Adrian Caceres

Adrián Cáceres

Personal information
Full name	Claudio Adrián Cáceres
Date of birth	(1982-01-10) 10 January 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left winger, attacking midfielder
Youth career
1998	Perth SC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Perth SC	12	(3)
2000–2001	Southampton	0	(0)
2001	→ Brentford (loan)	5	(0)
2002	Hull City	4	(0)
2002–2004	Perth Glory	43	(7)
2004–2005	Yeovil Town	21	(3)
2005	Wycombe Wanderers	6	(0)
2005	Aldershot Town	6	(0)
2005–2006	Perth Glory	18	(1)
2006–2008	Melbourne Victory	42	(6)
2008–2009	Central Coast Mariners	22	(2)
2009–2010	Wellington Phoenix	19	(1)
2010	Inglewood United	3	(0)
2011	Heidelberg United	5	(1)
2011–2012	Real Mataram	17	(6)
2012–2013	Chiangrai United	0	(0)
2014	Bayswater City	10	(4)
2014	Perth SC	3	(1)
2015	Balcatta FC	10	(3)
Total		226	(38)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Claudio Adrián Cáceres (born 10 January 1982) is an Argentine former footballer who last played for Balcatta FC.[1]

Club career

Caceres started his professional career with English team Southampton[2] before spending a few years with lower Football League clubs including Yeovil Town, Hull City, Wycombe Wanderers, Brentford and Aldershot Town .

He moved back to Australia to play for Perth Glory for the second time in the inaugural A-League season. While putting in some good performances he was never a first team regular because of injury and moved to Melbourne Victory for the second A-League season, where he has reunited with former Perth Glory teammate, Mark Byrnes. The pair played together at Perth Glory, where they won National Soccer League (NSL) championship medals.

On 7 February 2008, Caceres signed a two-year deal with the Central Coast Mariners, which would start following the 2008 Asian Champions League.[3]

In August 2009, Caceres was released from the final year of his two-year contract with the Central Coast Mariners by mutual consent. He was snapped up by the Wellington Phoenix just days later,[4] and eventually scored his first goal for his new club on 18 December 2009 in a 1–1 draw with Adelaide United; however, this was later ruled to have been an own goal from goalkeeper Eugene Galekovic.

A-League career statistics

Correct as of 20 August 2014

Club	Season	League			Asia			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Perth Glory	2005–06	18	1	-	-	-	-	18	1	0
Melbourne Victory	2006–07	22	3	3	-	-	-	22	3	3
Melbourne Victory	2007–08	20	3	2	-	-	-	20	3	2
Central Coast Mariners	2008–09	22	2	2	-	-	-	22	2	2
Wellington Phoenix	2009–10	19	1	-	-	-	-	19	1	0
Total Total		101	10	7	-	-	-	101	10	7

Personal life

On 18 March 2019 he was sentenced to 18 months' jail after being found guilty of dealing methamphetamine.[5]

Honours

Melbourne Victory

• A-League Championship: 2006–07
• A-League Premiership: 2006–07

Perth Glory

• NSL Championship: 2002–03, 2003–04

References

1. "Former A-League champion Caceres jailed for dealing meth". The World Game. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
2. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. p. 611. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.
3. News Item Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Champion Caceres joins Phoenix". Wellington Phoenix FC. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
5. "A-League: Adrian Caceres jailed for ice, dealing methamphetamine, A-League championship winner". Fox Sports. Australia. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

External links

• Wellington Phoenix profile
• Oz Football profile