Roberney Caballero
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roberney Caballero Ariosa | ||
| Date of birth | 2 November 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Remedios, Cuba | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | 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) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:06, 18 October 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- 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 | File:Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands | 9–0 | 11–0 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification |
| 3. | 10–0 |
Honours
[edit | edit source]Villa Clara
Individual
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 103 LIGA NACIONAL FUTBOL 2018 Archived 14 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine - Inder (in Spanish)
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External links
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- Roberney Caballero at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Roberney Caballero at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Roberney Caballero at CaribbeanFootballDatabase
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Men's association football midfielders
- Cuban men's footballers
- Cuba men's international footballers
- Cuba men's under-20 international footballers
- Defecting Cuban footballers
- Villa Clara (football club) players
- FC Camagüey players
- People from Remedios, Cuba
- Sportspeople from Villa Clara Province
- 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- FC La Habana players
- Cuban football biography stubs