Tributes have flooded in for legendary former Dundee footballer Fabian Caballero after his untimely death at just 46 years of age in his home country of Paraguay.

Caballero passed away at the weekend of a suspected heart attack whilst playing futsal.

The bombshell news has shocked Scottish football, where Caballero lit up our game with his electric pace and silky skills.

Dundee FC have led the tributes with some emotional writing by club historian Kenny Ross on the clubs X (formerly twitter) page.

In a heartfelt statement, Kenny wrote: “Fabian Orlando Caballero was born on January 31st, 1978, in Misiones, Argentina, which is surrounded by Paraguay to the north-east. It was in Paraguay that Caballero started his football career with Cerro Porteno in 1997, and it was with ‘Le Ciclon’ that he was spotted by Arsène Wenger who took him on loan to Arsenal for 12 months.

“Caballero made just three appearances for The Gunners and his time at Highbury is more remembered for the bizarre incident when Ron Atkinson sat next to him in the wrong dugout in his first home game in charge of Nottingham Forest.

“Upon returning to Paraguay, Caballero signed for rivals Club Sol de America but at the end of his first season at the Asuncion club, he was loaned out again to another U.K. club when he joined Dundee FC in the summer of 2000 as part of the ‘Bonetti Revolution.’

“Nicknamed ‘Tyson’ at his club in Paraguay, he quickly became known as ‘Fab Cab’ at Dens when the striker turned in some scintillating displays in his first few games.

“Cult hero Caballero made 142 appearances for the Dark Blues during two spells between 2000 and 2005, after he had signed for a club record transfer fee, which still stands today.”

Caballero was idolised by the ‘Dee faithful and lifelong Dundee fan Dave Morris said: “Any club legend is always missed, 46-years-old is ridiculous. He was one of the most talented players we had since the 60’s/70’s.

“His replacement when he got that horror injury was Claudio Caniggia, which says everything!”

Fellow Dundee fan Mike Taylor echoed: “My abiding memory is 13 May 2001, my 40th Birthday weekend. We played Celtic at Parkhead, they were unbeaten at home and this was their last game.

“Dundee gave a fantastic demonstration of counter attacking football with ten men for 65 minutes. ‘Fab Cab’ scored two first half goals in a mesmerising performance, I managed to get his signed shirt after the game as well, best Birthday ever!”