Alberto Delgado (Cuban footballer) explained

Alberto Delgado
Fullname:Alberto Delgado y Pérez
Birth Date:11 March 1978
Birth Place:Havana, Cuba
Position:Striker
Years1:1998–2004
Years2:2004
Years3:2005–2008
Years4:2008–2009
Clubs4:Sevilla Bayamon (loan)
Caps2:13
Caps3:38
Goals2:1
Goals3:0
Goals4:14
Nationalyears1:1998–2002
Nationalteam1:Cuba
Nationalcaps1:22
Nationalgoals1:4
Pcupdate:22 February 2008
Ntupdate:22 February 2008

Alberto Delgado y Pérez (born March 11, 1978) is a Cuban retired footballer.

Club career

Before joining the Rapids in 2005,[1] he played for Ciudad de la Habana of Cuba and was one of the most dangerous players on the Cuba national team.

Delgado scored a goal and added three assists in his year with Colorado. He wears Pérez on the back of his jersey to honor his mother. He was released by the Rapids before the 2005 season, signing with Puerto Rico.

In 2008, he was loaned to Sevilla Bayamon in the Puerto Rico Soccer League and decided to stay with them instead of the Puerto Rico Islanders.

International career

He made his international debut for Cuba in 1998 and has earned a total of 22 caps, scoring 4 goals. He scored all of his goals in one game against Surinam, making him the only Cuban to score 4 in an official international match.[2] His final international was a January 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against South Korea.

Defection to the United States

Delgado defected from Cuba during that 2002 Gold Cup, together with cousin and future Colorado Rapids teammate Rey Ángel Martínez.[3] He and Martínez ran away from their teammates halfway through breakfast, literally running for more than thirty minutes before finding a Spanish-speaking gas station attendant who then called a cab for them. Martínez made his way there shortly after that.

International goals

Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.[4]

No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 May 2001 align=center 1–2 4–3 2001 Caribbean Cup
2. align=center 2–2
3. align=center 3–2
4. align=center 4–2

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.coloradorapids.com/post/2010/06/28/rapids-sign-second-cuban-mls-history-forward-alberto-delgado Rapids Sign Second Cuban in MLS History Forward Alberto Delgado
  2. http://www.elblogdelfutbolcubano.com/2009/07/peticion-de-unos-amigos-puertorriquenos.html biografico de los jugadores cubanos que se encuentran jugando en la hermana isla
  3. http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y02/nov02/13e3.htm Cuban soccer defectors starting anew at St. Thomas
  4. Web site: Delgado, Alberto. National Football Teams. 10 March 2017.