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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pablo Delmar Vaca Justiniano | ||
Date of birth | (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Always Ready | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2021 | Tahuichi | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Always Ready | 49 | (0) |
International career | |||
2020 | Bolivia U20 | 1 | (0) |
2024 | Bolivia U23 | 4 | (0) |
2023– | Bolivia | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 August 2023 |
Pablo Delmar Vaca Justiniano (born 31 May 2002) is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Bolivian Primera División side Always Ready and the Bolivia national team.
Club career
Born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Vaca was a youth product of the local Tahuichi football academy, where he joined at 9 years old. In March 2024, he joined Bolivian top flight team Always Ready, signing his a three-year contract.
International career
Bolivia U23
In January 2024, Vaca was called up to the Bolivia U23 team for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.
Bolivia senior
Vaca made his international debut with Bolivia national team on 27 August 2023 in a friendly game against Panama. In the last minutes of the game, he failed to clear the ball on time, leading Panama to score their second goal, thus ended the game in a 1–2 defeat for his team.
In June 2024, Vaca was named in Bolivia's preliminary squad for the 2024 Copa América.
References
- ^ "Pablo Vaca". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- "El campeón nacional se nutre de jóvenes figuras de la Tahuichi" (in Spanish). Ed Sports. 16 March 2021.
- "Estos son los 23 jugadores elegidos por Zago para disputar el torneo Preolímpico" [These are the 23 players selected by Zago for the Pre-Olympic tournament] (in Spanish). Unitel. 16 January 2024.
- "BOLIVIA VS. PANAMA 1-2". Soccerway. 27 August 2023.
- "Bolivia cayó ante Panamá y deja dudas de cara al inicio de las Eliminatorias" (in Spanish). Late!. 27 August 2023.
- "Conoce a los 29 convocados de Bolivia para la Copa América" [Meet the 29 called-up players of Bolivia for the Copa América] (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- Bolivian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Men's association football midfielders
- Club Always Ready players
- Bolivian Primera División players
- Bolivia men's under-20 international footballers
- Bolivia men's international footballers