Gabriel Cichero

Gabriel Cichero
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Alejandro Cichero Konarek
Date of birth (1984-04-25) 25 April 1984
Place of birth Caracas, Venezuela
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Left back, centre back
Club information
Current team
 Hospitalet
Youth career
2001–2002 Montevideo Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Montevideo Wanderers 35 (0)
2006 Lecce 4 (0)
2006 Vihren Sandanski 1 (0)
2007–2009 Deportivo Italia 23 (0)
2008 → New York Red Bulls (loan) 8 (0)
2009 → Caracas (loan) 13 (3)
2009–2013 Caracas 26 (3)
2010–2011 → Newell's Old Boys (loan) 23 (1)
2011–2012 → Lens (loan) 8 (0)
2012–2013 → Nantes (loan) 31 (2)
2013–2014 Nantes 5 (0)
2014–2016 Sion 14 (0)
2014–2015 → Mineros de Guayana (loan) 21 (4)
2017 ACD Lara 16 (0)
2017–2018 Delhi Dynamos 15 (0)
2018- Hospitalet 0 (0)
National team‡
2004– Venezuela 70 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 August 2015
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2015

Gabriel Alejandro Cichero Konarek (born 25 April 1984) is a Venezuelan football defender currently playing for CE L'Hospitalet. Cichero also plays for the Venezuela national football team.

His older brother Alejandro is a defender who last played for Deportivo Anzoátegui of the Venezuelan Primera División.

Club career

Cichero began his professional career with Uruguayan Primera División side Montevideo Wanderers, appearing in 35 matches and scoring 1 goal. During January 2006 transfer window he was loaned to Serie A side U.S. Lecce for the remainder of the season. He then returned to Uruguay and in 2007 was transferred to Vihren Sandanski, in the Bulgarian championship.[1] Following his stay in Bulgaria Cichero returned to his native Venezuela and signed with Deportivo Italia.

Cichero was loaned out to New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer on 11 July 2008 in a deal that was to end in December 2008, but had an option to be extended into 2009.[2] Numerous blunders in the handful of key late-season games he played meant that the loan was never extended and Cichero was not offered a contract. After being released by New York, he was loaned out to Caracas FC for the 2009 season.

Cichero joined Newell's Old Boys on loan for the 2010–11 Argentine Primera División season.[3] He played 23 matches and scored once.

On 4 August 2011 it was confirmed his transfer to French side RC Lens, in a one-year loan with a buy option for two more years.[4]

2012, Cichero joined Ligue 2 outfit FC Nantes on a season-long loan deal with an option to make it permanent.[5] Nantes ended the 2012–13 season promoted back to the Ligue 1 and then he signed a permanent deal with the French top-flight team. However, he failed to find a regular first team place in the 2013–14 season and moved to Swiss side FC Sion on 27 January 2014.[6] He was loaned out to Mineros de Guayana on 8 July 2014. On 10 August it was announced he has signed for Indian club Delhi Dynamos FC for the 2017-18 season.[7]

International career

Gabriel Cichero has 61 caps for the Venezuela national team, and has scored four goals including the winner against Chile in the 2011 Copa América quarterfinal.

International goals

Scores and results list Venezuela's goal tally first.[8]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef
1.30 April 2008Alfonso López, Bucaramanga, Colombia Colombia1–12–5Friendly
2.17 July 2011Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina Chile2–12–12011 Copa América
–9 September 2014International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan Japan2–20–3 CONFriendly
3.27 March 2015Catherine Hall Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica Jamaica1–01–2Friendly

Honours

Club

New York Red Bulls
Caracas
Nantes

References

  1. ↑ Peshev, Georgi (26 March 2007). "Габи Сичеро аут от "Вихрен" за месец". Sofia, Bulgaria: 7sport.net. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Cichero joins New York
  3. ↑ "Gabriel Cichero ya se faja en Rosario". Fútbol Report (in Spanish). 16 June 2010. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  4. ↑ Gabriel Cichero s'engage avec le Racing (Commitment of Gabriel Cichero with Racing) RC Lens official website, 4 August 2011. (in French)
  5. ↑ Gabriel Cichero rejoint le FC Nantes ! FC Nantes, 23 June 2012. (in French)
  6. ↑ Gabriel Cichero quitte le FC Nantes (Gabriel Cichero leaves FC Nantes) FC Nantes, 27 January 2014. (in French)
  7. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/indian-super-league/top-stories/delhi-dynamos-sign-venezuela-international-cichero/articleshow/60005222.cms
  8. ↑ "Cichero, Gabriel". National Football Teams. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
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