Gabriel Milito

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Gabriel Milito
Full name	Gabriel Alejandro Milito
Date of birth	September 7, 1980 (1980-09-07) (age 27)
Place of birth	Bernal, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Barcelona
Number	3
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2003 2003–2007 2007–	Independiente Real Zaragoza Barcelona	062 (1) 138 (5) 027 (1)
National team²
2000–	Argentina	32 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 May 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 23 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Gabriel Alejandro Milito (born 7 September 1980, Bernal, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine professional football defender, currently playing for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona. He is the younger brother of Real Zaragoza striker Diego Milito

1 Club career
2 International career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Club career

Previously, Milito played for Argentine first division Independiente from 1997 to 2003. During that time, he had to face his older brother Diego Milito, who played for Independiente's arch-rivals Racing Club, and who as of the end of the 2006-07 season was his teammate at Real Zaragoza.

In 2003, he was due to be transferred to Real Madrid, but the Spanish team rejected the player after some medical results that, so the club said, showed a not-fully-recovered knee injury. To many, it was a political move against Madrid's football director Jorge Valdano, who wanted the player in the team. It was also suggested that he was rejected because he was not a very famous player internationally, and therefore would not fit the galactico team which Real Madrid presented at the time.^{[citation needed]} Milito decided to stay in Spain, and signed for Real Zaragoza.

On July 10, 2007, Real Zaragoza reached a transfer agreement with FC Barcelona for €20.5million (£13.9m) and on July 19, Milito passed his medical at Barcelona and signed a four-year deal with the club worth €4million (£2.7m) a year. Milito wears the number 3 shirt the number was freed by Thiago Motta's transfer to Atlético Madrid.

Milito made his competitive debut for Barcelona on September 2, 2007 in a game against Athletic Bilbao.^[1] He scored his first competitive goal for Barcelona on November 24, 2007 in a league against Recreativo Huelva.^[2]

On May 5 2008 it was announced that Milito had damage to the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee which will keep him out for a maximum of 6 months.

[edit] International career

With the Argentine national football team, Milito participated in the Confederations Cup 2005 and was part of the squad which qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, performing well in the first-round match of Argentina against Netherlands national football team.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Guardian statistics
Career details at national Football Teams
Gabriel Milito's profile at FC Barcelona's official site

v • d • e Argentina squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Coloccini • 5 Cambiasso • 6 Heinze • 7 Saviola • 8 Mascherano • 9 Crespo • 10 Riquelme • 11 Tévez • 12 Franco • 13 Scaloni • 14 Palacio • 15 Milito • 16 Aimar • 17 Cufré • 18 Rodríguez • 19 Messi • 20 Cruz • 21 Burdisso • 22 González • 23 Ustari • Coach: Pekerman

v • d • e Argentina squad - Copa América 2007

1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Ayala • 3 Díaz • 4 Ibarra • 5 Gago • 6 Heinze • 7 Palacio • 8 Zanetti • 9 Crespo • 10 Riquelme • 11 Tévez • 12 Carrizo • 13 González • 14 Mascherano • 15 G.Milito • 16 Aimar • 17 Burdisso • 18 Messi • 19 Cambiasso • 20 Verón • 21 D.Milito • 22 Orión • Coach: Basile

v • d • e FC Barcelona – current squad

1 V. Valdés • 3 Milito • 4 Márquez • 5 Puyol • 6 Xavi • 7 Guðjohnsen • 8 Iniesta • 9 Eto'o • 10 Ronaldinho • 13 Pinto • 14 Henry • 16 Sylvinho • 18 Ezquerro • 19 Messi • 20 Deco • 21 Thuram • 22 Abidal • 23 Oleguer • 24 Touré Yaya • 25 Jorquera • 27 Bojan • –– Cáceres • –– Keita • –– Piqué • Coach: Guardiola

Persondata
NAME	Milito, Gabriel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	September 7, 1980 (1980-09-07) (age 27)
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bernal, Argentina
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH