Diego Caballo
Personal information
Full name Diego Caballo Alonso
Date of birth (1994-02-17) 17 February 1994
Place of birth Salamanca, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 AaB
Number 15
Youth career
1999–2003 Capuchinos
2003–2009 Salamanca
2009–2013 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Real Madrid C 59 (5)
2014–2015 Real Madrid B 6 (0)
2015–2017 Valencia B 29 (1)
2017–2018 Deportivo B 28 (2)
2018–2019 Deportivo La Coruña 27 (0)
2019–2020 Extremadura 14 (1)
2020–2021 Albacete 31 (0)
2021–2022 CR Sabadell FC 30 (1)
2022–2023 Sydney FC 25 (2)
2023– AaB 5 (0)
International career
2011 Spain U17 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2023

Diego Caballo Alonso (born 17 February 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for AaB as a left-back for Danish 1st Division club AaB.

Club career

Caballo was born in Salamanca, Castile and León, and joined Real Madrid's youth setup in 2009, from UD Salamanca.[1] He made his senior debut with the C-team on 24 August 2013, starting in a 1–0 Segunda División B away win against Atlético Madrid B.

Caballo first appeared with the reserves on 24 August 2014, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 loss at the same opponent also for the third division championship.[2] He scored his first senior goal with the C's on 19 October, netting the opener in a 2–0 Tercera División home defeat of CD Móstoles URJC.

On 7 July 2015, free agent Caballo signed for Valencia CF, being assigned to the B-team also in the third tier.[3] He moved to another reserve team on 2 July 2017, after agreeing to a contract with Deportivo Fabril in the same division.[4]

On 5 July 2018, Caballo renewed his contract with Dépor for two seasons.[5] On 13 August, he was definitely promoted to the main squad in Segunda División.[6]

Caballo made his professional debut on 17 August 2018, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Albacete Balompié.[7] On 2 September of the following year, he terminated his contract with Dépor,[8] and signed a one-year deal with fellow second division side Extremadura UD the following day.[9]

On 22 January 2020, Caballo cut ties with Extremadura and agreed to a two-and-a-half-year contract with Albacete Balompié, still in the second division.[10]

Sydney FC

On 13 July 2022, Caballo signed for Australian A-League club Sydney FC.[11] After a slow start to his time at Sydney, Caballo would score a free kick to open his scoring account for the club in a 2-3 defeat to league leaders Melbourne City.[12] His second goal was scored in a 3-3 draw against Western United in Round 22.

AaB

On 5 July 2023, Caballo signed for newly relegated Danish 1st Division side AaB for an undisclosed fee from Sydney FC.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "La madurez de Diego Caballo" [The maturity of Diego Caballo] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "2–1: Castilla let the three points slip against Atlético B" (in Spanish). Real Madrid C.F. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "El salmantino Diego Caballo deja el Real Madrid y ficha por el Valencia" [Salmantino Diego Caballo leaves Real Madrid and signs for Valencia] (in Spanish). La Gaceta de Salamanca. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Diego Caballo, Martín Bengoa y Gaizka Martínez, tres nuevos refuerzos para el Fabril 2017–2018" [Diego Caballo, Martín Bengoa and Gaizka Martínez, three new additions for the 2017–2018 Fabril] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Diego Caballo amplía su vinculación con el Dépor y Borja Galán se marcha con opción de vuelta" [Diego Caballo extends his link with Dépor and Borja Galán leaves with an option of return] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Diego Caballo tendrá ficha con la primera plantilla del Dépor 2018–2019" [Diego Caballo will have place with the first team of the 2018–2019 Dépor] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Manaj salva al Albacete con polémica ante un buen Dépor" [Manaj saves Albacete with controverse against a good Dépor] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "El Deportivo y Diego Caballo acuerdan la rescisión del contrato" [Deportivo and Diego Caballo agree the contract rescision] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "Diego Caballo refuerza la defensa" [Diego Caballo bolsters the defense] (in Spanish). Extremadura UD. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "Diego Caballo es del Alba" [Diego Caballo is an Alba player] (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  11. ↑ Warriner, David. "SYDNEY FC COMPLETE DIEGO CABALLO SIGNING". Sydney FC. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Match report". Sydney FC. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "Diego Caballo sold to Danish club AaB Aalborg". Sydney FC. 5 July 2023.
  14. ↑ "AaB tilføjer spansk venstreback [AaB add Spanish left back]". AaB. 5 July 2023.
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