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Alberto Delgado
Personal information
Full name	Alberto Delgado y Pérez
Date of birth	March 11, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Havana, Cuba
Position(s)	striker
Team information
Current team	Sevilla FC (Puerto Rico)
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2004	Ciudad de la Habana
2004	Colorado Rapids
2005–2008	Puerto Rico Islanders
2008–2009	→ Sevilla FC Bayamon (loan)
International career‡
1998–2002	Cuba
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 February 2008; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 February 2008

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Alberto Delgado y Pérez (born March 11, 1978 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban soccer player. As of 2005, he plays as a forward for Sevilla FC Puerto Rico of the Puerto Rico Soccer League.

Defection to the United States

Delgado defected from Cuba during the 2002 Gold Cup, together with cousin and future Colorado Rapids teammate Rey Ángel Martínez.^[1] He and Martínez ran away from their teammates halfway through breakfast, literally running for more than thirty minutes before finding a Spanish-speaking gas station attendant who then called a cab for them. Martínez made his way there shortly after that.

Club career

Before joining the Rapids in 2005, he most recently played for Ciudad de la Habana of Cuba and, before his defection, was one of the most dangerous players on the Cuban national team.

Delgado scored a goal and added three assists in his year with Colorado. He wears Pérez on the back of his jersey to honor his mother. He was released by the Rapids before the 2005 season, signing with Puerto Rico.

In 2008, he was loaned to Sevilla Bayamon in the Puerto Rico Soccer League and decided to stay with them instead of the Puerto Rico Islanders.

International career

International goals

Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.^[2]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 May 2001	Centre of Excellence Stadium, Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago	Suriname	1–2	4–3	2001 Caribbean Cup
2.				2–2
3.				3–2
4.				4–2

External links

Player profile - Islanders club website
Player profile - USLSoccer
Alberto Delgado at National-Football-Teams.com
Player profile - Sevilla Bayamon

References

^ Cuban soccer defectors starting anew at St. Thomas Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine - Cubanet
^ "Delgado, Alberto". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 March 2017.

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[1] Cuban soccer defectors starting anew at St. Thomas Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine - Cubanet

[NFT-2] "Delgado, Alberto". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 March 2017.

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 ==Defection to the United States==
-Delgado defected from Cuba during the [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002 Gold Cup]], together with cousin and future [[Colorado Rapids]] teammate [[Rey Ángel Martínez]].<ref>[http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y02/nov02/13e3.htm Cuban soccer defectors starting anew at St. Thomas] - Cubanet</ref> He and Martínez ran away from their teammates halfway through breakfast, literally running for more than thirty minutes before finding a Spanish-speaking gas station attendant who then called a cab for them. Martínez made his way there shortly after that.
+Delgado defected from Cuba during the [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002 Gold Cup]], together with cousin and future [[Colorado Rapids]] teammate [[Rey Ángel Martínez]].<ref>[http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y02/nov02/13e3.htm Cuban soccer defectors starting anew at St. Thomas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616111824/http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y02/nov02/13e3.htm |date=2011-06-16 }} - Cubanet</ref> He and Martínez ran away from their teammates halfway through breakfast, literally running for more than thirty minutes before finding a Spanish-speaking gas station attendant who then called a cab for them. Martínez made his way there shortly after that.
 ==Club career==