Juan Domingo Patricio Cabrera (18 June 1952 — 3 September 2007) was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a

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. On 20 October 1976, while playing for

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against

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in the

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, Cabrera faced 15-year-old

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who was making his professional debut. A few minutes into the game, Maradona kicked the ball through Cabrera's legs. Thirty years later, Cabrera remembered: "I was on the right side of the field and went to press him, but he didn't give me a chance. He made the

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and when I turned around, he was far away from me".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cabrera, Juan Domingo 1952 births 2007 deaths Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Argentine Primera División players 20th-century Argentine sportsmen