Andrés Cabrero

Football player infobox| playername= Andres Cabrero
fullname = Andres Cabrero
nickname =


dateofbirth = January 4, 1989
cityofbirth = San Juan
countryofbirth = Puerto Rico
height = height|ft=6|in=0
currentclub = Sevilla FC Bayamon
clubnumber = 17
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Georgia Southern University
Cobb FC
Conquistadores de Guaynabo FC
years = 2008-"Current"
2008
clubs = Puerto Rico Islanders
→ Sevilla FC Bayamon (loan)
caps(goals) = 6 (0)
2 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Puerto Rico national football team
nationalcaps(goals) = 6 (1)
pcupdate =
ntupdate = 16 January 2008

Andres Cabrero is a Puerto Rican soccer player. He played in the NCAA for Georgia Southern and after freshman year decided to pursue a professional career in the sport. He returned to Puerto Rico and commenced playing internationally for the Puerto Rican national football team. He scored his first international goal against Bermuda on January 16 2008 in a 2-0 victory by Puerto Rico. In April 2008 Andres commenced his professional career with the Puerto Rico Islanders of the United Soccer League. His position is attacking midfielder. According to expertsWho? Cabrero has the potential of a very good career in Europe. He can play on either side of the field.

Personal

Born Andres N. Cabrero Gomez on January 4, 1989 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Son of Antonio Cabrero and Maria Gomez. His father is a former player of the Puerto Rico Superior Basketball League.

Andres played in the Puerto Rico leagues until age 15 where he excelled as an attacking midfielder for Conquistadores de Guaynabo FC. He participated in soccer summer camps at Duke, Clemson and the University of South Florida. Invited by an elite team from Atlanta, at age 15 he decided to continue his development in the US. He commenced playing for Cobb FC who won the South East Championship in the year 2005 and were finalists in 2004 and 2006. He was included as player of the Georgia 89' Olympic development program (ODP) team during his three years in Georgia. He attended South Cobb High School and played on the Varsity Soccer team both his Sophomore and his Junior year. a In his first game for the Georgia ODP team Andres scored one goal and made an assist in an unexpected victory over the Mexican Youth National team. He was also a player in the Georgia ODP team that in 2007 tied England's Liverpool team in a friendly held in Atlanta. After winning the Regional State Championship with the Georgia team, he participated in the National Championship winning third place after an overtime loss to Illinois who went on to win the Championship.

Andres was also included in the US ODP Region III team under Coach Wolfgang Suhnholz for the years 2005 and 2006. The Region is composed of North Texas, South Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louissiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Mississippi. With Region III Team he played at the Region Nationals held at the Olympic Training Center, Chula Vista California and at the Mexican International Festival held at Guadalajara, Mexico where he participated in victories over Chivas and Tecos and in a loss against Atlas.

Coach Kevin Kennedy’s (Georgia Southern University) comments

“Andres is a truly exciting player, whether playing out wide or in a centralposition. He has exceptional technical ability, and his vision is outstanding”.

Coach Steve Gummer's (Cobb FC) comments

"(Andres) Plays wide either right or left, is fantastic at running at players as a winger. Has tremendous foot skills, and can deliver great crosses. Has a good engine and can get from box to box very well. Has a lot of talent,and will be a very good player where ever he goes".

Videos

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&vs=youtube.com&p=andres+%2Bcabrero&fr2=sp-qrw-orig-top&norw=1 http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBF_enPR234PR235&q=andres+cabrero+%23+17

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98DhY3qQNC0