Willy Caballero

Goalkeeper at Retired

Age44

CitizenshipArgentina Spain

Height1.86 m

Footright

BornSeptember 28, 1981

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Market value —

Goalkeeper

Career snapshot

clubs played for

04/05

debut season

goals / match

Elche CF

top club · 171 apps

Career highs

€5.00m

peak value · 2013

€8.00m

top transfer fee · 14/15

—

best season

8 / 0

int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Marjan Markovic

Midfield - Right Midfield · Retired

Loïc Loval

Attack - Left Winger · Retired

Georgios Karablakas

Defender - Right-Back · Retired

Shares 1981-09-28 · 3 players total

427Appearances

0Goals

1Assists

20Yellow cards

0Red cards

420Full matches (90′)

Full name	Willy Caballero
Name in home country	Wilfredo Daniel Caballero Lazcano
Date of birth	1981-09-28 (44 yrs)
Place of birth	Santa Elena, Argentina
Citizenship	Argentina Spain
Position	Goalkeeper
Foot	right
Height	186.00 m
Current club	Retired
Joined	2023-07-01
Contract expires	—

Jul 2023

Transfer: Southampton → Retired

23/24 · Transfer

Jul 2022

22/23 — Southampton FC

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Dec 2021

Transfer: Without Club → Southampton

21/22 · Transfer

Jul 2021

21/22 — Southampton FC

4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2021

Transfer: Chelsea → Without Club

21/22 · Transfer

Jul 2020

20/21 — Chelsea FC

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2019

19/20 — Chelsea FC

14 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2018

18/19 — Chelsea FC

9 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2017

17/18 — Chelsea FC

13 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2017

Transfer: Man City → Chelsea

17/18 · Transfer

Jul 2016

16/17 — Manchester City

27 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2015

15/16 — Manchester City

14 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2014

Transfer: Málaga CF → Man City

14/15 · Transfer · €8.00m

Jul 2014

14/15 — Manchester City

7 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2013

13/14 — Málaga CF

39 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

May 2013

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jul 2012

12/13 — Málaga CF

47 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Mar 2012

Injury: unknown

12 games missed

Jul 2011

11/12 — Málaga CF

32 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Feb 2011

Transfer: Elche CF → Málaga CF

10/11 · Transfer · €900k

Jul 2010

10/11 — Elche CF, Málaga CF

37 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2009

09/10 — Elche CF

40 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2008

08/09 — Elche CF

40 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

May 2008

Injury: unknown

30 games missed

Jul 2007

07/08 — Elche CF

40 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2006

06/07 — Elche CF

24 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2006

2006 — Arsenal FC

13 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jun 2006

Transfer: Arsenal Sarandí → Elche CF

05/06 · Return from loan

Dec 2005

Transfer: Elche CF → Arsenal Sarandí

05/06 · Loan

Aug 2004

Transfer: Boca Juniors → Elche CF

04/05 · Transfer · €700k

Jul 2004

04/05 — Elche CF

5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2004

2004 — CA Boca Juniors

8 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2003

2003 — CA Boca Juniors

7 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2002

2002 — CA Boca Juniors

4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2001

2001 — CA Boca Juniors

0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2000

2000 — CA Boca Juniors

0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2000

Transfer: CABJ U20 → Boca Juniors

00/01 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €5.00m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 2903 other Goalkeepers with ≥500 minutes in 22/23. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals0 total · 0.00/90

Assists0 total · 0.00/90

G+A0 total · 0.00/90

Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90

Clean sheets0 total · 0.00/90

Minutes played by club

Southampton FC 1.3%

Arsenal FC 3.1%

CA Boca Juniors 4.2%

Chelsea FC 9.2%

Manchester City 10.8%

Málaga CF 31.2%

Elche CF 40.2%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Assists	Minutes
Southampton FC	2	21/22	22/23	5	0	480
Arsenal FC	1	2006	2006	13	0	1,170
CA Boca Juniors	5	2000	2004	19	0	1,596
Chelsea FC	4	17/18	20/21	38	0	3,480
Manchester City	3	14/15	16/17	48	0	4,082
Málaga CF	4	10/11	13/14	133	1	11,799
Elche CF	6	04/05	10/11	171	0	15,190

