Roberney Caballero

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Roberney Caballero
Personal information
Full name Roberney Caballero Ariosa
Date of birth (1995-11-02) 2 November 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Remedios, Cuba
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Villa Clara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Villa Clara 42 (13)
2018– Camagüey 0 (0)
National team‡
2015 Cuba U20 5 (1)
2016– Cuba 13 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:06, 18 October 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5:13, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Caballero and the second or maternal family name is Ariosa.

Roberney Caballero Ariosa (born November 2, 1995) is a Cuban footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cuban club Villa Clara[1] and the Cuban national team.[2]

Club career[]

Caballero scored six goals in the 2016 season, leading Villa Clara to their 14th league title. He was named that season's Most Valuable Player by the Football Association of Cuba.[3][4]

International career[]

Caballero represented the Cuban national under-20 team at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, playing in all five group matches. He scored the opening goal in a 2–2 draw with Haiti.[5] He also scored against Honduras, but the strike was ruled offside.[6]

He made his senior international debut on 7 October 2016, during a match against the United States.[4] In what was the first friendly between the two countries since 1947, Caballero hit the post in the second half of Cuba's 2–0 defeat.[7]

Career statistics[]

International[]

As of 8 September 2018[2]
Cuba
Year Apps Goals
2016 1 0
2017 0 0
2018 5 3
Total 6 3

International goals[]

Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.[2]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 March 2018 Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua  Nicaragua 3–3 3–3 Friendly
2. 8 September 2018 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Turks and Caicos Islands 9–0 11–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
3. 10–0

Honours[]

Club[]

Villa Clara

Individual[]

  • Campeonato Nacional MVP: 2016[3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ 103 LIGA NACIONAL FUTBOL 2018 - Inder (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b c "Caballero, Roberney". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b López, José Luis (1 February 2017). "Caballero y Mengana, los más aplaudidos" (in Spanish). Juventud Rebelde. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Iglesias Manresa, Harold (12 October 2016). "Roberney Caballero: al más puro estilo de Many el líbero" (in Spanish). cubasi.cu. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. ^ Stoehr, Steve (16 January 2015). "Zachary Herivaux Goes 90 Minutes in Haiti Draw with Cuba at CONCACAF U-20 Championships". The Bent Musket. SB Nation. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Honduras soars to victory over Cuba". CONCACAF. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  7. ^ "U.S. defeats Cuba, 2-0, in exhibition game on the island". Los Angeles Times. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

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