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Yordan Santa Cruz
Personal information
Full name Yordan Eduardo Santa Cruz Vera[1]
Date of birth (1993-10-07) 7 October 1993 (age 30)[1][2]
Place of birth Cuba[1]
Position(s) Forward
International career‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Cuba U-21 ? (0)
2015– Cuba 10 (4)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2018

Yordan Eduardo Santa Cruz Vera (born 7 October 1993) is a Cuban professional football player who plays for the Cuban national team.

He debuted internationally in March 2015 against theDominican Republic with a 3-0 victory. In September 2018, he scored twice against Turks and Caicos Islands in an 11-0 victory, resulting in a huge win for Cuba.[3]

International career

International goals

Cuba score listed first, score column indicates score after each Santa Cruz goal.[4]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 March 2015 Estadio Cibao, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic 2  Dominican Republic 2–0 3–0 Friendly
2. 22 March 2018 Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Managua, Nicaragua 4  Nicaragua 1–0 1–3
3. 8 September 2018 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba 10  Turks and Caicos Islands 7–0 11–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
4. 8–0
5. 29 September 2018 11  Cayman Islands 2–0 5–0 Friendly
6. 3–0
7. 12 October 2018 Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada 12  Grenada 2–0 2–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
8. 17 November 2018 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havan, Cuba 13  Dominican Republic 1–0 1–0

Rape Accusation

Santa Cruz Vera was accused of rape by an American woman in an incident that occurred in Jamaica on March 31, 2015.[5] Cuba's national soccer team had just participated in an international friendly match against Jamaica's team in the Montego Bay Sports Complex. According to the lawsuit, the woman identified Santa Cruz Vera as one of three men that raped her in a resort bathroom. In the lawsuit, the woman said the Cuban government intervened on the players’ behalf and compromised the investigation. DNA evidence from the athletes was not provided to Jamaican authorities, according to law enforcement there. To this day, no one has been arrested or charged.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cuba - J. Santa Cruz - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  2. ^ http://static.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=369869/index.html
  3. ^ "Game Detail". www.concacafnationsleague.com.
  4. ^ "Santa Cruz, Yordan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Indiana woman sues Cuba alleging rape by soccer players". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2018-10-31.


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