Claudio Adrián Cáceres (born 10 January 1982) is an Argentine former

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who last played for Balcatta FC.

Club career

Caceres started his professional career with English team

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before spending a few years with lower

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clubs including

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil, a town in Somerset, England, with a council named Yeovil Town * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town W.F.C., an English women's football team affiliated with Yeovil T ...

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. They play their home ...

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 188 ...

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West (London sub region), West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the River Thames, Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has dive ...

and

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spr ...

. He moved back to Australia to play for

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

for the second time in the inaugural A-League season. While putting in some good performances he was never a first team regular because of injury and moved to Melbourne Victory for the second

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season, where he has reunited with former Perth Glory teammate,

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. The pair played together at

, where they won

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(NSL) championship medals. On 7 February 2008, Caceres signed a two-year deal with the

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Mar ...

, which would start following the 2008 Asian Champions League. In August 2009, Caceres was released from the final year of his two-year contract with the

by mutual consent. He was snapped up by the

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League Men, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the 2007–08 ...

just days later, and eventually scored his first goal for his new club on 18 December 2009 in a 1–1 draw with

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; however, this was later ruled to have been an

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from goalkeeper

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A-League career statistics

:''Correct as of 20 August 2014''

Personal life

On 18 March 2019 he was sentenced to 18 months' jail after being found guilty of dealing

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Honours

;Melbourne Victory *

Championship: 2006–07 *A-League Premiership: 2006–07 ;Perth Glory * NSL Championship: 2002–03, 2003–04

References

External links

Wellington Phoenix profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caceres, Adrian 1982 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine emigrants to Australia Australian men's soccer players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Southampton F.C. players Brentford F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Perth Glory FC players Yeovil Town F.C. players Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Wellington Phoenix FC players Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Australian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Australian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Australian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Aldershot Town F.C. players Melbourne Victory FC players A-League Men players National Premier Leagues players National Soccer League (Australia) players English Football League players National League (English football) players Central Coast Mariners FC players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Heidelberg United FC players

Adrian Caceres Claudio Adrián Cáceres (born 10 January 1982) is an Argentine former Association football, footballer who last played for Balcatta FC. Club career Caceres started his professional career with English team Southampton F.C., Southampton befor ...

Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Australian sportsmen