Jesús Giancarlos Rabanal Dávila (born 25 December 1984) is a Peruvian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Rabanal made his league debut with

Universitario de Deportes Club Universitario de Deportes is a Peruvian sports club based in Lima, which has Association football, soccer as its main activity. It also has women's football, volleyball and basketball sections. The football team, popularly known as Universi ...

in the

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season. He managed to score his first goal in the Torneo Descentralizado in the 2007 season. In January 2012, Rabanal left Universitario and joined their rivals

Alianza Lima Club Alianza Lima, more commonly known as simply Alianza Lima, is a Peru, Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District, Lima, La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club was founded under the name of Sport Alianza on February ...

for the start of the 2012 season.

International career

Rabanal made his debut with the Peru national team on 4 September 2010 in a friendly match away to

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, which finished in a 2–0 win for Peru.

Honours

Universitario de Deportes *

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* Torneo Descentralizado:

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* * 1984 births Living people 21st-century Peruvian sportsmen Peruvian men's footballers Footballers from Lima Men's association football fullbacks Peru men's international footballers Peruvian Primera División players Peruvian Segunda División players Kazakhstan Premier League players Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Club Alianza Lima footballers FC Kairat players Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo footballers Alianza Atlético footballers Sport Rosario footballers Unión Comercio footballers FC Carlos Stein players Unión Huaral footballers Alianza Universidad footballers Peruvian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan {{Peru-footy-defender-stub