José Luis Cabrera (footballer)

José Luis Cabrera Cava (born 10 May 1982) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cabrera and the second or maternal family name is Cava.
José Luis Cabrera
Personal information
Full name José Luis Cabrera Cava
Date of birth (1982-05-10) 10 May 1982
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Real Madrid C
2002–2003 Real Madrid B 11 (0)
2003–2006 Pontevedra 92 (3)
2006–2007 Almería 33 (0)
2008–2009 Alavés 9 (0)
2009–2011 Córdoba 12 (0)
2012 Villanovense 11 (0)
2012–2013 Santa Ana 19 (0)
Total 187 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Cabrera was born in Madrid. An unsuccessful Real Madrid youth graduate, he made his professional debut with Pontevedra CF, playing with the Galicians one season in the second division and two in the third.[1]

In 2006–07, Cabrera was an important defensive weapon as UD Almería achieved a first–ever La Liga promotion.[2] However, he was deemed surplus to requirements by coach Unai Emery, moving in January 2008 to Deportivo Alavés – now in the second level – where he suffered a terrible knee injury in his first game which made him lose the remainder of the campaign.[3]

Following Alavés' 2009 relegation, Cabrera signed with Córdoba CF in the summer, also in division two.[4] In early January 2010, during the first half of the 0–0 home draw against FC Cartagena, he suffered the same injury, being lost for the rest of 2009–10.[5]

Cabrera returned to the third tier in January 2012, with the 29-year-old signing with CF Villanovense.[6]

References
  1. Canabal y Cabrera, dudas para el encuentro con el Tenerife (Canabal and Cabrera, doubts for match against Tenerife); La Nación, 25 February 2005 (in Spanish)
  2. Los 'héroes' del ascenso a Primera del Almería, con variadas vivencias (The 'heroes' of Almería promotion to Primera, with various fates); Ideal, 26 December 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. Cabrera sufre otra lesión muscular (Cabrera suffers another muscle injury); El Correo, 4 December 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. Cabrera, último fichaje del Córdoba Club de Fútbol (Cabrera, last signing of Córdoba Club de Fútbol); Diario Córdoba, 5 August 2009 (in Spanish)
  5. Cabrera: "Espero ser el mejor fichaje del Córdoba" (Cabrera: "I hope to be Córdoba's best signing"); Diario AS, 1 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  6. El mediocentro Cabrera, nuevo refuerzo para el Villanovense (Central midfielder Cabrera, new addition for Villanovense); El Periódico de Extremadura, 28 January 2012 (in Spanish)
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