Héctor Cabello

Héctor Cabello
Personal information
Full name Héctor Antonio Cabello Tabilo
Date of birth (1968-01-14) 14 January 1968
Place of birth La Serena, Chile
Position Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Jesús Herrera
Deportes La Serena
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1993 Deportes La Serena
1993 Coquimbo Unido 22 (1)
1994 Regional Atacama 24 (1)
1995–1998 Coquimbo Unido 107 (21)
1999 Santiago Wanderers
2000 Deportes La Serena
International career
1987 Chile U20 8 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Héctor Antonio Cabello Tabilo (born 14 January 1968) is a Chilean former football player who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in La Serena, Chile, Cabello is a product of the local team, Deportes La Serena.[1] He is considered a historical player of them as well as of the classic rival, Coquimbo Unido.[2][3][4]

After spending ten seasons with Deportes La Serena until the 1992 season,[5][6] also winning the 1987 Segunda División,[7] Cabello switched to Coquimbo Unido in 1993.[8] After playing for Regional Atacama in 1994,[9][10] he rejoined them in 1995 for four years, always in the Chilean Primera División.[11]

His last clubs were Santiago Wanderers in 1999[12] and Deportes La Serena in 2000,[1][13] both in the Primera B.

International career

Cabello represented the Chile national under-20 team at the 1987 South American Championship[14] and the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship,[15] where they reached the fourth place.[1][16]

Personal life

Cabello is nicknamed Kunta, like the main character of the TV miniseries Roots, Kunta Kinte.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Héctor Cabello: Volante de La Roja Sub 20 en el Mundial de 1987". La Roja (in Spanish). Football Federation of Chile. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  2. ^ Retamal, Rodrigo (16 October 2017). "Fútbol del recuerdo: Seis emblemáticos que jugaron en Coquimbo Unido y Deportes La Serena". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Los talentosos que nunca explotaron". Diario AS (in Spanish). 10 November 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Histórico de Coquimbo Unido asumirá como gerente técnico de CD. La Serena". El Observatodo.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2025. Es el futbolista, junto con Héctor Cabello, en disputar más veces el clásico regional
  5. ^ "Carlos Castagneto. El guardavallas del kirchnerismo". granateinetcl (in Spanish). 12 January 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2025. En el año 1992, Club Deportes La Serena... Entre los futbolistas que conformaban esa plantilla se encontraban entre otros: Héctor Cabello, Leonel Herrera,...
  6. ^ "Club de Deportes LA SERENA". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  7. ^ "La batalla de CD La Serena VS CD Ovalle por el ascenso en 1988". granateinetcl (in Spanish). 8 January 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Coquimbo 1993 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  9. ^ @futboldeantescl (10 August 2019). "Regional Atacama 1994" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2025 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Atacama 1994 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Club de Deportes COQUIMBO UNIDO". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Wanderers en Campeonato de Primera B 1999". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Copa Apertura 2000". eseaene.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2025. Se fueron: Ronny VERGARA (a préstamo en Deportes Linares)... Héctor CABELLO (Deportes La Serena)
  14. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Copas del Mundo Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  16. ^ "Revisa las otras Sub 20, Chile 1987". Goal (in Spanish). 9 January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  17. ^ @memoriasdonbalon; (24 January 2022). "Entrevista a fondo con Héctor Cabello: "De niño me dicen Kunta..."" (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 October 2025 – via Instagram.
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