| Karel Espino | |
| Fullname: | Karel Aldair Espino Contreras |
| Birth Date: | 27 October 2001 |
| Birth Place: | San Cristóbal, Cuba |
| Height: | 1.88 m[1] |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Comunicaciones |
| Clubnumber: | 4 |
| Years1: | 2019–2021 |
| Caps1: | 73 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2021– |
| Caps2: | 112 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam3: | Cuba |
| Nationalcaps3: | 29 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 2 |
| Pcupdate: | 20:00, 21 January 2025 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 20:00, 10 September 2024 (UTC) |
Karel Aldair Espino Contreras (born 27 October 2001) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Comunicaciones and the Cuba national team.
On 1 July 2021, Comunicaciones had announced the official signing of Espino.[2] He made his debut for the club in a 4–0 win over Sololá on 1 August.[3]
He made his Cuba national football team debut on 27 February 2019 in a friendly against Bermuda, as a 79th-minute substitute for Yasmany López, at the age of 17 years and 120 days old.[4]
He was selected for the country's 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad.
Clausura 2022, Apertura 2023