Heviel Cordovés | |
Full Name: | Heviel Cordovés González |
Birth Date: | 10 November 1989 |
Birth Place: | Arroyo Naranjo, Havana, Cuba |
Height: | 1.88 m |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 2008–2012 |
Clubs1: | Ciudad de la Habana |
Years2: | 2013–2017 |
Clubs2: | Charleston Battery |
Caps2: | 120 |
Goals2: | 27 |
Years3: | 2018 |
Clubs3: | Richmond Kickers |
Caps3: | 24 |
Goals3: | 7 |
Years4: | 2019 |
Clubs4: | Memphis 901 |
Caps4: | 0 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2008–2012 |
Nationalteam1: | Cuba |
Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 20:16, 15 October 2018 (UTC) |
Nationalteam-Update: | April 11, 2014 |
Heviel Cordovés González (born 10 November 1989) is a former Cuban international footballer.
Cordovés played for hometown team Ciudad de la Habana before his move to the USA where he joined Charleston Battery.[1] In December 2017, he joined fellow United Soccer League side Richmond Kickers.[2]
He made his international debut for Cuba in an August 2008 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Trinidad and Tobago and has earned a total of 9 caps, scoring 1 goal. He represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches and was named in Cuba's squad for the 2011 Pan-American games and was also named in Cuba's squad that would attempt to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics football tournament.[3]
In October 2012, he defected to United States along with teammates Maikel Chang and Odisnel Cooper prior to a 2014 World Cup qualifying game versus Canada in Toronto.[4]
Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.