nationalcaps birth_date years youthyears caps goals nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
10 23 3 august 1981 1997 2010 -- 2011 2011 -- 2013 -- 1999 2002 -- 2004 2004 -- 2010 1997 -- 1999 75 156 10 19 2 9 1 0 2002 -- 2003 2004 -- 2008 pablo ibáñez.jpg pablo ibáñez ibáñez in action for atlético madrid in 2007 pablo ibáñez tébar madrigueras , spain spain u21 spain 1.92 0 0 albacete albacete albacete atlético madrid west bromwich albion birmingham city centre back pablo ibáñez

pablo ibáñez

pablo ibáñez tébar -lrb- born 3 august 1981 -rrb- , sometimes known as just pablo , is a spanish footballer who plays as a centre back .
he has been a free agent since leaving birmingham city at the end of the 2012 -- 13 season .
pablo was born in madrigueras .
he began his football career in the youth teams of his local professional club , albacete , with whom he earned promotion from the segunda división to la liga in 2003 .
a year later , he signed for atlético madrid where he made nearly 200 appearances over six seasons .
his career with atlético was marred by controversy when one of the 2006 presidential candidates for their city rivals real madrid claimed that a deal was in place for real to sign pablo should he win the election .
although he re-established himself in the atlético team , contributing to a fourth-place finish in 2008 , he played increasingly rarely towards the end of his time with the club , and in 2010 he moved to england .
he spent a season with premier league club west bromwich albion before joining football league championship -lrb- second-tier -rrb- club birmingham city in 2011 .
at international level , pablo was capped 10 times for spain 's under-21 team before making his first appearance for the senior national team in 2004 .
he went on to earn 23 caps and represented his country at the 2006 world cup .
