Ariel Cabral

Vélez Sársfield

Cabral started his playing career in 2007 with Vélez Sársfield, during Ricardo La Volpe's coaching era. Despite playing in the youth system as an attacking midfielder, he has mostly played in the first team as a central midfielder. Cabral was part of Vélez' 2009 Torneo Clausura winning team, playing five games. For the entire 2010–11 season, Vélez loaned Cabral to Legia Warsaw, for a fee of US$150,000 and a buyout price of US$2 million. Cabral showed considerable promise early on (scoring against Arsenal in a pre-season friendly and being called up to the senior national team). The Argentine midfielder played 40 minutes (including the extra time) in the final of the 2010–11 Polish Cup and scored on the penalty shootout. Winning the Polish Cup, Legia secured its right to play in the 2011–12 Europa League qualifying games. At the end of the season the club decided not to make use of the buyout clause and Cabral returned to Vélez Sársfield. Upon his return, Cabral was relegated from Vélez's first team by Víctor Zapata. However, initially due to the latter's injuries, he started seeing more action during the first half of 2012, playing 15 games during the 2012 Clausura and 9 during the 2012 Copa Libertadores. After Zapata's departure from the team in June 2012, Cabral established himself as a regular starter, playing all 19 games (and scoring twice) of Vélez's 2012 Inicial championship-winning campaign. The midfielder fractured his tibia in 2013 and was…

Cabral played for the Argentina national under-20 football team that won the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. He played the last minutes of the final game against Czech Republic. Called by Sergio Batista, the midfielder made his debut for the Argentina national football team on 1 June 2011 in a 4–1 defeat to Nigeria, soon followed by another appearance in a 2–1 defeat to Poland.

Club

As of 10 September 2020

Vélez Sársfield

Argentine Primera División: 2009 Clausura, 2012 Inicial, 2012–13 Superfinal Supercopa Argentina: 2013 Legia Warsaw

Polish Cup: 2010–11 Cruzeiro

Copa do Brasil: 2017, 2018 Argentina U20

FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2007