Andy Baquero
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andy Baquero Ruiz[1] | ||
Date of birth | 17 August 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Havana, Cuba | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, Right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Valour FC | ||
Number | 82 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2017 | La Habana | 26 | (7) |
2017 | Villa Clara | 9 | (0) |
2018 | La Habana | 6 | (1) |
2018 | Pinar del Río | (2) | |
2019 | La Habana | (3) | |
2019 | Delfines del Este | (3) | |
2021– | Valour FC | 21 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Cuba U17 | 3 | (0) |
2012–13 | Cuba U20 | 13 | (1) |
2014 | 4 | (0) | |
2014– | Cuba | 29 | (5) |
2016– | Cuba futsal | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 October 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 June 2021 |
Andy Baquero Ruiz (born 17 August 1994) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Canadian club Valour FC.
Club career[]
Career in Cuba[]
Baquero played for hometown team La Habana, before joining Villa Clara in April 2017.[2]
Valour FC[]
On 26 June 2021, Baquero signed with Canadian Premier League side Valour FC.[3] He re-signed with the club in January 2022.[4]
International career[]
Baquero has played in the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup[5] and the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.
He made his senior international debut for Cuba versus Indonesia on 29 March 2014,[6] and has, as of August 2018, earned a total of 17 caps, scoring one goal. He represented his country in two FIFA World Cup qualification matches[5] and played at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.[7]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 29 August 2018 | Wildey Astro Turf, Bridgetown, Barbados | Barbados | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
2. | 8 September 2018 | Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3–0 | 11–0 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification |
3. | 5–0 | |||||
4. | 29 September 2018 | Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba | Cayman Islands | ?–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
5. | 25 February 2019 | Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba | Bermuda | ?–? | 2–2 | Friendly |
Futsal[]
Baquero also plays for the Cuba national futsal team[8] and featured at the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.[5]
References[]
- ^ Andy Baquero at Soccerway
- ^ Hexagonal final con refuerzos y calendario - JIT (in Spanish)
- ^ "Valour FC signs midfielder Andy Baquero". Valour FC. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Valour FC re-sign fullbacks Federico Peña and Andy Baquero". January 24, 2022.
- ^ a b c Andy Baquero – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Cuba vs. Indonesia – 29 March 2014 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "Baquero, Andy". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ Andy Baquero Ruiz: A passion for soccer - Granma
External links[]
- Andy Baquero at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Association football fullbacks
- Cuban footballers
- Cuban men's futsal players
- Sportspeople from Havana
- Cuban expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Dominican Republic
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in the Dominican Republic
- Expatriate soccer players in Canada
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- FC Ciudad de La Habana players
- FC Villa Clara players
- FC Pinar del Río players
- Delfines del Este FC players
- Valour FC players
- Liga Dominicana de Fútbol players
- Cuba international footballers
- Cuba youth international footballers
- 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in football
- Cuban football biography stubs