Wilmer Cabrera

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Wílmer Cabrera
Personal information
Full name	Wílmer Cabrera Linares
Date of birth	(1967-09-15) September 15, 1967
Place of birth	Cartagena, Colombia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder, right back
Club information
Current club	Chivas USA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1985–1989	Santa Fe	61	(22)
1990–1997	América de Cali	307	(33)
1997–1998	Independiente	12	(2)
1998	Millonarios	15	(5)
1999	Santa Fe	25	(17)
1999–2000	Tolima	10	(3)
2001	Chicó	?	(?)
2001–2004	Herediano	15	(6)
2004–2005	Long Island Rough Riders	25	(4)
Total		470	(92)
National team
1989–1998	Colombia	48	(3)
Teams managed
2005–2006	Suffolk County Community College (assistant)
2006–2007	B.W. Gottschee
2007	United States U18
2007–2012	United States U17
2012–2013	Colorado Rapids (assistant)
2014–	Chivas USA
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 2008. † Appearances (Goals).

Wílmer Cabrera Linares (born September 15, 1967) is a retired Colombian football defender and current head coach of Chivas USA in U.S. Major League Soccer. He was formerly an assistant coach of the Colorado Rapids and the United States Under-17 national team.

Career

His clubs included América de Cali, Millonarios, Chicó, Independiente of Argentina, Herediano of Costa Rica and Long Island Rough Riders of the United States.

International career

He was capped 48 times and scored 3 international goals for Colombia between 1989 and 1998.^[1] Cabrera played three matches at the 1998 World Cup, and was an unused substitute for the 1990 World Cup. He also played in four Copa América competitions in 1989, 1991, 1995 and 1997.

Coaching career

After retiring, Cabrera started working in Major League Soccer's front office as a community development manager working on Hispanic grassroots and youth programs. He also worked as an assistant coach for Suffolk County Community College men's soccer team. Cabrera is also a coach with top ranked youth soccer club B.W. Gottschee, based in Queens, New York.

Cabrera earned his USSF A Coaching License in 2005 and has been a member of the U.S. Under-18 Men's national team staff since January 2007, serving as an assistant coach. He was named by the United States Soccer Federation as head coach of the U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team on October 25, 2007. On January 24, 2012, he was replaced in this role by Richie Williams.

On January 31, 2012, Cabrera was named assistant coach for Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer.^[2]

On January 9, 2014, Chivas USA appointed Cabrera as head coach.^[3]

Titles

Season	Team	Title
1989	Independiente Santa Fe	Copa Colombia
1990	América de Cali	Colombian league
1992	América de Cali	Colombian league
1997	América de Cali	Colombian league

References

↑ rsssf: Colombia record international footballers
↑ "Cabrera, Caffrey join Pareja's coaching staff". Colorado Rapids. January 31, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
↑ Chivas USA Communications (September 15, 1967). "Wilmer Cabrera es nombrado Director Técnico de Chivas USA | Chivas USA appoint Wilmer Cabrera as Head Coach | Chivas USA". Cdchivasusa.com. Retrieved January 9, 2014.

External links

Wilmer Cabrera at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Colombia squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup

1 Higuita 2 Escobar 3 Gildardo Gómez 4 Herrera 5 Villa 6 Pérez 7 Estrada 8 Gabriel Gómez 9 Guerrero 10 Valderrama (c) 11 Redín 12 Niño 13 Hoyos 14 Álvarez 15 Perea 16 Iguarán 17 Cassiani 18 Cabrera 19 Rincón 20 Fajardo 21 Mendoza 22 Hernández Coach: Maturana

v t e Colombia squad – 1991 Copa América Fourth Place

1 Higuita 2 Escobar 3 Martínez 4 Pimentel 5 Herrera 6 Pareja 7 de Ávila 8 García 9 Valenciano 10 Valderrama 11 Redín 12 Calero 13 Cabrera 14 Álvarez 15 Perea 16 Estrada 17 Osorio 18 Iguarán 19 Usuriaga 20 Rincón 21 Vargas Cortés 22 Niño Coach: García

v t e Colombia squad – 1995 Copa América Third Place

1 Higuita 2 Santa 3 Mendoza 4 Fernández 5 Bermúdez 6 Gaviria 7 Guerrero 8 Lozano 9 Arboleda 10 Valderrama 11 Asprilla 12 Calero 13 Cabrera 14 Álvarez 15 Mosquera 16 Aristizábal 17 León 18 Cardona 19 Rincón 20 Quiñonez 21 Cassiani 22 Córdoba Coach: Gómez

v t e Colombia squad – 1997 Copa América

1 Mondragón 2 Córdoba 3 C. Asprilla 4 Santa 5 Bermúdez 6 Pérez 7 Zuleta 8 Estrada 9 Aristizábal 10 Mafla 11 F. Asprilla 12 Calero 13 Cabrera 14 Gaviria 15 Mosquera 16 Moreno 17 Ricard 18 Bonilla 19 Escobar 20 Pacheco 21 Zapata 22 Morantes Coach: Gómez

v t e Colombia squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 O. Córdoba 2 I. Córdoba 3 Palacios 4 Santa 5 Bermúdez 6 Serna 7 De Ávila 8 Lozano 9 Valencia 10 Valderrama (C) 11 Asprilla 12 Calero 13 Cabrera 14 Bolaño 15 Aristizábal 16 Moreno 17 Estrada 18 Pérez 19 Rincón 20 Ricard 21 Preciado 22 Mondragón Coach: Gómez

v t e Chivas USA – managers

Rongen (2005) Ledesma (interim) (2005) Westerhof (2005) Bradley (2006) Preki (2007–2009) Vásquez (2010) Fraser (2011–2012) Sánchez Solá (2013) van der Most (interim) (2013) Real (2013) Cabrera (2014–)

Chivas USA – current squad

1 Kennedy
2 Burling
3 Bocanegra
4 Lochhead
7 Rosales
5 Borja
10 Bautista
11 Farfan
12 Delgado
14 de la Fuente
15 Avila
16 Jean-Baptiste
17 McNamara
20 Alvarez
21 Chueca
26 Fondy
28 Melia
30 Minda
— Calvert
— Okiomah
— Ribeiro
— Toia
— Torres

Head Coach: Cabrera
Assistant Coach: Caffrey
Assistant Coach: Gonzalez
Goalkeeper Coach: Plummer
Strength & Conditioning Coach: Camacho

Persondata
Name	Cabrera, Wilmer
Alternative names
Short description	Colombian footballer
Date of birth	September 15, 1967
Place of birth	Cartagena, Colombia
Date of death
Place of death

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