Raúl Bobadilla

Raúl Bobadilla
Bobadilla with Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2010
Personal information
Full name Raúl Marcelo Bobadilla
Date of birth (1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Formosa, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker, winger
Team information
Current team
 Aarau
Number 32
Youth career
2005–2006 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 River Plate 0 (0)
2006–2007 → Concordia (loan) 28 (18)
2007–2009 Grasshopper 47 (26)
2009–2012 Borussia Mönchengladbach 59 (8)
2011 → Aris (loan) 7 (2)
2012–2013 Young Boys 24 (12)
2013 FC Basel 10 (1)
2013–2017 FC Augsburg 94 (21)
2017–2018 Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 (0)
2018–2020 Argentinos Juniors 15 (0)
2020 → Guaraní (loan) 24 (11)
2021–2022 Guaraní 5 (0)
2021 → Fluminense (loan) 19 (4)
2022–2023 Schaffhausen 37 (16)
2023 Bandırmaspor 9 (1)
2024 Schaffhausen 17 (4)
2024– FC Aarau 4 (0)
International career‡
2015– Paraguay 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 December 2022

Raúl Marcelo Bobadilla (born 18 June 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss club Aarau. Born in Argentina, he plays for the Paraguay national team.

Career

Early career

Bobadilla originally started out at River Plate but moved to Concordia Basel in the Swiss Challenge League for the 2006–07 Swiss Challenge League season. Murat Yakin was trainer at that time and for Bobadilla this was a very successful season. He scored 18 goals in 28 League games and finished third in the goal scorer list at the end of the season. Yakin left Concordia and went to Grasshopper Club Zürich as assistant trainer to Hanspeter Latour for the 2007–08 Super League season and took Bobadilla with him. Bobadilla continued his good goalscoring form, becoming their first choice striker. Bobadilla finished in second place of the goal scorer list at the end of the season and was shortlisted in the Final 4 players for the Swiss League player of the year for the 2007–08 season, which was ultimately won by Hakan Yakin.

Bobadilla signed for Borussia Mönchengladbach on 11 June 2009[1] but returned to Switzerland in 2012 to play for Bern's BSC Young Boys.[2]

Basel

On 3 January 2013, Basel announced that Bobadilla signed a contract until 2017.[3] He joined Basel's first team during the winter break of their 2012–13 season under head coach Murat Yakin.[4]

After playing in four test games, in the last of which he was injured, he made his league debut for Basel on 1 April in the 4–0 away win against Luzern being substituted in during the 77th minute of the game.[5] He scored his first goal for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 1 June 2013. It was the only goal of the game as Basel won 1–0 against St. Gallen.[6]

At the end of the Swiss Super League season 2012–13 he won the Championship title with the team.[7] In the 2012–13 Swiss Cup Basel reached the final, but were runners up behind Grasshopper Club, being defeated 4–3 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw after extra time.[8] In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Basel advanced as far as the semi-finals, there being matched against the reigning UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea. Chelsea won both games advancing 5–2 on aggregate, eventually winning the competition.[9]

Soon after the start of the next season, Bobadilla was caught speeding with his Maserati, driving with 111 km/h in a 50 km/h zone.[10] On 15 August it was announced that Bobadilla would leave Basel.[11] During his short period with the club, Bobadilla played a total of 25 games for Basel scoring three goals. 13 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, one in the Swiss Cup, one in the Champions League and ten were friendly games. He scored two goals in the domestic league and the other was scored during the test games.[12]

Augsburg

On 15 August 2013, FC Augsburg announced that Bobadilla signed a contract until 30 June 2016.[13]

On 9 May 2015, Bobadilla scored the only goal as Augsburg won away at Bayern Munich, who had already won the league title, a back-heel after a cross from Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, who was on loan from the opponent. In the 14th minute, he had been fouled by goalkeeper Pepe Reina for a penalty, resulting in Reina's dismissal, but Paul Verhaegh's shot hit the post with Manuel Neuer taking over in goal.[14]

Bobadilla finished the 2014–15 season as Augsburg's top-scorer with 10 goals in all competitions.[15]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On 17 August 2017, after 4 years in Augsburg, Bobadilla returned to Borussia Mönchengladbach on a two-year contract.[16]

Argentinos Juniors

Bobadilla returned to Argentina after spending one year with Borussia Mönchengladbach.[17]