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Assists	YC	Minutes
22/23	EFL Cup	Southampton FC	0	0	0	0
22/23	FA Cup	Southampton FC	1	0	0	90
22/23	Premier League	Southampton FC	0	0	0	0
21/22	FA Cup	Southampton FC	2	0	0	210
21/22	Premier League	Southampton FC	2	0	1	180
2006	Clausura	Arsenal FC	13	0	0	1,170
2004	Apertura	CA Boca Juniors	1	0	0	90
2004	Clausura	CA Boca Juniors	6	0	0	451
2004	Libertadores	CA Boca Juniors	1	0	0	90
2003	Apertura	CA Boca Juniors	0	0	0	0
2003	Clausura	CA Boca Juniors	4	0	0	360
2003	Copa Sudamericana	CA Boca Juniors	3	0	0	270
2003	Intercontinental Cup	CA Boca Juniors	0	0	0	0
2003	Libertadores	CA Boca Juniors	0	0	0	0
2002	Apertura	CA Boca Juniors	1	0	0	90
2002	Clausura	CA Boca Juniors	3	0	0	245
2002	Libertadores	CA Boca Juniors	0	0	0	0
2001	Apertura	CA Boca Juniors	0	0	0	0
2001	Clausura	CA Boca Juniors	0	0	0	0
2001	Copa Mercosur	CA Boca Juniors	0	0	0	0
2000	Copa Mercosur	CA Boca Juniors	0	0	0	0
20/21	Champions League	Chelsea FC	0	0	0	0
20/21	EFL Cup	Chelsea FC	1	0	0	90
20/21	FA Cup	Chelsea FC	0	0	0	0
20/21	Premier League	Chelsea FC	1	0	0	90
19/20	Champions League	Chelsea FC	2	0	1	180
19/20	EFL Cup	Chelsea FC	2	0	0	180
19/20	FA Cup	Chelsea FC	5	0	0	450
19/20	Premier League	Chelsea FC	5	0	0	450
19/20	UEFA Super Cup	Chelsea FC	0	0	0	0
18/19	Community Shield	Chelsea FC	1	0	0	90
18/19	EFL Cup	Chelsea FC	2	0	0	180
18/19	Europa League	Chelsea FC	2	0	0	180
18/19	FA Cup	Chelsea FC	2	0	0	180
18/19	Premier League	Chelsea FC	2	0	0	180
17/18	Champions League	Chelsea FC	0	0	0	0
17/18	Community Shield	Chelsea FC	0	0	0	0
17/18	EFL Cup	Chelsea FC	4	0	0	360
17/18	FA Cup	Chelsea FC	6	0	0	600
17/18	Premier League	Chelsea FC	3	0	0	270
16/17	Champions League	Manchester City	5	0	0	392
16/17	Champions League Qu.	Manchester City	1	0	0	90
16/17	EFL Cup	Manchester City	2	0	0	180
16/17	FA Cup	Manchester City	2	0	0	180
16/17	Premier League	Manchester City	17	0	0	1,451
15/16	Champions League	Manchester City	1	0	0	9
15/16	FA Cup	Manchester City	3	0	0	270
15/16	League Cup	Manchester City	6	0	0	570
15/16	Premier League	Manchester City	4	0	0	310
14/15	Champions League	Manchester City	0	0	0	0
14/15	Community Shield	Manchester City	1	0	0	90
14/15	FA Cup	Manchester City	2	0	0	180
14/15	League Cup	Manchester City	2	0	0	180
14/15	Premier League	Manchester City	2	0	0	180
13/14	Copa del Rey	Málaga CF	1	0	0	90
13/14	LaLiga	Málaga CF	38	0	3	3,420
12/13	Champions League	Málaga CF	9	0	0	810
12/13	Champions League Qu.	Málaga CF	2	0	1	180
12/13	Copa del Rey	Málaga CF	0	0	0	0
12/13	LaLiga	Málaga CF	36	0	3	3,190
11/12	Copa del Rey	Málaga CF	4	1	0	360
11/12	LaLiga	Málaga CF	28	0	2	2,403
10/11	2ª División	Elche CF	22	0	1	1,969
10/11	Copa del Rey	Elche CF	0	0	0	0
10/11	LaLiga	Málaga CF	15	0	1	1,346
09/10	2ª División	Elche CF	39	0	1	3,470
09/10	Copa del Rey	Elche CF	1	0	0	120
08/09	2ª División	Elche CF	38	0	2	3,299
08/09	Copa del Rey	Elche CF	2	0	0	210
07/08	2ª División	Elche CF	38	0	1	3,332
07/08	Copa del Rey	Elche CF	2	0	0	180
06/07	2ª División	Elche CF	23	0	2	2,070
06/07	Copa del Rey	Elche CF	1	0	0	90
04/05	2ª División	Elche CF	3	0	0	270
04/05	Copa del Rey	Elche CF	2	0	1	180

