Pablo Zabaleta

Pablo Javier Zabaleta Girod (born 16 January 1985) is a former Argentine footballer who played as a right back.

Pablo Zabaleta

Zabaleta with West Ham United in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Pablo Javier Zabaleta Girod[1]
Date of birth	(1985-01-16) 16 January 1985 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Albania (assistant)[4]
Youth career
1995–1997	Obras Sanitarias
1997–2002	San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2005	San Lorenzo	66	(8)
2005–2008	Espanyol	79	(3)
2008–2017	Manchester City	230	(9)
2017–2020	West Ham United	73	(0)
Total		448	(20)
International career
2003–2005	Argentina U20	28	(4)
2008	Argentina U23	9	(0)
2005–2016	Argentina	58	(0)
Managerial career
2023–	Albania (assistant)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Argentina FIFA World Youth Championship Winner 2005 Netherlands U-20 Team Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team FIFA World Cup Runner-up 2014 Brazil Team Copa América Runner-up 2015 Chile Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5]

Club	Season	League			National Cup[a]		League Cup		Continental[b]		Other[c]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
San Lorenzo	2002–03	Argentine Primera División	11	0	—		—		1	0	—		12	0
	2003–04	Argentine Primera División	27	3	—		—		3	0	—		30	3
	2004–05	Argentine Primera División	28	5	—		—		9	0	—		37	5
	Total		66	8	—		—		13	0	—		79	8
Espanyol	2005–06	La Liga	27	2	1	0	—		7	0	—		35	2
	2006–07	La Liga	20	0	0	0	—		9	0	2	0	31	0
	2007–08	La Liga	32	1	4	0	—		—		—		36	1
	Total		79	3	5	0	—		16	0	2	0	102	3
Manchester City	2008–09	Premier League	29	1	1	0	1	0	11	0	—		42	1
	2009–10	Premier League	27	0	4	0	4	0	—		—		35	0
	2010–11	Premier League	26	2	7	0	1	0	11	0	—		45	2
	2011–12	Premier League	21	1	1	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	31	1
	2012–13	Premier League	30	2	6	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	42	3
	2013–14	Premier League	35	1	3	0	4	0	6	0	—		48	1
	2014–15	Premier League	29	1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	36	2
	2015–16	Premier League	13	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	—		22	0
	2016–17	Premier League	20	1	4	1	1	0	7	0	—		32	2
	Total		230	9	30	2	18	0	54	1	1	0	333	12
West Ham United	2017–18	Premier League	37	0	2	0	0	0	—		—		39	0
	2018–19	Premier League	26	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		27	0
	2019–20	Premier League	10	0	2	1	2	0	—		—		14	1
	Total		73	0	4	1	3	0	—		—		80	1
Career total			448	20	39	3	21	0	83	1	3	0	594	24

1. Includes Copa del Rey, FA Cup
2. Includes Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, Recopa Sudamericana, UEFA Cup/Europa League, UEFA Champions League
3. Includes Supercopa de España, FA Community Shield

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[6]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Argentina	2005	2	0
	2006	2	0
	2008	3	0
	2010	1	0
	2011	13	0
	2012	7	0
	2013	7	0
	2014	12	0
	2015	7	0
	2016	4	0
Total		58	0

Honours

Zabaleta with the FA Cup on Manchester City's 2011 victory parade in May 2011

Espanyol

• Copa del Rey: 2005–06

Manchester City

• Premier League: 2011–12, 2013–14^[7]
• FA Cup: 2010–11;^[8] runner-up: 2012–13^[9]
• Football League Cup: 2013–14,^[10]2015–16^[11]
• FA Community Shield: 2012^[12]

Argentina U23

• Summer Olympics: 2008

Argentina

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2014
• Copa América runner-up: 2015

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year: 2012–13 Premier League^[13]
• Manchester City Player of the Year: 2012–13^[14]
• Manchester City Player of the Month: January 2009,^[15] December 2012,^[16] January 2013^[17]
• FIFPro World XI 5th team: 2013,^[18] 2014^[19]