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Pablo Zabaleta

Argentine footballer

Pablo Javier Zabaleta Girod (born 16 January 1985) is a former Argentine footballer who played as a right back.

Pablo Zabaleta
Zabaleta with West Ham United in 2019
Personal information
Full name Pablo Javier Zabaleta Girod[1]
Date of birth (1985-01-16) 16 January 1985 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Albania (assistant)[4]
Youth career
1995–1997 Obras Sanitarias
1997–2002 San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 San Lorenzo 66 (8)
2005–2008 Espanyol 79 (3)
2008–2017 Manchester City 230 (9)
2017–2020 West Ham United 73 (0)
Total 448 (20)
National team
2003–2005 Argentina U20 28 (4)
2008 Argentina U23 9 (0)
2005–2016 Argentina 58 (0)
Teams managed
2023– Albania (assistant)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Youth Championship
Winner 2005 Netherlands U-20 Team
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2014 Brazil Team
Copa América
Runner-up 2015 Chile Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics change

Club change

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup Continental[b] Other[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
San Lorenzo 2002–03 Argentine Primera División 11 0 — — 1 0 — 12 0
2003–04 Argentine Primera División 27 3 — — 3 0 — 30 3
2004–05 Argentine Primera División 28 5 — — 9 0 — 37 5
Total 66 8 — — 13 0 — 79 8
Espanyol 2005–06 La Liga 27 2 1 0 — 7 0 — 35 2
2006–07 La Liga 20 0 0 0 — 9 0 2 0 31 0
2007–08 La Liga 32 1 4 0 — — — 36 1
Total 79 3 5 0 — 16 0 2 0 102 3
Manchester City 2008–09 Premier League 29 1 1 0 1 0 11 0 — 42 1
2009–10 Premier League 27 0 4 0 4 0 — — 35 0
2010–11 Premier League 26 2 7 0 1 0 11 0 — 45 2
2011–12 Premier League 21 1 1 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 31 1
2012–13 Premier League 30 2 6 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 42 3
2013–14 Premier League 35 1 3 0 4 0 6 0 — 48 1
2014–15 Premier League 29 1 1 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 36 2
2015–16 Premier League 13 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 — 22 0
2016–17 Premier League 20 1 4 1 1 0 7 0 — 32 2
Total 230 9 30 2 18 0 54 1 1 0 333 12
West Ham United 2017–18 Premier League 37 0 2 0 0 0 — — 39 0
2018–19 Premier League 26 0 0 0 1 0 — — 27 0
2019–20 Premier League 10 0 2 1 2 0 — — 14 1
Total 73 0 4 1 3 0 — — 80 1
Career total 448 20 39 3 21 0 83 1 3 0 594 24
  1. ↑ Includes Copa del Rey, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, Recopa Sudamericana, UEFA Cup/Europa League, UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Includes Supercopa de España, FA Community Shield

International change

Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2005 2 0
2006 2 0
2008 3 0
2010 1 0
2011 13 0
2012 7 0
2013 7 0
2014 12 0
2015 7 0
2016 4 0
Total 58 0

Honours change

 
Zabaleta with the FA Cup on Manchester City's 2011 victory parade in May 2011

Espanyol

Manchester City

Argentina U23

Argentina

Individual

References change

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2013 and 31/08/2013". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Pablo Zabaleta: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Prezantohet trajneri i ri Kombëtares shqiptare, Silvinjo! Braziliani firmos kontratën me FSHF-në". FSHF. FSHF.
  5. ↑ "P. Zabaleta". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Zabaleta, Pablo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Pablo Zabaleta: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  8. ↑ McNulty, Phil (14 May 2011). "Man City 1–0 Stoke". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014.
  9. ↑ McNulty, Phil (11 May 2013). "Man City 0–1 Wigan". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016.
  10. ↑ McNulty, Phil (2 March 2014). "Manchester City 3–1 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  11. ↑ McNulty, Phil (28 February 2016). "Liverpool 1–1 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  12. ↑ Smith, Ben (12 August 2012). "Chelsea 2–3 Man City". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Gareth Bale wins PFA Player of Year and Young Player awards". BBC Sport. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Zabaleta is Etihad Player of the Year". Manchester City Football Club. 4 June 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Awards time for Craig and Pablo". Manchester City FC. 9 March 2009. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  16. ↑ "Etihad Player of the Month: Pablo Zabaleta". Manchester City F.C. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Etihad Player of the Month: Pablo Zabaleta". Manchester City F.C. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  18. ↑ "FifPro announces reserve Teams of the Year – but Luis Suarez and Arjen Robben won't be laughing while Iker Casillas is somehow named the second best goalkeeper of 2013". The Independent. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  19. ↑ "FIFA FIFPro World XI: the reserve teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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