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José Miguel Cubero
Cubero singing the Costa Rican national anthem before a match against Mexico at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Personal information
Full name José Miguel Cubero Loría
Date of birth (1987-02-14) February 14, 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Sarchí, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Alajuelense
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2014 Herediano 134 (16)
2009 → Puntarenas (loan) 17 (0)
2014–2016 Blackpool 19 (0)
2016–2017 Herediano 49 (2)
2017 Alcoyano 7 (0)
2018– Alajuelense 49 (2)
International career‡
2010– Costa Rica 54 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 February 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2019

José Miguel Cubero Loría (born 14 February 1987) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Liga Deportiva Alajuelense and for the Costa Rica national football team as a holding midfielder.[1]

Club career

Cubero was born in Sarchí. He made his professional debut for Herediano on 26 March 2006 against Santacruceña and had a spell on loan at Puntarenas in 2009. He signed a three-year contract extension with Herediano in April 2013.[2]

On 31 July 2014, Cubero signed for Championship side Blackpool on a one-year contract with the option of a further twelve months.[3] He made his Blackpool debut on September 27 in a 3-1 home defeat to Norwich City. In August 2015 it was claimed that Blackpool had snubbed an offer for Cubero from MLS club Seattle Sounders and that they had activated a 12-month extension to his contract.[4]

On 31 July 2017, he signed a contract with CD Alcoyano.[5]

International career

He participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada.[6]

Cubero made his senior debut for Costa Rica in an August 2010 friendly match against Paraguay and has, as of April 2014, earned a total of 34 caps, scoring 2 goals. He has represented his country in 9 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[6] and played at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the 2011 Copa Centroamericana[7] as well as at the 2011 Copa América[8] and was a non-playing squad member at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Goal.com. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  2. ^ "José Miguel Cubero se queda en Herediano tres años" (in Spanish). Al Dia. 25 April 2013.
  3. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28582828
  4. ^ http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2015/08/06/blackpool-snub-approach-from-seattle-sounders-for-jose-manuel-cu/
  5. ^ http://www.diarioinformacion.com/deportes/2017/07/29/alcoyano-ficha-internacional-costa-rica/1921950.html
  6. ^ a b José Miguel Cubero – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. ^ Copa Centroamericana 2011 (UNCAF Nations Cup) Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  8. ^ Copa América 2011 - RSSSF
  9. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details Archived 2013-03-15 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
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