Name: Roberto Cabañas González

Nickname: "La Panthère", "El Mago"



Country: Paraguay
Clubs: América Cali
Position: *CF, SS
Side: RF/BS
Age: 23-26 (20/04/1961)

Height: 182 cm
Weight: 80 kg

Attack: 86
Defence: 45
Balance: 85
Stamina: 81
Top Speed: 84
Acceleration: 82
Response: 85
Agility: 77
Dribble Accuracy: 79
Dribble Speed: 78
Short Pass Accuracy: 79
Short Pass Speed: 73
Long Pass Accuracy: 73
Long Pass Speed: 72
Shot Accuracy: 85
Shot Power: 87
Shot Technique: 88
Free Kick Accuracy: 79
Curling: 73
Header: 85
Jump: 85
Technique: 79
Aggression: 87
Mentality: 81
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 77

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 6
Consistency: 6
Growth Type: Early/Lasting

CARDS:
P13 - Dummy Runner
S01 - 1-Touch Play
S16 - Jumping Volley

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Positioning - 1 Touch Pass

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded


INFO

Roberto Cabañas González was a Paraguayan footballer who played as a forward. Player with great physical ability and heading, solid free kick taker, fast, excellent in jump, and with strong shot especially from volleys. He played as central forward mainly but was very grateful player, coming back to help and even starting the attacks from midfield. He was a temperamental player and had a command and definition with the ball. Roberto Cabañas was immortalized by his showy plays, his chilena goals and volleys (also called 'cabañuelas'); one of his most remembered cabals was the use of a white wristband, and he used to celebrate his goals with an acrobatic somersault. Generous and indomitable, the former whimsical Paraguayan player exudes class thanks to his good looks and his charisma. His flexibility and speed of execution have opened the doors to all technical exploits. Faced with the goals where his qualities of jump and opportunism exploded. But also the back turned to the target with this ability to illuminate the moment of a heel or an instant lob.

During his career, Cabañas played for Cerro Porteño of Paraguay, Stade Brestois and Olympique Lyonnais of France, the New York Cosmos (winning the 1980 and 1982 NASL championship and the NASL Most Valuable Player Award in 1983), América de Cali of Colombia (helping the team in reaching three consecutive Copa Libertadores finals) and Boca Juniors of Argentina (winning the 1992 Apertura tournament and the 1992 Copa Masters).

Cabañas was also a key player of the Paraguayan national team during the 1980s. Cabañas was not only pivotal in Paraguay's qualification for the Mexico 1986 World Cup, but he also scored the two goals against Belgium in the pivotal third third group match, thus tying the game at 2-2. This allowed for Paraguay to qualify second in their group, behind Mexico. They eventually lost to England but still they left good image on this World Cup.


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