José Luis Cabión Dianta (born 14 November 1983) is a Chilean

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who plays for

Deportes Melipilla Deportes Melipilla is a Chilean football club, based on Melipilla, a comune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on January 24, 1992, as a successor of ''Club Deportivo Soinca Bata''. The club has its classic rival, San Antonio Un ...

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. On 17 May 2021, he was elected councilor of

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representing the centre-right party

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(Evópoli).

Club career

Born in

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, he began his career at

of the Chilean second tier. Following Melipilla's promotion to first tier in 2007, he became the team's captain, which allowed him call-ups for Chile national team friendlies and then the

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held in

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. Due to his performance,

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noticed him and he joined the Estadio Monumental–based side in July 2007. He was a regular player in the Claudio Borghi scheme, being an occasional player in the starting lineup for league and international games. However, the 2008 season wasn't successful for Cabión, as he was relegated to the reserves and had a fight with Rodolfo Moya during training, that triggered his loan to

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, a freshly Chilean champion in the age. After an inconspicuous spell at Everton, he was released from the team in December 2008 and joined

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(on loan too) to face the 2009 season. Then he played the entire 2010 for

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on loan. In 2011, he returned to the Colo-Colo first-team and was a regular starter with coach

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and league games. Nevertheless, in mid-year, he left the club and again joined Cobresal. In 2013, Cabión moved Azerbaijan's Neftchi Baku after a successful trial, agreeing to a 6-month contract. There, he helped Neftchi to win the

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. In July 2013, he returned to Chile and joined the

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, being loaned to Santiago Morning in 2014. In 2015, he returned to Cobresal, to face the local tournament and the

. His last club was

in 2023.

International career

He made his first international cap in a 3–0 win over

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at Rubén Marcos Peralta Stadium as a 79th-minute substitution for Boris Rieloff. After participating in Chile's

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preparatory friendlies around the

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. National team's coach,

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, included Cabión in Chile's definitive 23-man squad to face the contest. During all games of Chile in the cup, he was on the bench, debuting as a 57th-minute substitution for centre-back Gonzalo Jara in a 6–1 thrash with

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Coaching career

In August 2022, he assumed as coach of

women's team at under-16 level.

Statistics

''As of March 1st, 2016''

Honours

;Melipilla *

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;Colo-Colo *

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(1): 2007 Clausura ;Neftchi Baku *

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References

External links

Cabión at Football-Lineups
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cabion, Jose Luis 1983 births Living people Chilean people of Italian descent People from San Antonio, Chile Footballers from Valparaíso Region Chilean men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Deportes Melipilla footballers Colo-Colo footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Santiago Morning footballers C.D. Cobresal footballers Neftçi PFK players Rangers de Talca footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Azerbaijan Premier League players 2007 Copa América players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Men's association football midfielders Chilean football coaches 21st-century Chilean politicians Chilean sportsperson-politicians Chilean city councillors Evópoli politicians Frente Amplio (Chile) politicians