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José Miguel Cubero

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José Miguel Cubero
Personal information
Full name José Miguel Cubero Loría
Date of birth (1987-02-14) 14 February 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
A.D. Sarchí
Number 8
Youth career
–2006 Herediano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2014 Herediano 134 (16)
2009Puntarenas (loan) 17 (0)
2014–2016 Blackpool 19 (0)
2016–2017 Herediano 58 (4)
2017 Alcoyano 7 (0)
2018–2023 Alajuelense 161 (11)
2023 Puntarenas 13 (0)
2023–2024 Sporting San José 7 (1)
2024– A.D. Sarchí 0 (0)
International career
2006–2007 Costa Rica U20 6 (0)
2010–2019 Costa Rica 54 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2022

José Miguel Cubero Loría (born 14 February 1987) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga de Ascenso club A.D. Sarchí.[1]

Club career

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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 27 September 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 FC 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

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

He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in an August 2010 friendly match against Paraguay.[7] He has represented his country in nine FIFA World Cup qualification matches[6] and played at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the 2011 Copa Centroamericana[8] as well as at the 2011 Copa América[9] and was a non-playing squad member at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[10]

Cubero played 54 matches with Costa Rica, scoring two goals.[11] One of those occurred during a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador, which resulted in a crucial victory for the Costa Ricans; Cubero considers it the most important goal of his career.[12][13]

After Costa Rica defeated Greece to advance to the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals, Cubero was spotted crying profusely, while Waylon Francis tried to celebrate with him by yelling "¡Llore conmigo, papi!" ("Cry with me, daddy!"), a phrase now famous in Costa Rica.[14]

Honours

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Alajuelense

References

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  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. ^ "Blackpool agree deal for Cubero" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ O'Rourke, Pete (6 August 2015). "Blackpool snub approach from Seattle Sounders for Jose Manuel Cubero". HITC.
  5. ^ Seserino, P. (1 August 2017). "El Alcoyano ficha al internacional de Costa Rica José Miguel Cubero". Información.
  6. ^ a b José Miguel CuberoFIFA competition record (archived)
  7. ^ "Paraguay derrota 2-0 a Costa Rica en partido amistoso". La Nación (in Spanish). 11 August 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  8. ^ Copa Centroamericana 2011 (UNCAF Nations Cup) Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  9. ^ Copa América 2011 - RSSSF
  10. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details Archived 2013-03-15 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  11. ^ "Costa Rica - J. Cubero - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  12. ^ Rodríguez, Paulo (14 October 2012). ""Es el gol más importante" | José Miguel Cubero, seleccionado nacional". Al Día (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Tigo Sports on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  14. ^ Erickson, Andrew (1 June 2017). "Crew Cuts: Francis' famous World Cup line parodied in Costa Rican commercial". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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