAGUAY.html?ref=sports. Retrieved 2010-06-29. 
  8. ↑ http://football365.com/story/0,17033,8750_6149022,00.html
  9. ↑ http://www.imscouting.com/global-news-article/Salvador-Cabanas-out-of-intensive-care/5891/
  10. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1176812.html#cabanas+recovery+could+take+years
  11. ↑ Balón de Oro 2008 - Entrega FMF Balón de Oro del Apertura 2007 y Clausura 2008
  12. ↑ "Information on fact, etc.". IFFHS. http://www.iffhs.de/?388d85ff0e003c4f05e91a55685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedb8a105. 
  13. ↑ CONMEBOL article
  14. ↑ "Information on fact, etc.". CONMEBOL (Spanish). http://www.conmebol.com/articulos_ver_federacion.jsp?id=62134&jobid=71192&slangab=S. 
  15. ↑ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=33853&cc=5901

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