Marcos Caballero


Marcos Caballero is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sportivo Ameliano in the Paraguay División Intermedia. During Sportivo Ameliano's 84th anniversary in 2020, the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol distincted Caballero as a footballer in the club's history, whilst D10 cited Caballero as historic goal scorer and figure of Sportivo Ameliano.

Career

Youth Career (2002)

Under the coaching of Mario Almirón, Caballero was a member of Sportivo Ameliano U20 side until 2002.

Debut Season (2003)

Both the U20 team goalkeeper, José Cardozo, and himself were promoted to the first-team in the 2003 season, when Caballero scored a total of 12 goals. The most important goal out of the 12 was scored against Capitan Figari, which was in the decisive 2–1 victory that crowned Sportivo Ameliano champions of the 2003 Paraguay fourth-tier.

Successive Seasons (2004–2018)

Sportivo Ameliano again were crowned champions of the Paraguay fourth tier in the 2006 season.
Caballero was the leading goal scorer of the 2008 Paraguay Primera División C, the fourth tier, along with Deportivo Recoleta's Alberto Cristaldo with a total of 11 goals.
In 2015, Caballero reached ascension to Paraguay's third tier with Sportivo Ameliano achieving a runners-up position.
In May 2016 during the third tier season, Caballero noted an important goal in a 1–0 victory against Atlético Colegiales to keep Sportivo Ameliano as one of the league leaders. Sportivo Ameliano reached the promotion play-off but lost against 22 de Septiembre.

Promotion to the Segunda División (2019)

Caballero scored the decisive goal in the 81st minute of Sportivo Ameliano's 1–0 victory on the last day of the 2019 Primera División B season to ascend to the División Intermedia in 2020, finishing on top of the table ahead of Tacuary.

Honours

Sportivo Ameliano