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
00/01	2000-07-01	CABJ U20	Boca Juniors	Transfer	0	—
04/05	2004-08-07	Boca Juniors	Elche CF	Transfer	0	€700k
05/06	2005-12-28	Elche CF	Arsenal Sarandí	Loan	1250000	—
05/06	2006-06-30	Arsenal Sarandí	Elche CF	Return from loan	1250000	—
10/11	2011-02-11	Elche CF	Málaga CF	Transfer	1600000	€900k
14/15	2014-07-08	Málaga CF	Man City	Transfer	5000000	€8.00m
17/18	2017-07-01	Man City	Chelsea	Transfer	1500000	—
21/22	2021-07-01	Chelsea	Without Club	Transfer	250000	—
21/22	2021-12-06	Without Club	Southampton	Transfer	250000	—
23/24	2023-07-01	Southampton	Retired	Transfer	150000	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
07/08	Cruciate ligament surgery	2008-05-20	2008-11-22	187	30
11/12	Broken hand	2012-03-25	2012-07-01	99	12
12/13	Foot injury	2013-05-08	2013-05-20	13	2

Current€150k

Peak€5.00m

Low—

Δ since start+€150k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€150k
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.60m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.60m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.60m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.60m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.40m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.60m
Jan 1, 1970	€800k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.20m
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.25m
Jan 1, 1970	—

Team	Shirt	Matches	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #53819	—	0	—	—	former national player
Team #52540	#1	1	—	—	former national player
Team #11940	—	2	—	—	former national player
Team #3437	#23	5	—	—	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals	Minutes
Isco	2	0	0
Francisco Portillo	1	0	0
Roque Santa Cruz	1	0	0
Sebastián Fernández	2	0	0
Óscar Rubio	1	0	0

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
05/06	2006-06-30	Arsenal Sarandí	Elche CF	Return from loan	—	€1.25m
05/06	2005-12-28	Elche CF	Arsenal Sarandí	Loan	—	€1.25m

Teams faced most often by Willy Caballero's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liverpool FC	140	37	43	60	174	231	-57	26%
Everton FC	128	58	30	40	199	141	+58	45%
Tottenham Hotspur	119	48	25	46	199	179	+20	40%
Manchester United	115	37	29	49	143	159	-16	32%
West Ham United	98	58	18	22	179	91	+88	59%
Newcastle United	97	58	20	19	187	89	+98	60%
Aston Villa	86	54	17	15	188	84	+104	63%
Fulham FC	82	48	24	10	162	73	+89	59%
West Bromwich Albion	79	51	16	12	150	66	+84	65%
Stoke City	76	42	18	16	143	62	+81	55%
Crystal Palace	73	47	13	13	138	69	+69	64%
Sunderland AFC	73	45	17	11	151	67	+84	62%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
04/05	Senior debut season

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	Cards / 90′
21/22	4	390	1	0	0.23
19/20	14	1,260	1	0	0.07
13/14	39	3,510	3	0	0.08
12/13	47	4,180	4	0	0.09
11/12	32	2,763	2	0	0.07
10/11	37	3,315	2	0	0.05
09/10	40	3,590	1	1	0.05
08/09	40	3,509	2	0	0.05
07/08	40	3,512	1	0	0.03
06/07	24	2,160	2	0	0.08
04/05	5	450	1	0	0.2

Goalkeeper-specific aggregates: clean sheets and goals conceded by season.

Season	Matches	Mins	Clean sheets	CS %	Goals conceded	GC / 90′
22/23	1	90	0	0%	1	1
21/22	4	390	0	0%	7	1.62
2006	13	1,170	6	46%	13	1
2004	8	631	2	25%	10	1.43
2003	7	630	1	14%	12	1.71
2002	4	335	0	0%	5	1.34
20/21	2	180	1	50%	3	1.5
19/20	14	1,260	3	21%	21	1.5
18/19	9	810	5	56%	7	0.78
17/18	13	1,230	5	38%	11	0.8
16/17	27	2,293	10	37%	26	1.02
15/16	14	1,159	5	36%	17	1.32
14/15	7	630	1	14%	12	1.71
13/14	39	3,510	12	31%	49	1.26
12/13	47	4,180	19	40%	50	1.08
11/12	32	2,763	8	25%	41	1.34
10/11	37	3,315	17	46%	37	1
09/10	40	3,590	16	40%	53	1.33
08/09	40	3,509	13	33%	44	1.13
07/08	40	3,512	12	30%	45	1.15
06/07	24	2,160	8	33%	23	0.96
04/05	5	450	1	20%	6	1.2