Darío Gabriel Cabrol is a former Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 football midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 who played professionally in Argentina, France, Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador during the 1990s through 2007.

Club career

Cabrol began his career in 1990 with his hometown club Unión de Santa Fe

Unión de Santa Fe

Club Atlético Unión is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the province with the same name in Argentina. The club, founded in 1907, has a strong rivalry with Colón de Santa Fe....

. In 1992 he was loaned to Racing Club

Racing Club de Avellaneda

Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...

, before joining Lanús

Club Atlético Lanús

Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...

 a year later. In 1994, Cabrol went back to Unión to find the club competing in the Primera B Nacional. With his help, the team won the promotion in 1996 and returned to first division after two years. He played there for four more seasons. During his two periods at Unión, Cabrol earned a total of 197 league appearances and 40 goals scored in the Primera División Argentina

Primera División Argentina

The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

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In 2000, he awoke the interest of French

France

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 team Toulouse FC

Toulouse FC

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, which ultimately acquired his rights. However, during his time in Ligue 1

Ligue 1

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 he made most of his appearances coming off the bench. After a disappointing stint in Europe, he returned to Argentina and signed with Unión's biggest rival, Colón

Colón de Santa Fe

Club Atlético Colón, commonly referred to as Colón de Santa Fe, is a football team from Santa Fe, Argentina. As of Primera División Argentina 1946 the football squad plays in the highest division of Argentine football, and has done so continuously since 1995-96...

. Six months later, he transferred to Atlético Tucumán

Club Atlético Tucumán

Club Atlético Tucumán is a sports club from the city of San Miguel in Tucumán, Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional....

 where he had a successful season. His tuned-up performance rewarded him with a transfer to Universidad de Chile. In 2003 Cabrol made his last run in the Argentine first division with Huracán

Club Atlético Huracán

Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was...

 before moving to Ecuador

Ecuador

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 to join Emelec

Club Sport Emelec

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In 2004 he had a spell with Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

n team Blooming

Club Blooming

Club Social, Cultural y Deportivo Blooming is a Bolivian football club from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, formed on May 1, 1946. Its home colours are sky blue, white and navy. They play at the Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera . Its main rival is Oriente Petrolero, also from Santa Cruz...

, but left the club only after a couple of months as he didn't live up to the expectations. Back in his country, he joined Ben Hur

Club Sportivo Ben Hur

Club Sportivo Ben Hur is an Argentine sports club from Rafaela, Santa Fe Province. The club was founded in 1940 and is mostly known for its basketball and football teams....

 and played there until late 2005. In the sunset of his career, Cabrol decided to try his luck at Argentino de Rosario

Argentino de Rosario

Club Atlético Argentino, commonly known as Argentino de Rosario, is a football club from Rosario in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. The team currently plays in Primera D Metropolitana, which is the regionalised fifth tier of the Argentine Football Association league system.1946 was Argentino's most...

, hoping to have a successful season and consequently get a call from senior clubs Newell's or Central. However, he never got that offer and finished his career playing in the Torneo Argentino B

Torneo Argentino B

Torneo Argentino B is one of two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Clubs in Torneo Argentinos B come from all over Argentina....

 with Gimnasia y Esgrima de Santa Fe

Gimnasia y Esgrima de Santa Fe

Club Atlético Gimnasia y Esgrima are an Argentine Football club. Their home town is Ciudadela, in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. They currently play in regionalised 5th level of Argentine football Torneo Argentino C.-External links:*...

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Club titles

Season	Club	Title
1996	Unión de Santa Fe Unión de Santa Fe Club Atlético Unión is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the province with the same name in Argentina. The club, founded in 1907, has a strong rivalry with Colón de Santa Fe....	Primera B Nacional

External links

• Argentine Primera statistics