Pablo Zabaleta

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

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|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||||||
|rowspan=4|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||||||
|rowspan=10|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||||
|rowspan=4|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|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=10|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|||

## Honours

**Espanyol**
- Copa del Rey: 2005–06

**Manchester City**
- Premier League: 2011–12, 2013–14
- FA Cup: 2010–11; runner-up: 2012–13
- Football League Cup: 2013–14,2015–16
- FA Community Shield: 2012

**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
- Manchester City Player of the Year: 2012–13
- Manchester City Player of the Month: January 2009, December 2012, January 2013
- FIFPro World XI 5th team: 2013, 2014

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Pablo Zabaleta
- **image**: Hertha BSC vs. West Ham United 20190731 (127).jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Zabaleta with West Ham United F.C., West Ham United in 2019
- **full name**: Pablo Javier Zabaleta Girod
- **birth place**: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **height**: 1.76 m
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Full-back, Right back
- **currentclub**: Albania national football team, Albania (assistant)
- **youthyears1**: 1995–1997
- **youthclubs1**: Obras Sanitarias
- **youthyears2**: 1997–2002
- **youthclubs2**: San Lorenzo de Almagro, San Lorenzo
- **years1**: 2002–2005
- **clubs1**: San Lorenzo de Almagro, San Lorenzo
- **caps1**: 66
- **goals1**: 8
- **years2**: 2005–2008
- **clubs2**: RCD Espanyol, Espanyol
- **caps2**: 79
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2008–2017
- **clubs3**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **caps3**: 230
- **goals3**: 9
- **years4**: 2017–2020
- **clubs4**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps4**: 73
- **goals4**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 448
- **totalgoals**: 20
- **nationalyears1**: 2003–2005
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national under-20 football team, Argentina U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 28
- **nationalgoals1**: 4
- **nationalyears2**: 2008
- **nationalteam2**: Argentina national under-23 football team, Argentina U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 9
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2005–2016
- **nationalteam3**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps3**: 58
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **managerclubs1**: Albania national football team, Albania (assistant)
- **manageryears1**: 2023–