Gabriel Paletta

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Gabriel Paletta
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Alejandro Paletta
Date of birth 15 February 1986 (1986-02-15) (age 22)
Place of birth    Longchamps, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current club Boca Juniors
Number 29
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2004–2006
2006–2007
2007–present		 Banfield
Liverpool
Boca Juniors		 42 (5)
03 (0)
19 (2)   
National team2
2005 Argentina U20 07 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 17 May 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 3 December 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Gabriel Alejandro Paletta (born February 15, 1986 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine central defender, who currently plays for Boca Juniors.

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[edit] Career

Paletta came through the youth teams of Club Atlético Banfield and reached the first team in 2005. When Banfield qualified for the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores, they altered their 25 man squad for the event to include Paletta and immediately threw him into action against the Colombian team Independiente Medellín. Paletta played well and Banfield progressed, but Paletta was to play no further part in the tournament after being called up to the Argentina Under-20 team to participate in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Paletta started all seven games playing in the heart of the Argentine defence. Argentina, led upfront by Lionel Messi and Sergio Agüero went on to win the tournament and Paletta's performances brought him to the attention of Liverpool's scouts.

Rafael Benítez said of the player: "Paletta is very tough and he's exactly the sort of player we need who will suit the Premiership. When you talk about the Argentinean defenders I worked with in Valencia, Paletta is more like Roberto Ayala than Mauricio Pellegrino. If you're talking about Liverpool, he's more like Jamie Carragher than Sami Hyypiä. This is good because we will have a balance in the style of defenders."[1] He first appeared for Liverpool in a pre-season friendly against Wrexham in July, and he made his full debut in a League Cup 4-3 win against Reading on 25 October 2006, marking his first competitive appearance for the club with a goal in the 50th minute.

Paletta had a difficult time against Arsenal in the Carling Cup which Liverpool lost 6-3, and it has been speculated that he was too inexperienced for English Cup football.[2] He returned to Argentina after one year, joining popular club Boca Juniors.

[edit] Statistics

correct as of 7 June 2007

Club Performance
Club Season Premiership FA Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Liverpool FC 2006–07 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 8 1
Club Season Primera Div --------- --------- Copa Liber Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Club Atlético Banfield 2005–06 33 3 - - - - 0 0 3 0 36 3
2004–05 9 2 ? ? - - 2 1 0 0 11 3
Total 45 5 0 0 3 1 4 1 3 0 55 7

[edit] Titles

Season Club Title
2005 Flag of Argentina Argentina Under-20 FIFA U-20 World Cup

[edit] References

  1. ^[citation needed] Liverpool are believed to have paid a fee in the region of ₤2 million for the young defender. He put pen to paper on a 4-year deal on July 4, 2006, making Paletta the second Argentine to play for the Merseyside club, after Mauricio Pellegrino. <ref>[http://www.fifa.com/en/print/article/0,4039,115007,00.html Fifa.com]</li> <li id="cite_note-1">'''[[#cite_ref-1|^]]''' [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6262121.stm BBC News item]</li></ol></ref>

Rogers, Paul (2006-04-07). PALETTA PUTS PEN TO PAPER ON REDS DEAL. www.liverpoolfc.tv. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.

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Boca Juniors – current squad

1 Caranta • 2 Forlín • 3 Morel Rodríguez • 4 Ibarra • 5 Battaglia • 6 Cáceres • 7 Mouche • 8 Ledesma • 9 Palermo • 10 Riquelme • 11 Gracián • 12 García • 13 Roncaglia • 14 Palacio • 15 González • 16 Muñoz • 17 Boselli • 18 Monzón • 19 Cardozo • 20 Maidana • 21 Chávez • 22 Vargas • 23 Dátolo • 24 Benavídez • 25 Migliore • 26 Castromán • 28 Ibáñez • 29 Paletta • 30 Nayar • 31 Ayala • 32 Fondacaro • 33 Noir • 34 Viatri • 35 Gaitán • Coach: Ischia


Persondata
NAME Paletta, Gabriel Alejandro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paletta, Gabriel
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballers
DATE OF BIRTH 1986-2-15
PLACE OF BIRTH Longchamps, Buenos Aires, Argentina
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH