Fabián Cubero

Cubero started his professional career with Vélez Sarsfield in 1996. Under Marcelo Bielsa's coaching, he helped the team to win the 1998 Clausura league title, although he was not a regular in the first team. He was however a regular starter (mainly as right back, but sometimes also as defensive midfielder) in his team's 2005 Clausura winning campaign, where he also scored the first goal against Estudiantes de La Plata in a 3–0 victory that confirmed Vélez as champions. In 2007, Cubero was purchased by Tigres de la UANL of the Mexican Primera División. After one year playing in Mexico, Cubero returned to Vélez Sarsfield for the 2008–09 Argentine Primera División season. He established as a starter as defensive midfielder during the Apertura tournament (first half of the season). However, when Ricardo Gareca took the manager position in Vélez for the Clausura tournament (second half of the season), Cubero started playing as right back. After Nicolás Cabrera and Darío Ocampo's injuries, Cubero played the last games of the season as right winger. He played a total of 17 games during Vélez' championship winning campaign, captaining the team during most of them. On August 15, 2010, Cubero reached 300 professional games with Vélez (counting league and international competitions) during the 2010 Apertura second fixture win against All Boys. After winning his fourth Primera División title with Vélez in the 2011 Clausura, Cubero (already 32 years old) renewed his contract for another…

Cubero played with the Argentina national under-17 football team the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship, achieving a third-place finish, and was part of the under-20 squad that won the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Malaysia, both under José Pekerman's coaching.

Since 2008 until 2016, Cubero was married with Argentine model Nicole Neumann. They later had three daughters named Indiana, Allegra and Sienna. He is also recognized for his high-pitched voice. Cubero is nicknamed Poroto (in English: "bean").

Vélez Sarsfield Argentine Primera División (6): 1998 Clausura, 2005 Clausura, 2009 Clausura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Inicial, 2012–13 Superfinal Supercopa Argentina (1): 2013 Argentina U-20 FIFA U-20 World Cup (1): 1997