Canary Islands autonomous football team

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Canary Islands

Nickname(s)	Canario (The Canaries)
Association	Federación Canaria de Fútbol
Head coach	José Caballero
Home colours Away colours
First international
Canary Islands 5 - 1 Venezuela  (6 February 1996)
Biggest win
Canary Islands 5 - 1 Venezuela  (6 February 1996)
Biggest defeat
Canary Islands 0 - 2 Venezuela  (17 May 2002)

The Canary Islands national football team is the regional football team for the Canary Islands, Spain. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA/CAF, because the Canary Islands are represented internationally by the Spanish national football team. The team only plays friendly matches.

[edit] Selected internationals

Date	Venue	Home Team	Opponent	Score
Dec 29 2007	Canary Islands	Canary Islands	Angola	2 - 0
May 17, 2002	Canary Islands	Canary Islands	Venezuela	0 - 2
Dec 21 1999	Canary Islands	Canary Islands	Yugoslavia	2 - 2
Dec 22 1998	Canary Islands	Canary Islands	Latvia	4 - 0
Feb 8 1996	Canary Islands	Canary Islands	Venezuela	5 - 1

[edit] Kits

Canary Islands' kit is a white jersey with piping gold with blue shorts and yellow socks. Their away kit is with a blue jersey. The kits are currently manufactured by Adidas.

[edit] Team

• Called up for match against Angola

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Javi Ortega Villa de Santa Brígida GK Ione Puga July 8, 1986 (1986-07-08) (age 23) Mallorca B GK Moisés Trujillo San Isidro DF Ángel López March 10, 1981 (1981-03-10) (age 28) Villarreal DF David García February 25, 1982 (1982-02-25) (age 27) Las Palmas DF Alexis Suárez Martín March 6, 1974 (1974-03-06) (age 35) Real Valladolid DF Juanma October 18, 1982 (1982-10-18) (age 27) Las Palmas DF Ricardo DF Pablo Sicilia September 10, 1981 (1981-09-10) (age 28) Tenerife DF Aythami April 2, 1986 (1986-04-02) (age 23) Xerez DF Carmelo July 9, 1983 (1983-07-09) (age 26) Numancia MF Adrián Martín September 28, 1981 (1981-09-28) (age 28) Xerez MF Nauzet Alemán February 25, 1985 (1985-02-25) (age 24) Las Palmas MF Canario May 27, 1988 (1988-05-27) (age 21) Espanyol B MF Jonathan Sesma González November 14, 1978 (1978-11-14) (age 31) Real Valladolid MF Ayoze García November 22, 1975 (1975-11-22) (age 34) Tenerife MF Jorge Larena Avellaneda September 29, 1981 (1981-09-29) (age 28) Celta Vigo MF Momo July 15, 1982 (1982-07-15) (age 27) Xerez MF David Silva January 8, 1986 (1986-01-08) (age 23) Valencia FW Braulio Nóbrega September 18, 1985 (1985-09-18) (age 24) Getafe FW Cristo Marrero October 11, 1978 (1978-10-11) (age 31) Tenerife FW Rubén Castro June 27, 1981 (1981-06-27) (age 28) Deportivo La Coruña FW Pedro Vega July 19, 1979 (1979-07-19) (age 30) Polideportivo Ejido FW Ione Jiménez October 31, 1981 (1981-10-31) (age 28) Osasuna

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