Juan Pablo Caffa

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Juan Caffa
Personal information
Full name	Juan Pablo Caffa
Date of birth	(1984-09-30) 30 September 1984
Place of birth	Murphy, Argentina
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Asteras Tripoli
Number	11
Youth career
	Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2003	Boca Juniors	1	(0)
2004–2005	Ferro Carril Oeste	42	(5)
2005–2007	Arsenal Sarandí	46	(11)
2007–2010	Betis	71	(8)
2008–2009	→ Zaragoza (loan)	38	(4)
2011–2013	Arsenal Sarandí	40	(5)
2013–	Asteras Tripoli	10	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 22 April 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Juan Pablo Caffa (born 30 September 1984 in Murphy, Santa Fe) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Asteras Tripoli F.C. in Greece, mainly as a left winger.

His nickname is "El violinista del Viaducto" (literally translated as "The violinist of the viaduct"), as he plays an imaginary violin during his goal celebrations.

Football career

Argentina

Caffa was part of Club Atlético Boca Juniors youth system, being already with the first team when it won the 2003 Apertura, although he only featured in one league match.

In the following years, he played with Ferro Carril Oeste and Arsenal de Sarandí.

Spain

After a number of strong displays with Arsenal during the 2006 Apertura tournament, Caffa earned a €2 million transfer to Real Betis in the January 2007 transfer window. On 4 February he played his first La Liga match, against Athletic Bilbao, but went scoreless in his six season appearances, also not finding the net in his first full campaign which ended in relegation, although he rarely started for the Andalusians.

In 2008–09 Caffa played on loan with Real Zaragoza, being an important offensive element as it returned to the first division after just one year out. Again at Betis, he appeared in 32 games – although only ten starts – and scored seven goals, but the club failed to regain top flight status.

Return to Argentina

In late December 2010, Caffa bought out the remainder of his contract with Betis and returned to Argentina to his former team Arsenal, agreeing on a three-year contract.^[1]

Club statistics

Last updated 12 September 2010 (asterix signals statistics drawn from all competitions).

Season	Club	Division	Apps	Goals	Assists
2002/03	Boca Juniors	Primera División	1	0	?
2005/06	Arsenal	Primera División	25	7	?
2006/07	Arsenal	Primera División	18	4	?
2006/07	Betis	La Liga	9*	0	1
2007/08	Betis	La Liga	24*	0	7
2008/09	Zaragoza	Segunda División	38*	4	6
2009/10	Betis	Segunda División	33*	7	7
2010/11	Betis	Segunda División	8*	1	2
Total			156	23	23

Honours

Arsenal

Argentine Primera División: 2012 Clausura

References

↑ "Caffa: "Vine al Arsenal para ser campeón"" [Caffa: "I came to Arsenal to become champion"] (in Spanish). Marca. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2010.

External links

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1 Hernández 5 Munafo 6 Formica 7 Setti 8 Usero 9 Barrales 10 Grazzini 11 Tsabouris 12 Ladas 13 Zisopoulos 15 Sankaré 17 Caffa 18 Carrasco 19 Juanma 21 Valdo 22 Bartolini 23 Navarro 25 Kourbelis 27 Lluy 30 Goian 31 Lisgaras 32 De Blasis 33 Kontoes 37 Bantis 46 Georgakopoulos 88 N'Daw Coach: Vergetis

Persondata
Name	Caffa, Juan Pablo
Alternative names	Caffa, Juan
Short description	Argentine footballer
Date of birth	30 September 1984
Place of birth	Murphy, Santa Fe, Argentina
Date of death
Place of death

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