According to an old proverb, life gives second chances, and in the case of Luciano Cabral from Mendoza, not only life, but also footballthey have given him the chance to start from scratch after a horrible episode in his youth.
To be one of the promises of Argentinos Juniors and play together Juan roman riquelme, He was arrested for being accused of murder and now he rebuilt his life after getting out of prison and is a figure in Coquimbo Uidos of Chile, which today faces Racing in Avellaneda, for the third date of Group H of the South American Cup.
The midfielder from Mendoza, originally from Las Heras and who today plays in Coquimbo, was a promise from Argentinos Juniors and in 2014 he came to share a team with Juan Román Riquelme, achieving promotion to the First Division.
He had arrived at the La Paternal club after passing through the youth teams of Sport Club Pacífico, Andes Football Club, Ferro Carril Oeste (all from General Alvear, the Comodoro Rivadavia and River Children’s Activities Commission.
During 2015 and mid-2016, after having chosen to represent Chile, the country where his father was born, in the Sudamericana U-20, He served in the Argentinos first team, in which he scored four goals, and showed a high level.
However, after the team’s relegation and after 57 games at the La Paternal club, Cabral was loaned to Atlético Paranaense in Brazil for US$190 thousand and with a purchase option of US$1.5 million. However, he did not perform as expected and only played six games. For this reason, at the end of 2016 he looked for another direction and was close to moving to the University of Chile.
However, His life changed completely in January 2017, when was seen accused along with one of his cousins, Axel Olguín, and Hugo Brian Santana, of participating in the murder of Joan Villegas, 27, in a kind of reckoning of accounts of which the father declared guilty and sole author of the facts.
Despite the testimony of José Cabral, Luciano was considered a participant in the acts and was sentenced to 9 and a half years in prison, of which he has already served just over five years. In October 2022, the former Bicho obtained parole, which has allowed him to reschedule his life again, in which football is still present.
After obtaining parole for good behavior, He returned to training at the “Sergio Daniel Batista” Professional Football Center of Argentinos Juniors.
In December 2022, he signed a two-season contract with Coquimbo Unidos of Chile. At that time he posted: “The second opportunities that our club offers and the possibility of returning to the level are the combination that makes it another national addition that arrives at the port.”
In Coquimbo Kingdom He has six goals in 43 games and today he will return to Argentina when tonight his team faces racingby third date of group H of the Copa Sudamericana.
Luciano Cabral He is one of the most outstanding players in the Chilean National Championship and in Coquimbo Kingdom They prepare to lose it. Although he has a contract until the end of the year, in the pirate port the feeling is that the Chilean-Argentine soccer player will not complete the year and will leave in the coming months. His destiny is between two greats of Chilean soccer: Colo Coloa and the U.
Source: Ambito
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