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Roberney Caballero

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Roberney Caballero
Personal information
Full name Roberney Caballero Ariosa
Date of birth (1995-11-02) 2 November 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Remedios, Cuba
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
ART Municipal Jalapa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Villa Clara[1] 42+ (24+)
2018–2019 Camagüey
2019–2023 Villa Clara
2023 La Habana
2023– ART Municipal Jalapa
International career
2015 Cuba U20 5 (1)
2016–2023 Cuba 13 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:06, 18 October 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5:13, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Roberney Caballero Ariosa (born 2 November 1995) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nicaraguan club ART Municipal Jalapa and the Cuba national team.

Club career

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Caballero scored six goals in the 2016 season, leading Villa Clara to their 14th league title. He was named that season's Most Valuable Player by the Football Association of Cuba.[2][3]

After defecting to the United States in 2023, Caballero signed with ART Municipal Jalapa of the Liga Primera de Nicaragua.

International career

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Caballero represented the Cuba national under-20 team at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, playing in all five group matches. He scored the opening goal in a 2–2 draw with Haiti.[4] He also scored against Honduras, but the strike was ruled offside.[5]

He made his senior international debut on 7 October 2016, during a match against the United States.[3] In what was the first friendly between the two countries since 1947, Caballero hit the post in the second half of Cuba's 2–0 defeat.[6]

On 29 June 2023, Caballero was among the four Cuban players who defected to the United States following their opening match of the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup group stage, a 1–0 defeat to Guatemala.[7]

Career statistics

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As of 8 September 2018[8]
Cuba
Year Apps Goals
2016 1 0
2017 0 0
2018 5 3
Total 6 3
Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.[8]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 March 2018 Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua  Nicaragua 3–3 3–3 Friendly
2. 8 September 2018 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Turks and Caicos Islands 9–0 11–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
3. 10–0

Honours

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Villa Clara

Individual

  • Campeonato Nacional MVP: 2016[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ 103 LIGA NACIONAL FUTBOL 2018 Archived 14 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine - Inder (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b López, José Luis (1 February 2017). "Caballero y Mengana, los más aplaudidos" (in Spanish). Juventud Rebelde. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Iglesias Manresa, Harold (12 October 2016). "Roberney Caballero: al más puro estilo de Many el líbero" (in Spanish). cubasi.cu. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. ^ Stoehr, Steve (16 January 2015). "Zachary Herivaux Goes 90 Minutes in Haiti Draw with Cuba at CONCACAF U-20 Championships". The Bent Musket. SB Nation. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Honduras soars to victory over Cuba". CONCACAF. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  6. ^ "U.S. defeats Cuba, 2-0, in exhibition game on the island". Los Angeles Times. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Cuatro futbolistas de la selección de Cuba escaparon tras el primer partido de la Copa Oro en Miami". Infobae (in Spanish). 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Caballero, Roberney". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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