Roberney Caballero
Personal information
Full name Roberney Caballero Ariosa
Date of birth (1995-11-02) 2 November 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Remedios, Cuba
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 ART Municipal Jalapa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Villa Clara[1] 42+ (24+)
2018–2019 Camagüey
2019–2023 Villa Clara
2023 La Habana
2023– ART Municipal Jalapa
International career‡
2015 Cuba U20 5 (1)
2016–2023 Cuba 13 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:06, 18 October 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5:13, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Roberney Caballero Ariosa (born 2 November 1995) is a Cuban footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nicaraguan club ART Municipal Jalapa and the Cuba national team.

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.[2][3]

After defecting to the United States in 2023, Caballero signed with ART Municipal Jalapa of the Liga Primera de Nicaragua.

International career

Caballero represented the Cuba 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.[4] He also scored against Honduras, but the strike was ruled offside.[5]

He made his senior international debut on 7 October 2016, during a match against the United States.[3] 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.[6]

On 29 June 2023, Caballero was among the four Cuban players who defected to the United States following their opening match of the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup group stage, a 1–0 defeat to Guatemala.[7]

Career statistics

International

As of 8 September 2018[8]
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.[8]
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

References

  1. ^ 103 LIGA NACIONAL FUTBOL 2018 - Inder (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b López, José Luis (1 February 2017). "Caballero y Mengana, los más aplaudidos" (in Spanish). Juventud Rebelde. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Honduras soars to victory over Cuba". CONCACAF. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  6. ^ "U.S. defeats Cuba, 2-0, in exhibition game on the island". Los Angeles Times. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Cuatro futbolistas de la selección de Cuba escaparon tras el primer partido de la Copa Oro en Miami". Infobae (in Spanish). 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Caballero, Roberney". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

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