Roberto Linares
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Roberto Linares Balmaseda | ||
Date of birth | February 10, 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Zulueta, Cuba | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2014 | Villa Clara | ||
2015–2018 | All Boys | ||
International career‡ | |||
2008–2012 | Cuba | 42 | (14) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 January 2018 |
Roberto Linares Balmaseda (born February 10, 1986) is a football forward from Cuba playing currently for Argentine side All Boys.
Club career
[edit]A powerful and pacy striker,[1] Linares played for his provincial side Villa Clara. He was the Cuban league's top goalscorer in 2012.[2] He joined Argentine side All Boys alongside compatriot José Dairo Macías in summer 2015.[3]
International career
[edit]He made his international debut for Cuba in a February 2008 friendly match against Guyana and has earned a total of 42 caps, scoring 14 goals.[4] He represented his country in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches (4 goals)[5] and played at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
His final international was a December 2012 Caribbean Cup match against Trinidad & Tobago.
International goals
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ A youth revolution in Cuba - FIFA
- ^ Cuba - List of Topscorers - RSSSF
- ^ QUIENES SON LOS CUBANOS DE ALL BOYS?[usurped] - Info Liga Cordobesa (in Spanish)
- ^ "Appearances for Cuba National Team". RSSSF.
- ^ Roberto Linares – FIFA competition record (archived)
External links
[edit]- Roberto Linares at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Remedios, Cuba
- Sportspeople from Villa Clara Province
- Men's association football forwards
- Cuban men's footballers
- Cuba men's international footballers
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Villa Clara (football club) players
- Cuban expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Cuban football biography stubs