Guarani

On 27 December 2019, Bobadilla was loaned to Club Guaraní in Paraguay's Primera División.[18]

Return to Schaffhausen

On 11 January 2024, Bobadilla returned to FC Schaffhausen in Switzerland.[19]

Aarau

On 27 June 2024, Bobadilla signed with Aarau.[20]

Controversy

On 29 December 2020, after scoring and giving his team a 3–2 win, Bobadilla was threatened with a ban for partially exposing his genitals during a goal celebration.[21]

International career

On 9 February 2015, it was reported by D10 and ABC Color that Bobadilla had begun the process of taking up Paraguay's nationality in order to represent the Paraguay national team, by way of his Paraguayan parents.[22][23] On 11 March, he received his first call-up to the team, for friendlies later that month against Mexico and Costa Rica,[24] making his debut in a 0–0 draw in San José.[25]

On 28 May 2015, Bobadilla was included in Paraguay's 23-man squad for the 2015 Copa América by coach Ramón Díaz.[26] He started in the team's opening 2–2 draw against Argentina in La Serena.[27]

Honours

Basel

References

  1. ^ "Borussia verpflichtet Thorben Marx und Raúl Bobadilla" (in German). borussia.de. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  2. ^ Gori, Marco (21 January 2012). "Young Boys sign Bobadilla". Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  3. ^ "FCB engagiert Stürmer Raúl Bobadilla" (in German). FC Basel. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  4. ^ Herzog, Peter (4 January 2013). "Der Mann, den YB nicht kontrollieren konnte, geht nach Basel" [The man YB couldn't control goes to Basel] (in German). Der Bund. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (1 April 2013). "FC Luzern - FC Basel 0:4 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  6. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (1 June 2013). "FC Basel - FC St. Gallen 1:0 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  7. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (2017). "Switzerland 2012/13" (in French). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  8. ^ ASF/SFV (20 May 2013). "FC Basel - Grasshopper Club 3:4 n.P. (1:1, 1:1, 0:0)" (in German). ASF/SFV. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  9. ^ Haylett, Trevor (3 May 2013). "Basel take heart after Chelsea defeat". UEFA.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  10. ^ Wendel, Sebastian (27 July 2013). "Bobadilla gibt im Maserati statt im FCB-Dress Vollgas" [Bobadilla goes full throttle in the Maserati instead of in the FCB outfit] (in German). suedostschweiz.ch. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  11. ^ SRF (15 August 2013). "Bobadilla wechselt nach Augsburg" [Bobadilla moves to Augsburg] (in German). SRF. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Raul Marcelo Bobadilla - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  13. ^ "FC Augsburg verpflichtet Bobadilla" (in German). FC Augsburg on facebook.com. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  14. ^ "Bayern Mun 0-1 FC Augsburg". BBC Sport. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  15. ^ "FC Augsburg". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  16. ^ "Bobadilla: Rückkehr nach Gladbach!" (in German). kicker. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Bobadilla kehrt in seine Heimat zurück" (in German). Borussia Mönchengladbach. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  18. ^ "Argentinos Juniors: Raúl Bobadilla será cedido a Guaraní de Paraguay". tycsports (in Spanish). 27 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  19. ^ "Raúl Bobadilla kehrt zurück" [Raúl Bobadilla returns] (in German). FC Schaffhausen. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  20. ^ "Stürmer Raul Bobadilla verstärkt den FC Aarau" [Striker Raul Bobadilla strengthens FC Aarau] (in German). FC Aarau. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Football news: Raul Bobadilla exposes penis in goal celebration, punishment, video, Club Guarani, Paraguay, Primera Division". Fox Sports. 29 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  22. ^ "Haedo Valdez estaría de vuelta en dos semanas" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  23. ^ "El sueño de Haedo es jugar su tercera Copa América con Paraguay" (in Spanish). D10. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  24. ^ "Justo Villar y Lucas Barrios fueron convocados a la selección paraguaya" [Justo Villar and Lucas Barrios chosen for the Paraguayan national team] (in Spanish). elgraficochile.cl. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  25. ^ "Costa Rica 0-0 Paraguay 0: Dour draw marks Diaz debut". Goal.com. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  26. ^ "2015 Copa America squad lists". ESPN. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  27. ^ "Argentina 2-2 Paraguay". BBC. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.