Alejandro Portal
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alejandro Miguel Portal Oliva | ||
Date of birth | 21 October 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Quivicán, Cuba | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Mayabeque | ||
2016–2017 | Isla de La Juventud | 27 | (4) |
2017–2018 | Cienfuegos | 19 | (0) |
2018 | Pinar del Río | ||
2019 | La Habana | ||
2021 | Vaughan Azzurri | 1 | (0) |
2021 | HFX Wanderers | 10 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2015 | Cuba U20 | 2 | (0) |
2015–2019 | Cuba | 7 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2021 |
Alejandro Miguel Portal Oliva (born 21 October 1995) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Early life[]
Portal was born in the town of Quivicán, located south of Havana.[1]
Club career[]
Early career[]
Portal began his career with second-division Torneo de Ascenso side Mayabeque in 2013.[1] In 2015, he moved up to the Campeonato Nacional with Isla de La Juventud, making 27 appearances and scoring four goals over two seasons.[1] In 2017, he joined Cienfuegos, making nineteen appearances over two seasons.[1] He spent 2018 and 2019 with Pinar del Río and La Habana, respectively.[1]
In 2020, he began training with League1 Ontario side Vaughan Azzurri and made his debut as a substitute against Darby on 20 August 2021.[2]
HFX Wanderers[]
On 9 September 2021, Portal signed his first professional contract with Canadian Premier League side HFX Wanderers.[3] He departed the club at the end of the season.[4]
International career[]
Portal made his debut for the Cuban national team in a 2015 friendly against Nicaragua.[1] He returned to the team four years later for a friendly against Bermuda in 2019.[1] He was later selected for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad, where he appeared in all three matches for Cuba.[1]
After Cuba's 6–0 loss to Canada during CONCACAF Nations League qualifying in September, he defected into Canada.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Alejandro Portal". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Alejandro Portal 2021". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Dylan Lawrence (9 September 2021). "Halifax Wanderers signs Cuban Canadian Midfielder Alejandro Portal". HFX Wanderers FC. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Jacques, John (November 22, 2021). "Halifax Wanderers Announce Six Player Departures". Northern Tribune.
- ^ Rodriguez, Alicia (9 September 2019). "Report: Five Cuba national team players defect during Nations League". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
External links[]
- Alejandro Portal at Soccerway
- Alejandro Portal at National-Football-Teams.com
- Living people
- 1995 births
- Cuban footballers
- Cuba international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- FC Mayabeque players
- FC Isla de La Juventud players
- FC Cienfuegos players
- FC Pinar del Río players
- FC Ciudad de La Habana players
- HFX Wanderers FC players
- League1 Ontario players
- 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship players
- People from Quivicán
- Cuba under-20 international footballers
- Defecting Cuban footballers
- Vaughan Azzurri players