Full name Ricardo Cabanas-Rey Name Ricardo Cabanas Parents Ricardo Cabanas 1986–1992 SCI Juventus Zurich Spouse Deby Cabanas | Playing position Height 1.73 m Role Football player Siblings Christian Cabanas Rey | |
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Date of birth (1979-01-17) 17 January 1979 (age 36) 1992–1997 Grasshopper Club Zurich Children Daliya Cabanas, Yoan Cabanas Similar People Johann Vogel, Kobi Kuhn, Helmut Haller, Ludovic Magnin, Pascal Zuberbuhler | ||
Place of birth Zurich, Switzerland | ||
Grasshoppers PAOK 1-1 (2002)
Ricardo Cabanas-Rey (born 17 January 1979 in Zürich) is a former Swiss football player who played as a midfielder. He played 51 international matches for the Swiss national team.
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Club career
Cabanas started his career with Grasshoppers Zürich and played there for several seasons, winning two league titles, before moving to Cologne. During this period, he also enjoyed a loan spell at Guingamp.
In June 2007, 1. FC Köln announced that Cabanas was to return to his previous club, Grasshoppers Zürich for an undisclosed fee.
International career
Cabanas is a member of the Switzerland national team and was called up to the squad which participated in the 2006 World Cup and the Euro 2008. At the 2006 FIFA World Cup he missed a spot-kick during his side's penalty shootout against Ukraine, who emerged victorious. Cabanas has also played for the (non-official) Galicia national team against Iran and against Uruguay.
Personal life
His father, also called Ricardo Cabanas, played for Bellinzona, and for SC Kriens in the 1980–81 season. His brother, Christian Cabanas Rey, also briefly played in the professional league. His cousin, Raúl Cabanas, played with Ricardo at Grasshoppers.
He has two children with his wife Deby.