Roberto Abbondanzieri

Roberto Abbondanzieri is a name that takes me straight back to early-2000s Argentine football. As Boca Juniors' goalkeeper, nicknamed El Pato, he was the kind of steady, unflashy presence I always appreciate between the posts, the type of keeper whose value you only fully grasp when he is missing. His move to Getafe in La Liga showed he could test himself abroad late in his career, and his shift into coaching afterward feels natural for someone with his command of the box. At 186 cm and born in 1972, he belongs to a generation of South American keepers I find quietly underrated outside their home countries.

Name (English)

Roberto Abbondanzieri

Name (Japanese)

ロベルト・アボンダンシェリ

Reading

ろべると・あぼんだんしぇり

Born

August 19, 1972 (age 53)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rat

Origin

Bouquet, Santa Fe Province, Argentina

Height

186 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9C%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AA

Tags

• Santa Fe Province
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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