Gustavo Adolfo Cabrera

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Personal information
Gustavo Cabrera
Full name	Gustavo Adolfo Cabrera Marroquín
Date of birth	December 13, 1979 (1979-12-13) (age 28)
Place of birth	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Comunicaciones
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-2004 2004-2005 2005-2008 2008-present	Comunicaciones Real Salt Lake Comunicaciones AGF Arhus	34 (4) 4 (0) 18 (0) 0 (0)
National team²
2001-present	Guatemala	75 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 31, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of January 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Gustavo Adolfo Cabrera Marroquín (born December 13, 1979 in Puerto Barrios) is a Guatemalan soccer defender who currently plays for Comunicaciones of the Guatemalan National League, coming via Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.

Prior to joining Salt Lake midway through the 2005 season, Cabrera spent ten seasons with Comunicaciones in his native Guatemala and again in 2006. He is a two-footed player that has been used on the left, right and center of his team's formations and has won four Guatemalan League championships between 1998-2005 and was also named MVP of the Guatemalan league in 2003.

He has also been a vital part of the Guatemalan national team since 2000, making his debut against Belize and collecting over 75 caps. He has been the captain of the national selection often throughout 2007 including wearing the captain's armband for the nation's 3-2 victory over Mexico.

On June 6, 2008, it was confirmed at a local newspaper that he was being transfered to danish club AGF Arhus, for an undisclosed fee.^[1]