Juan Pablo Caffa

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Juan Pablo Caffa
Personal information
Full name Juan Pablo Caffa
Date of birth September 30, 1984 (1984-09-30) (age 23)
Place of birth    Murphy, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height 6'0" (183 cm)
Playing position Midfielder, Forward
Club information
Current club Real Betis
Number 7
Youth clubs
Boca Juniors
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003
2004 – 2005
2005 – 2007
2007 –		 Boca Juniors
Ferro Carril Oeste
Arsenal de Sarandí
Real Betis		 1 (0)
42 (5)
46 (11)
26 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 18 April 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Juan Pablo Caffa (born September 30, 1984 in Murphy, Santa Fe, Argentina) is an Argentinean football midfielder. Caffa currently plays for Real Betis in the Spanish La Liga. Caffa's nickname is "El violinista del Viaducto", literally translated as "the violinist of the Viaduct", because he plays an imaginary violin during his goal celebration.

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[edit] Football career

[edit] Beginnings

As a young boy he was part of the Boca Juniors youth system. Caffa was part of the Boca Juniors squad that won the 2003 Apertura tournament in Argentina. He was also with the Argentinean club Ferro Carril Oeste before joining Arsenal de Sarandí in 2005.

[edit] Real Betis

After a number of strong displays with Arsenal during the Apertura 2006 tournament , Caffa earned a €2M transfer to Real Betis in the January 2007 transfer window. On 4 February 2007 he played his first La Liga match for Real Betis against Athletic Bilbao. Caffa has been one of the stars of the 2007 pre-season and will aim to take his pre-season form into the League campaign. The highlight was scoring the winning goal against Real Madrid with a well executed free kick.

[edit] Career statistics

Last updated April 29, 2008. Astrix signals statistics drawn from all competitions.

Season Club Division Apps Goals Assists
2006/07 Real Betis Flag of Spain La Liga 9* 0 1
2007/08 Real Betis Flag of Spain La Liga 24* 0 7
Total 33 0 8

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Real Betis – current squad

1 Ricardo • 2 Melli • 3 Fernando Vega • 4 Juanito • 5 David Rivas • 6 Branko Ilič • 7 Caffa • 8 Arzu • 9 Fernando • 10 Edú • 11 Mark González • 12 Damià • 13 Casto • 14 Capi • 15 Nano • 16 Mariano Pavone • 17 Marko Babić • 18 Rivera • 19 Xisco • 20 Somoza • 21 Rafael Sobis • 22 Lima • 23 Odonkor • 24 José Mari • 25 Toni D. • Coach: Paco Chaparro