Gabriel Milito

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Personal information
Gabriel Milito
Full name	Gabriel Alejandro Milito
Date of birth	September 7, 1980 (age 26)
Place of birth	Bernal, Argentina
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Real Zaragoza
Youth clubs
?	?
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2003 2003–present	Independiente Real Zaragoza	123 (2) 104 (5)
National team²
2000–present	Argentina	16 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 July, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 4 July, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Gabriel Alejandro Milito (born 7 September 1980, Bernal, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football (soccer) player, currently playing for Spanish La Liga side Real Zaragoza as a defender.

He is the younger brother of Diego Milito, currently also playing for Zaragoza. Previously, he played for Argentine first division Independiente from 1997 to 2003. During that time, he had to face his brother Diego Milito, who played for Independiente's arch-rivals Racing Club.

In 2003 he was to be transferred to Real Madrid, but the Spanish team rejected the player after some medical results that, so the club said, showed a not-fully-recovered knee injury. To many it was a political move against Madrid's footbal director Jorge Valdano, who wanted the player in the team. It was also suggested that he was rejected because he wasn't an internationally very famous player, therefore not compliyng with the galactico team which Real Madrid presented at the time. Milito decided to stay in Spain, and signed for Zaragoza.

With the Argentine national football team he participated in the Confederations Cup 2005 and was part of the squad which qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, performing well in the first-round match of Argentina against Netherlands national football team.

	Argentina squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Abbondanzieri \| 2 Ayala \| 3 Sorín \| 4 Coloccini \| 5 Cambiasso \| 6 Heinze \| 7 Saviola \| 8 Mascherano \| 9 Crespo \| 10 Riquelme \| 11 Tévez \| 12 Franco \| 13 Scaloni \| 14 Palacio \| 15 Milito \| 16 Aimar \| 17 Cufré \| 18 Rodríguez \| 19 Messi \| 20 Cruz \| 21 Burdisso \| 22 González \| 23 Ustari \| Coach: Pekerman

Real Zaragoza - Current Squad
1 César \| 2 Diogo \| 3 Aranzábal \| 4 Cuartero \| 5 Oscar \| 6 G. Milito \| 7 Movilla \| 8 Aimar \| 9 García \| 10 D'Alessandro \| 11 Juanfran \| 13 Martínez \| 14 Gustavo Nery \| 15 Lafita \| 16 Celades \| 17 Éwerthon \| 18 Piqué \| 19 César \| 20 Longás \| 21 Zapater \| 22 D. Milito \| 23 Sergio \| 24 Chus \| Manager: Fernández