Andy Baquero
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andy Baquero Ruiz[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 17 August 1994||
Place of birth | Havana, Cuba | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Vaughan Azzurri | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2017 | La Habana | 26 | (7) |
2017 | Villa Clara | 9 | (0) |
2018 | La Habana | 6 | (1) |
2018 | Pinar del Río | (2) | |
2019 | La Habana | (3) | |
2019 | Delfines del Este | (3) | |
2021–2023 | Valour FC | 74 | (2) |
2024– | Vaughan Azzurri | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2011 | Cuba U17 | 3 | (0) |
2012–13 | Cuba U20 | 13 | (1) |
2014 | Cuba U21 | 4 | (0) |
2014–2019 | Cuba | 29 | (5) |
2016–2019 | Cuba futsal | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 28, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2021 |
Andy Baquero Ruiz (born 17 August 1994) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vaughan Azzurri in League1 Ontario.
Club career[edit]
Career in Cuba[edit]
Baquero played for hometown team La Habana, before joining Villa Clara in April 2017.[2]
Valour FC[edit]
On 26 June 2021, Baquero signed with Canadian Premier League side Valour FC.[3] He re-signed with the club in January 2022.[4]
International career[edit]
Baquero has played in the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup[5] and the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.
He made his senior international debut for Cuba versus Indonesia on 29 March 2014,[6] and has, as of August 2018, earned a total of 17 caps, scoring one goal. He represented his country in two FIFA World Cup qualification matches[5] and played at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
International goals[edit]
- Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.[7]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 29 August 2018 | Wildey Astro Turf, Bridgetown, Barbados | Barbados | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
2. | 8 September 2018 | Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3–0 | 11–0 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification |
3. | 5–0 | |||||
4. | 29 September 2018 | Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba | Cayman Islands | ?–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
5. | 25 February 2019 | Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba | Bermuda | ?–? | 2–2 | Friendly |
Futsal[edit]
Baquero also plays for the Cuba national futsal team[8] and featured at the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Andy Baquero at Soccerway
- ^ Hexagonal final con refuerzos y calendario - JIT (in Spanish)
- ^ "Valour FC signs midfielder Andy Baquero". Valour FC. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Valour FC re-sign fullbacks Federico Peña and Andy Baquero". January 24, 2022.
- ^ a b c Andy Baquero – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Cuba vs. Indonesia – 29 March 2014 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "Baquero, Andy". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ Andy Baquero Ruiz: A passion for soccer - Granma
External links[edit]
- Andy Baquero at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Cuban men's footballers
- Cuban men's futsal players
- Footballers from Havana
- Cuban expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Dominican Republic
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in the Dominican Republic
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Villa Clara (football club) players
- FC Pinar del Río players
- Delfines del Este FC players
- Valour FC players
- Liga Dominicana de Fútbol players
- Cuba men's international footballers
- Cuba men's youth international footballers
- 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in football
- Defecting Cuban footballers
- Vaughan Azzurri players
- League1 Ontario players
- Cuban football biography stubs