Héctor Cabello


Héctor Antonio Cabello Tabilo is a Chilean former football player who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in La Serena, Chile, Cabello is a product of the local team, Deportes La Serena. He is considered a historical player of them as well as of the classic rival, Coquimbo Unido.
After spending ten seasons with Deportes La Serena until the 1992 season, also winning the 1987 Segunda División, Cabello switched to Coquimbo Unido in 1993. After playing for Regional Atacama in 1994, he rejoined them in 1995 for four years, always in the Chilean Primera División.
His last clubs were Santiago Wanderers in 1999 and Deportes La Serena in 2000, both in the Primera B.

International career

Cabello represented the Chile national under-20 team at the 1987 South American Championship and the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, where they reached the fourth place.

Personal life

Cabello is nicknamed Kunta, like the main character of the TV miniseries Roots, Kunta Kinte.