Roberto García (footballer, born 1980)

Roberto García Cabello (born 4 February 1980), known simply as Roberto, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.

Club career Born in Madrid, Roberto only made his debut in professional football in the 2008–09 season, aged 28, at the service of SD Huesca in the Segunda División. In the previous campaign, he had scored a career-best 20 goals (plus two in the playoffs and one in the Copa del Rey) to help the club promote from Segunda División B for the first time ever."El gol en Écija no se me borrará nunca, siempre irá conmigo" ("That goal in Écija will never go away, it will always be there with me"); Diario del AltoAragón, 27 December 2008 (in Spanish)

Roberto played his first game in the second division of Spanish football on 31 August 2008, and scored in a 2–2 home draw against CD Castellón.Castellón y Huesca empatan en un choque igualado (Castellón and Huesca draw in even match); Marca, 31 August 2008 (in Spanish) He went on to amass second-tier totals of 141 matches and 32 goals, for Huesca and Gimnàstic de Tarragona.El regreso de Roberto al Huesca gana enteros (Roberto's return to Huesca stronger by the day); Heraldo de Aragón, 23 June 2010 (in Spanish)

In 2012, at the age of 32, Roberto moved abroad for the first time, going on to spend several years in the Cypriot First Division.Roberto retorna a Chipre (Roberto returns to Cyprus); Diario del AltoAragón, 28 May 2014 (in Spanish)

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsReal Madrid B2000–01Segunda División B60——60Alcorcón2001–02Segunda División B323——323Sevilla B2002–03Segunda División B20——20Mérida2002–03Segunda División B15010—160Huesca2004–05Segunda División B2910——2910Burgos2005–06Segunda División B361020204010Huesca2006–07Segunda División B349—403892007–08Segunda División B3720214243232008–09Segunda División341110—3511Total10540318211643Gimnàstic2009–10Segunda División34410—354Huesca2010–11Segunda División38500—3852011–12Segunda División351121—3712Total731621—7517Apollon Limassol2012–13Cypriot First Division28671—3572013–14Cypriot First Division3147180465Total5910142808112Omonia2014–15Cypriot First Division2536051364Toledo2015–16Segunda División B72——72Career total42398294233475105

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