Gabriel Urdaneta

Gabriel José Urdaneta Rangel (born 7 January 1976) is a retired Venezuelan footballer.

Gabriel Urdaneta

Personal information
Full name	Gabriel José Urdaneta Rangel
Date of birth	(1976-01-07) 7 January 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth	Mérida, Venezuela
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1999	Universidad de Los Andes
1998–1999	→ Atlético Zulia (loan)
1999–2000	Caracas
2000–2002	Lucerne	27	(3)
2002–2003	Waldhof Mannheim	13	(0)
2003	Lugano	4	(1)
2004	Kriens	22	(6)
2004–2005	Young Boys	35	(2)
2006	Vaduz	11	(1)
2006–2008	Maracaibo	48	(0)
2008–2009	Estudiantes de Mérida	30	(6)
2008–2010	Deportivo Italia	27	(6)
2010–2011	Deportivo Anzoategui	35	(1)
International career‡
1996–2005	Venezuela	77	(9)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:01, 7 March 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:01, 7 March 2021

Club career

Urdaneta has played professional football for a number of clubs in Venezuela and Switzerland. He also holds Swiss nationality.

At the end of the 2010-2011 season, he announced his retirement.

International career

He made 77 appearances for the Venezuela national team between 1996 and 2005, making him the third most-capped player in Venezuelan international football as of March 2008.^[1]

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	May 19, 1999	Reales Tamarindos, Portoviejo, Ecuador	Ecuador	0–1	0-2	Friendly
2.	May 19, 1999	Reales Tamarindos, Portoviejo, Ecuador	Ecuador	0–2	0-2	Friendly
3.	July 7, 1999	Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad Del Este, Paraguay	Mexico	3–1	3-1	1999 Copa América
4.	August 10, 2000	Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1–1	1-5	Friendly
5.	August 10, 2000	Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1–2	1-5	Friendly
6.	April 2, 2003	Brígido Iriarte, Caracas, Venezuela	Jamaica	1–0	2-0	Friendly
7.	June 7, 2003	Orange Bowl, Miami, United States	Honduras	1–1	2-1	Friendly
8.	March 31, 2004	Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	0–1	0-3	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.	October 14, 2004	Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Ecuador	1–0	3-1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification